The SDS Crystal Ball: Predicting every game for Florida football in 2022

2022-08-27 00:18:48 By : Mr. Tony Huang

Editor’s note: Saturday Down South’s annual Crystal Ball series continues today with Florida. Last week, we predicted every game for every SEC West team. This week, we’ll predict every game for every SEC East team.

You could see the end in sight.

Dan Mullen signing a contract extension before the 2021 season felt like a temporary Band-aid for the program. But lingering from the bizarre 2020 season was the fact that Mullen looked like a loose cannon. The post-loss “pack The Swamp” comment didn’t age well and neither did the mid-game brawl or the post-Mizzou Darth Vader costume. A 1-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA didn’t help, and neither did Mullen essentially saying that the Cotton Bowl was an exhibition game.

Yeah, in hindsight, Scott Stricklin knew what he was doing by not raising Mullen’s $12 million buyout. As a result, Florida gladly signed that check after a disastrous 2021 season that included losses to Kentucky, South Carolina, Mizzou and UCF. Oh, and who could forget Florida allowing Samford to hang half a hundred in The Swamp.

So now, Billy Napier is tasked with righting Mullen’s wrongs. Can he develop those relationships at powerhouse Florida high schools and improve the talent level? Can he have a higher standard for his assistants and fire a defensive coordinator when he has the program’s worst defense since the Woodrow Wilson administration? Can he not totally self-combust and prove to be a major liability in front of a microphone?

Napier has time to answer those questions. Well, at least he better have time.

A new era is here in Gainesville. Fittingly, it opened with the program’s unveiling of a new state-of-the-art, $85 million football facility.

What does that mean for the 2022 squad? You’ve come to the right place.

I dug into this earlier in the offseason because Richardson is one of the most intriguing players in America entering 2022. Napier was fortunate to inherit a quarterback of his talent level, who has a cannon for an arm and will run by/through/over anybody on the field.

Unfortunately for Napier, Richardson didn’t close out the 2021 season as a finished product. He only had 2 games with double-digit pass attempts, and he averaged an interception once every 13 attempts. That number has to come down.

Here’s what that number was for established SEC starters:

Obviously, those guys all got the chance to start the majority of the season. Richardson, on the other hand, started once … and it was against Georgia, which featured arguably the best defense we’ve seen in the 21st century.

Napier is tasked with harnessing Richardson’s extraordinary abilities while getting him to cut down on the pre-determined reads that ultimately lead to mistakes. That’s what Napier did with Levi Lewis at Louisiana. In 3 years in his offense, Lewis threw a total of 15 interceptions. He averaged 1 interception for every 71 throws. Richardson is much different physically than Lewis, but tapping into some of those decision-making skills we saw from the southpaw at Louisiana would be a major boost for Florida.

If we’re talking about Richardson as a potential All-SEC quarterback and 1st-round pick in November, Napier will have done his job at a high level.

Set the expectations low, Florida fans. I know, I know. You love Ventrell Miller, Gervon Dexter, Brenton Cox and Rashad Torrence. You’re optimistic about Patrick Toney, who is considered one of the top up-and-coming defensive minds in the sport after 3 consecutive years with defenses that ranked in the top 1/4 in scoring. You can’t wait to see what things look like in a post-Todd Grantham world.

I get all of that. It’s still a group lacking depth that ranks No. 99 in percentage of returning defensive production and didn’t exactly add a bunch of reinforcements in the portal. That’s troubling. I agree that Miller’s return will be immensely important. His absence was felt probably as much as any defensive player in the conference in 2021. But that speaks to why I’m still a bit skeptical of Florida’s defense with Toney in Year 1.

Florida starts the year facing the likes of Cameron Rising, Will Levis, 2021 Baylor starter Gerry Bohanon (now at USF) and Hendon Hooker. We’re gonna find out what Florida’s defense is capable of in a hurry. It’s OK if Florida’s defense is a work in progress.

Jim McElwain and Dan Mullen both hit 10 wins in Year 1. What did it get them? It certainly didn’t get them a Year 5. Shoot, neither made it to the end of Year 4. No Florida coach in the post-Steve Spurrier era has lasted more than 6 years.

