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Welcome back to A Peek Inside Gator Football. I'm Allie Peek.
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you'll get $ 150 in lineups instantly. Well, Florida lost to
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Georgia 27-8 on Saturday, and there are two very different
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ways you can look at that game. One is that
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Georgia is simply the better football team. Kirby Smart had
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his guys ready. The Bulldogs were more physical, more disciplined,
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and more prepared. And they did exactly what a championship
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caliber program is supposed to do against an overmatched opponent.
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The other is that Florida handed Georgia a victory. Four turnovers,
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offensive breakdowns, questionable decisions, and an offense that struggled to
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get out of its own way. But after watching Brooks
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Austin's film breakdown of this game, I think the answer
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is a little more complicated. Because what jumped out to
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me wasn't just how poorly Florida plays offensively. It was
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how much Georgia appeared to know of what Florida was
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going to do before the Gators actually did it. And
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that's concerning. We're going to talk about what Georgia did
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so well, what Florida did so poorly, and ultimately answer
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this question. Was Saturday a great defensive performance by Georgia
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or an offensive disaster by Florida? And perhaps more importantly,
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what does this tell us about where John Summerall's program
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really stands? Let me start with something that Brooks said
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that I thought was pretty revealing. He called this the
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most prepared, most violent, and most aggressive Georgia defense he's
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seen in quite some time. And when he started breaking
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down individual plays, it became pretty clear why. Georgia wasn't
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just winning because its players were bigger, stronger, or faster.
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It was winning because its defenders were recognizing Florida's formations,
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anticipating its tendencies, and reacting almost immediately. One of the
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best examples came on a Florida perimeter screen. Florida motions
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Eric Singleton across the formation, trying to create an advantage
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on the outside. The idea is simple. Get your playmaker
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the football in space. Get blockers in front of him
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and make a defender miss. But Georgia's defender reads it
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almost immediately. He triggers downhill before Florida can get its
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blocking established, gets into the play, and then makes a
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tackle for a loss. So it's second and 12 now.
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And Brooks makes a point that I think Florida fans
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need to understand. When you build an offense around screens,
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horizontal runs, and getting guys the football in space, those
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plays have to create positive yardage. They cannot consistently put
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you behind the chains because once Florida found itself in
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its second and long or a third and long situation,
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Georgia now has a massive advantage. And this wasn't an
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isolated play. Brooks showed another screen where Georgia's defenders recognized
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the underneath route, communicated what he was seeing, and then
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adjusted his positioning and made the tackle. That's preparation. That's
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film study. That's understanding what your opponent likes to do
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in specific situations. And that's where I have a question
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for Buster Faulkner. Was Florida doing enough to challenge what
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Georgia thought it knew? Because Georgia looked incredibly comfortable defending
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this offense, and I don't think that this is something
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that we should simply dismiss as a talent advantage. Georgia
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didn't respect Florida's run game, and that's something I find
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particularly troubling. Brooks pointed out that a Georgia defender, a
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defensive alignment where the Bulldogs essentially had four down linemen
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and a linebacker positioned outside the traditional box, Both safeties
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were reading the run, but weren't necessarily crowding the line
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of scrimmage. And his interpretation was pretty straightforward. Georgia had
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very little concern about Florida being able to consistently run
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the ball vertically. Think about what that means. Florida has
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Jaden Baugh, one of the most talented running backs in
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the SEC. Florida has an offensive coordinator who wants to
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establish the run, create conflicts for defenders, and use the
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run game to set up play action. But Georgia was
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essentially saying, We'll defend the perimeter. We'll handle your offensive
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line with our defensive front. And we're not going to
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overcommit to stopping your inside run game. That's an enormous problem.
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And Brooks showed exactly why Georgia felt comfortable doing that.
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On one early run, Florida attempts an H-back insert concept. Basically,
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it's an old-school isolation run out of a modern formation.
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Georgia defensive lineman Elijah Griffin occupies two offensive linemen at
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the point of attack. That prevents Florida from getting a
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blocker cleanly to the second level. The running lane gets squeezed.
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Baugh tries to bounce outside, and Georgia's Chris Cole is there,
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and he finishes the play. Now, Brooks actually suggested Baugh
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would have been better served staying on the original path
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and accepting a modest game. But here's the bigger point.
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One Georgia defensive lineman effectively disrupted the blocking structure of
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the entire play. And when that happens repeatedly, you cannot
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consistently run the football. Georgia also did an excellent job
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defending Florida's outside zone concepts. Brooks showed a play where
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Gabe Harris attacked inside, forcing the running back to change direction,
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and the next Georgia defender was waiting right there to
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make the tackle. The same thing happened on counter runs.
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Georgia's defenders squeezed down on the pulling blockers, maintained that
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outside leverage, and then forced Florida's ball carriers into pursuit.