So what difference does it make if Napier has a 6- or 7-win season? Will that make or break his time in Gainesville? Absolutely not. In Year 1 at their current jobs, Nick Saban and Kirby Smart lost to Louisiana-Monroe and Vanderbilt, respectively. Neither was in contention for a division title in Year 1. What they did in that first year was establish the foundation. How they ran their staffs, their practices and how they recruited all became program pillars.

That’s the most important thing for Napier in Year 1. Yes, there will be a ton of eyes on recruiting. There should be. That’s what’s going to allow Florida to break out of this frustrating cycle. Florida will never get every 5-star recruit from the Sunshine State, but those continued efforts at powerhouse, talent-rich programs like IMG Academy and St. Thomas Aquinas will be pivotal.

There’s a strong chance that Florida struggles out of the gate against a particularly tough schedule, and some will question if Napier has the chops that the job demands. Alternatively, Florida could rise above Year 1 expectations and some will already be dubbing Napier the next Spurrier. In either scenario, Gator fans need to keep those reactions in check.

If you followed my offseason predictions on any of our great platforms, you know I’m high on Cameron Rising and the Utes. Like, so high that I have them going to the Playoff. I don’t think that means Week 1 is some cakewalk in Gainesville. Multiple highlight-reel plays from Richardson should be in the cards. But the play-action game of Utah burns Florida over the top on multiple occasions in the second half. Despite an impressive effort from Richardson, he also turns the ball over twice and Florida falls 28-21 in the opener.

It’s been 45 years since Kentucky beat Florida in consecutive years. In 2022, that’s exactly what happens. Why? And how could Florida start 0-2 in The Swamp when it hasn’t lost consecutive home games in 5 years? Unlike last year when a blocked field goal was the difference to bail out an otherwise ineffective Kentucky passing game, this time, Will Levis rises to the occasion. Two rushing scores and 2 passing scores (1 to true freshman Dane Key) put Florida in an early hole that it can’t quite dig itself out of. Zion Childress picks off a Richardson pass late to halt Florida’s comeback attempt.

I imagine that South Florida still hasn’t recovered from what Richardson did last year in Tampa. Richardson doesn’t average 38 yards per scrimmage play again, but he does connect multiple times with Justin Shorter and Daejon Reynolds to get Florida in the win column for the first time in the Napier era.

The Florida and Tennessee teams that faced off last year were unrecognizable by season’s end. Trying to keep pace with this Tennessee offense with the pieces it has returning will be a dangerous game. Cedric Tillman and Jalin Hyatt should both have their moments making home-run plays against a questionable Florida secondary. Points will be plentiful. Both defenses should have some rough days trying to slow down Richardson and Hendon Hooker. But for just the 2nd time in the past 18 matchups, the Vols prevail thanks to a go-ahead 50-yard Jaylen Wright touchdown scamper.

Fingers crossed that we get to see Richardson hurdle an Eastern Washington tackler to break a long touchdown run and perhaps, that leads to a decent amount of reps for Jack Miller III. If that happens, it’ll be an improvement over the last time an FCS foe came to The Swamp (Samford truly was stunning).

This will be the first time Florida fans really appreciate just how valuable it was for Napier to bring over O’Cyrus Torrence and Johnson from Louisiana. Mizzou’s run defense is improved with the underrated Isaiah McGuire, but it’s still not quite able to stop a multi-faceted Florida ground game with Richardson. He successfully avoids Kris Abrams-Draine and Florida avoids an 0-3 start to SEC play.

If this game were in Week 2, I’d be tempted to say that LSU’s edge rushers would force Richardson into some bad decisions, similar to what we saw last year. But by late-October, I expect to see a more developed version of Richardson. LSU struggles to get off the field against Richardson, Johnson and the Florida rushing attack. Playing behind forces the LSU offense out of the balanced game plan it prefers, which leads to a pair of costly second-half turnovers. LSU continues its theme of losing immediately after entering the Top 25 while Florida gets a much-needed rivalry win heading into the bye.

On the bright side for Florida, it can’t get much worse than last year. Georgia’s talent and development trounced the product the Gators had on the field. I say “development” because even though it was a 3-0 game with 2 minutes left in the first half, we saw Richardson’s inexperience lead to 3 turnovers at the end of the first half. Richardson is more poised this time around. But Nolan Smith, Jalen Carter and Kelee Ringo are all plenty capable of making it a frustrating afternoon once again. On the other side of the ball, Todd Monken’s offense puts on a master class. Georgia’s tight ends account for 3 Stetson Bennett touchdown passes to fuel a 2-touchdown victory in Jacksonville.

If you cannot force Richardson into some bad decisions, he’s going to make you pay. That’s exactly what happens in what turns out to be a frustrating letdown for A&M and a monumental lift for the visiting Gators. After an emotional victory against Ole Miss, we watch A&M’s offense stall at too many key moments. Torrence picks off a pair of A&M passes and takes one of them back to the house. Napier gets his biggest win to date.

A week after a massive victory in College Station, Florida doesn’t handle success the way Napier hoped against an improving South Carolina squad. Spencer Rattler gets too much time to operate and he finds Jaheim Bell and Josh Vann downfield on several occasions. Florida doesn’t lay down like it did in that blowout in Columbia last year, but again in an obvious throwing situation late, Richardson picks on someone he shouldn’t. Cam Smith, that is. Shane Beamer locks up his first big road win to date to clinch bowl eligibility.

One of the signs that Napier has things on the right track will be that Florida doesn’t suffer letdowns in consecutive weeks. Even an improved Vandy squad would be a significant letdown for the Gators. Shorter and Keon Zipperer make their presence felt with key red-zone scores to fuel a blowout win in Nashville.

Will Mike Norvell still be on the FSU sideline? It’s a fair question given how things have gone in Tallahassee lately. Florida’s defense shows up ready to roll after a bounce-back showing in Nashville. Jordan Travis takes too many sacks and is forced to take some risks down late in an obvious passing spot. That sets up well for Trey Dean to be the hero this time around. Make it 4 straight for the Gators against FSU and 2 straight wins to close the regular season.

Remember the part where I said “patience, patience, patience?” Well, say those words repeatedly if you’re upset with a 7-5 projection for Year 1 of the Napier era. There’s really not gonna be a whole lot of separation for teams 2 through 5 in the East. Last I checked, going 4-4 against the SEC would be a multi-game improvement.

The concern in Year 1 will be a defense in transition and a passing game that’ll still have to work through some growing pains. That’s not all on Richardson, either. It’s not like Mullen left the cupboard stacked full of proven receivers. Shorter is the lone returning receiver who had a 500-yard season in the SEC, though if someone like Arizona State transfer Ricky Pearsall can be a safety blanket for Richardson, that’d be a key lift.

What do I think Florida will be in 2022? A team with an elite ground game who will have an inconsistent passing attack. If you’re going to be a liability on defense like I expect Florida to be the majority of 2022, game flow will be crucial. Until we see Richardson carve up defenses in those spots, those concerns are fair.

But even if Year 1 does feel a bit herky-jerky, winning both West crossover matchups and continuing the winning streak against Florida State would still be a step in the right direction. What was Florida’s best win in 2021? A home win against a 7-win Tennessee team that was still figuring out its offense? All 3 of those wins would be better than that.

Ultimately, though, Napier’s future won’t be determined by his Year 1 win-loss record. A macro focus is needed for Florida fans.

And maybe some deep breathing exercises.

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If LSU does pick up a loss before the Alabama game, this would be my pick… though I’m not going to say LSU will lose to the Gators just yet. My prediction is Florida goes 7-5, maybe 6-6.

I could see the Gators losing to LSU or TAM but I don’t see them losing all three games to Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. We are all just making wild ass guesses at this time.

Agreed. The Gator roster ain’t where it needs to be, but it’s still better stocked than those 3 teams according to this year’s BCR. I’d be shocked if they dropped all 3.

We put 40 up on Florida last year with a grad assistant quarterback, i dont see florida turning it around that much. The A&M win is a stretchhhhhh

Yeah bro last year’s results will translate very well to this year. And now that you have a Heisman caliber QB you will be neck and neck with Tenn for the most powerful O in the history of the world

I can’t wait for this game.

Gators were checked out before that game. Defense didn’t care even if they learned how to stop a counter. Emory had his normal 2 turnovers. plus it wasn’t in the swamp.

Well yeah but last year we had grantham as dc and mullen as coach.. Mullen tried to fire grantham to save his job, but it was way too late.. grantham should have been fired in 2020 latest.

Well, they have a back to basics and fundamentals coach that they desperately needed last season.

Problem is they lost 34 players from last year’s squad. Exactly where Tennessee was last season. That will especially hurt early. Team should get better as the season progresses and that will probably be enough to squeak by SCAR.

Right uncle Rob. I have seen too many Tennessee teams since 1993 ranked higher than Florida find a way to lose to the Gators. I will be pulling for ya’ll against Utah(can’t believe i said that)good luck on a good season.

7-5 is the easiest pick with all the unknowns heading into the season. I could see anything from 5-7 to 10-2 happening. Just glad we soon get to talk about actual game results.

Amen, brother. Let’s play some games. As I mentioned below… Gator fans will be locked in on wins and losses. But I suspect Napier is more concerned about pouring the concrete this year… building the foundation. UGA went from 10-2 our last year with Richt to 7-5 our first year with Kirby. And we were happy about it because Smart was changing the culture. That said, it is hard for all of us to be patient when our team is on the field.

Utah, UK, UT, LSU, aTm, SCAR and FSU could all be competitive games. Win 3-4 of those and it’s not that bad a season.

Utah – L Kentucky – W USF – W UTenn – L EWash – W Mizzou – W LSU – L UGA – L T A&M – L USC – W Vandy – W FSU – W

I want to say LSU will be a (W) since it’s at home and Jayden Daniels will be playing in the Swamp….but I don’t know how much LSU has returning.

In my opinion more than Florida. Orgeron didn’t quit recruiting, he quit coaching

Florida is going to win 3 of 5 against Utah, Kentucky, Tennessee, LSU, and South Carolina.

Anything less would mark a meh season. Anything more and you can start looking at a true turnaround for Florida.

Tampa Gator, very reasonable expectations.

Well I think UF is mostly a mystery at this point with the new coaching staff.

Difficult to guess the Gator’s win/loss totals and exactly which games they win/lose.

I do think Florida will be playing better defense with Grantham gone.

They. Are. Not. Beating. Texas lite.

The one thing I actually liked about Mullen was his “pack the swamp” comment.

Anyone with half a brain knew by Fall of 2020 that being outside decreased risk of catching the bug to nearly nothing, and pretending otherwise was mere virtue signal theater, and that we all have to gauge our own personal risk. If you’re compromised, watch on TV from your couch.

If anything, it’s the stance of idiots who opposed packing the swamp that “didn’t age well”.

Hate to break it to you but there was still a lot of discovery happening during that time. It was a dumb comment from a coach that lacked forethought and a filter for his mouth. Our treatment and immunity have grown by leaps and bounds since then, but perspective of the time of the comment should be held in context. I would agree with your comment if it applied to this year’s game, but you can’t apply hindsight and advancement in treatment/immunity to make a comment sound better.

We both need to stick to football. This isn’t a medical journal nor political thread and we need to keep it that way.

Hate to break it to you, but I didn’t bring it into the conversation, Connor O’Gara did.

We’ve known for decades that it is much harder to spread in outdoor environments, and risk drops to near zero in open sunlight (the UV rays from the sun are the same UV rays they use to disinfect subways).

We knew this in September 2020. We knew in it September 1970.

If one disagrees with Mullen’s statement, that’s their prerogative. When it is stated that his quote aged badly, I’m compelled to object.

You are 100% correct about the idiocy of the approach our CDC, NIH and all the so-called experts forced on us to combat their bug. I didn’t mind then or now his call to pack the Swamp. Same for the Mizzou brawl, not a big deal. I did mind the loss to LSU and the bowl game

Actually, it was a lot of lying that politicized things as well Natedowg…that said, it’s your opinion as was Class of 98s who was commenting on the article, and you BOTH are entitled to it.

I tend to agree with Class and Cojones…but also believed CDM to be an awkward, unlikable guy nationally.

Wins vs LSU and at A&M but loses to Utah? Must get significantly better as the season progresses I guess?

It seems like the predictions are mostly based on his prediction of the overall record he thinks each team will have as opposed to each game even though he is tasked with predicting each game. He has to make predictions for each team that don’t contradict each other. This is pretty hard to do. I suspect he starts with a prediction for each team’s final record and then juggles the individual games to match the records.

He has them losing to both. How can they be switched?

I feel like I think a lot of ky fans feel about beating UT. I will believe it when i see it. I do think we win, it just seems so much in our favor this season, but we have a big tendency to lose in the most bizarre ways vs flo or just get blown out when its unexpected. That is one monkey I am anxious to discard from our shoulders. I wouldnt bet a dime on either team in this one.

I thought UF was going to lose to Tenn last year but Tenn just really underperformed. And it’s not like they are that outmatched, they just seem to never show up against UF and Georgia.

I think ugas streak is 5 and 3 of those were against potato head coached teams. hardly comparable to what flo has done against us.

i probably deserve to get some heat for this comment concerning the context of the article, but with the above comment, i felt compelled to respond to fuzzy.

since 2000, uf is 18-4 and 9-1 in the last 10 against tn. uga is 16-6 and 8-2. i think they’re a little comparable.

PTheRicker – You deserve no heat. You are stating facts. TN has been BAD, real bad for almost 20 years now. There were a few ok/good seasons. We had an opportunity to win the East at one point and all we had to do was beat Vandy. Couldn’t do it. We have lost half the games against Vandy over the past 10 years. Those 2 wins in the past decade against GA were back to back with the best team we’ve had since 2000.

I think they beat Utah in a forth quarter down to the wire game. Kentucky they beat at home, usf they beat, and I’ll sat a loss to Tenn. Ewash and Mizzou wins, LSU they win I think, loss to Georgia and Texas A&M, and then a letdown game against USC. Vandy and FSU will be wins. that would put them at 8-4 which I think is pretty realistic.

We lose to UK and SC at home but beat LSU at home and win at A&M?

I thought it was a pretty good assessment until they got to the part where Florida wins at Texas A&M and then loses at home to South Carolina. If they split those 2 it will be the other way around. Even without the issues, Florida usually struggles on the road against SEC West teams and the opposite is true against SEC East teams at home.

I think 2-2 in their first 4 games is more likely than 1-3, but right now so much is unknown about the team that you could make an argument for 1-3 or 3-1.

7-5 is a legit prediction this season, but I think some of the Ws and Ls in the article are mixed up.

Florida could limp through the season if Richardson, Dexter, or Ventrell Miller get injured. But some of Connor’s comments show lack of familiarity with the Gator’s roster.

The secondary is extremely talented, deep and experienced. Combine that with Cox and Dexter up front and the Gator pass defense should be very good. Jason Marshall, a 5-star CB who played to his rating as a true freshman, isn’t even mentioned.

On the defensive line and at linebacker, we have several highly rated young guys who could well emerge early in the season, most notably Tyreak Sapp, Derek Wingo, Diwun Black and Chief Borders. And if Jalen Lee gets things figured out, the complexion of interior defensive line depth quickly improves.

On offense, it will be interesting to see if Shorter and Pearsall are ready to go for Week 1. But even if they aren’t, I expect the Florida offensive line to push Utah around.

Didn’t know Shorter was hurt

Don’t know definitively, but he’s been in a non-contact jersey.

That September schedule is going to be critical for the UF season. I can see anything from 1-3 to 3-1. If UF does start 1-3, Then I see the LSU game as a “make or break” type game…. the turning point for a potential bowl season.

If Connor is right and Florida goes down to Kentucky at home then I might – might – start buying into the hype trait that seems to be gathering around the cats this year. But 31 years of beatings have given me too much PTSD. Further I think the Florida players are better than anyone is giving them credit for because for whatever reason they were trying to get their coach fired for half of last season. They can do better.

I’m OK with all these predictions of just 6 or 7 wins, it will be so much sweeter when this team proves them wrong

MobileWC, He has Florida beating Kentucky.

“It’s been 45 years since Kentucky beat Florida in consecutive years. In 2022, that’s exactly what happens.”

He is saying what happened 45 years ago is happening again.

If they were trying to get their coach fired, it worked.

great statement opportunity in week 1. on the other hand, if they come up short, easy to lean on the fact that it’s year 1, game 1 of the cbn era.

Why do we keep pretending that the ‘pack The Swamp’ comment from Mullen was some sort of a travesty? I would say his inability to recruit and maintain discipline in the locker room got him canned.

Stupid, out-of-touch media perception aside, I think Florida is going to be tough to predict this year. I think they have the ability to go anywhere from 6-6 to 9-3. Napier could squeeze a lot out of this roster in year one, but I think it largely depends on quarterback play and whether or not Florida can be average on the defensive side of the ball. Get both of those factors right, they could be a team that surprises.

I think 7 wins is a bit low, my personal prediction is 8 win. In part because I just don’t think Florida will lose to South Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. I also think 9 wins is just as likely as 7.

The Lizards from swampy land have Talent, I dont think Nap wants to over achieve, he will be like Saban and Smart from their first year. I see 7-6 a bowl win in there at worse 3-9. at best 9-4 includes bowl win

CBN absolutely cannot go 3-9 with USF, EWash, and Vandy on the schedulue. I would say at worse 5-7

Are you implying Napier will lose on purpose or not put forth much effort to win?

Florida had a pretty good team last year. At least until Mullen seemed to lose whatever cohesiveness they had going. They will be better this year. I don’t know how much, but there’s still a lot of talent. If Kentucky manages to get out of there with a win, the fact that it’s early in the season will play a factor in that. I do think it will be an extremely close game that may come down to a couple plays/turnovers. Excited to get the season rolling!

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Given our history with the Gators, I am counting that as a loss for us. Until we get that W it is a L, they have always had our number.

A long time ago a guy named Napier invented logarithms. Is football amenable to the mathematical mind?

Florida’s beating Utah at home, only game that currently matters.

It will be interesting to see how that game plays out. Utah with 27-year-old seniors, deep roster and returning 17 starters. Florida with a new coach, new offensive and defense to learn and a team that lost 34 players from last year.

That stacks up well for Utah but playing this game in the Swamp with high heat and humidity on the first game of the season will test them going into the 3rd quarter with heat exhaustion, and cramps.

Anywhere from 5-7 to 7-5 is where I think this season is headed. What’s most important is the caliber of play demonstrated as the season progresses.

Based upon Napier’s recruiting philosophy to reestablish the Gators base within the state it’s imperative that Florida beat FSU and finish strong. Recruiting within the footprint of the university in the state of Florida will dictate whether Billy is here or not in year 5.

Fortunately of the last 7 games 6 are winnable. The amount and degree of injuries to their starting 22 could easily change that scenario. A strong finish coupled with the new football facility would go a long way to enable the Gators to having a strong top 10 recruiting class and possibly in a position to compete in 2023 for a trip back to the SEC Championship where we belong with Alabama.

I agree with your stated priority, Salty. Just get better by season’s end. Georgia went from 10-2 in 2015 (plus a bowl win) in Mark Richt’s last year to 7-5 in Kirby’s first year…AND WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT IT! Change in conditioning and culture takes time. We lost players who didn’t buy into the new system. The only thing that really matters is pouring the concrete… building the foundation. If that happens, this will be a successful year. 7-5? 5-7? It matters to fans… but it doesn’t matter much to the long-term success of the program.

I see UF pulling a very mild upset in the opener, especially since it’s the first game for both teams.

It wouldn’t be just a mild upset, Utah is top ten in every poll, as high as 4 in some. UF isn’t anywhere near the Top 25.

Wow you’re pretty high on the gators, 7-5 is a bold take

I’d buy stock in Napier over drink, hunger strike U chokes once more.

I think there are 5 or 6 teams stacked up behind Alabama and Georgia. These teams could beat each other, as they are evenly matched. Sorta. So we just have our best guest at this point. I am glad the season will be rolling soon.

Exactly, I always hate these few weeks before the season starts.

I think Lizards beat Utes.

Like I’ve said before, it would be nice for UF and UGA both to pound the s— out of Utah and Oregon respectively and end any playoff talk from the Pac 12 in the first week of the season.

I’d be beyond tickled to be bowl eligible

I think Florida probably made a good hire but the cupboard was left pretty bare. If they lock down the state and keep some of that phenomenal talent at home they will get better in a hurry. I hope they win every game. Except one. Geaux Gators

Mizzou has never been favored to beat the modern day dinosaurs! Gator bites taste great! What’s the record?MIZ?

Puh-leeze! This is crazy.I’ve been a UT fan for life (56 years), but I’m a realist. Until UT ACTUALLY beats UF, don’t believe a word of this. 1-14 against the Gators in the last 15 years for cryin’ out loud!

I think there just are too many unknowns at this point for me to make an intelligent prediction, but I think after the Utah game we will know a lot more. If it is a decisive loss then I think 6-6 but it it is a dominant win, suggesting the Napier has the team on the right track, I think we could be an 8-4 team.

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