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That wasn't just Georgia being more physical. It was Georgia
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playing with outstanding gap discipline. And it forced Florida to
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keep looking for answers that really never consistently materialized. And
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now let's talk about something
Georgia defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann did.
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One of the most impressive plays that Brooks broke down
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was the pressure that contributed to Aaron Filo's disastrous interception.
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And I think this might be the perfect illustration of
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what happened on Saturday. Before the snap, Georgia presents a
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defensive look where Florida has to account for Chris Cole
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near the line of scrimmage. Cole is a legit pass
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rush threat. So Florida's offensive line adjusts its protection to
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account for him. But then Georgia drops Cole into coverage.
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It drops another defender as well. And instead, Schumann brings
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pressure from the opposite side. Now Florida has three offensive
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linemen initially working towards a side where there was an
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anticipated rush, but it doesn't arrive. While Georgia creates a
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three-on-two threat on the other side. Brooks described the design
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as diabolical. And he was right. Georgia manipulated Florida's protection
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before the ball was even snapped. Now, Florida still has
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to execute better. Brooks specifically pointed out that right tackle
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needed to pick somebody up even after Georgia created the
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numerical disadvantage, but the pressure gets through. Philo's flushed out
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of the pocket, he loses his balance, and he attempts
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an awkward underhanded throw that ends up in the hands
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of Ellis Robinson. Now, Philo can't make Obviously, he can't
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make that throw. It was atrocious. It was terrible. It
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was maybe one of the worst throws I've ever seen
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in college football. He has to take the sack. He
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needs to get rid of the ball legally, if possible,
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or just live to fight another down. A bad play
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cannot become a catastrophic play, and that's what happened. But
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here's what I want to emphasize. Georgia didn't simply get
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lucky because Florida's quarterback made a terrible decision. Georgia's designed
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a pressure specifically to create that quarterback discomfort. And according
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to Brooks... Making Philo uncomfortable outside the pocket was
something
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Georgia had identified as a potential vulnerability long before this game.
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That's scouting, that's preparation, and that's a defensive coordinator successfully
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attacking an opponent's weakness. So yes, Philo deserves responsibility for
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the interception. It was bad. But Georgia also deserves credit
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for creating the circumstances that led to it. And I
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think that that's an important distinction that we need to
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make as well. I'm going to take A short break
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back into this video. I just think that the things
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that Georgia did was so impressive. And I want to
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talk now about their defensive touchdown. It's really difficult to
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watch from Florida perspective. Florida calls a hitch and go concept.
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And Brooks actually said he didn't hate the play call.
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He thought Florida had an opportunity to make something happen.
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But once again, Georgia's defensive scheme and Florida's execution created
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a disaster. Georgia runs a pressure game involving Quintavious Johnson
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and Rayland Wilson. Florida's left tackle and running back, who's
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Evan Pryor in this one, don't appear to be on
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the same page about how to handle the exchange. So
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instead of passing off the defenders correctly, Florida ends up
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with a protection breakdown. Johnson comes free, the quarterback gets hit,
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the football comes out, and Chris Cole recovers it and
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takes it to the end zone. Now, there are two
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things here. First, Georgia deserves a tremendous amount of credit
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for the pressure design. It's another example of Schumann creating
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confusion and forcing Florida to communicate correctly under pressure. But secondly,
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Florida absolutely has to execute its protections. These are the
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kinds of situations where your offensive line and running backs
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work on throughout the week. You can't consistently have confusion
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about who's responsible for which defender. And then there's part
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of this play that Brooks was especially critical of. He
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pointed to number 21, that's Evan Pryor, and questioned his
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effort after the turnover. Brooks noted that the player never
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appeared to fully accelerate in pursuit of Cole. And I
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want to be careful here because there's a difference between
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one poor effort on a play and labeling somebody as
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a player who doesn't care. That's not what I'm doing.
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But the standard has to be the standard. When the
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football comes loose, everybody has to pursue. You don't assume
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the play is over. You don't assume somebody else is
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going to make the tackle. You sprint until the whistle blows.
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And to Brooks' credit, he wasn't calling for somebody to
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be kicked off the team at all. He was calling
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for accountability. And that's exactly what John Summerall has to
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demand because Georgia's talent may be better in certain areas,
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but effort, communication, and playing through the whistle, that's a non-negotiable.
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And it's a no-talent thing like Phil Troutwine talks about. Now,
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here's where this film breakdown becomes especially concerning for Florida, though.
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Brooks repeatedly points out situations where Georgia's defenders seem to
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know exactly what's coming. On one play, Florida attempts a
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toss-action fake before throwing the football. And Brooks noted that
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almost nobody on Georgia's defense reacted to the run fake
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at all. Nobody was fooled. That is important because play-action
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passing is built on making defenders respect the possibility of
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a run. If linebackers don't step forward, if safeties don't hesitate,
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and if defenders immediately recognize the passing concept, you're not
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creating the advantage the play is designed to produce. And
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that's exactly what happened. Georgia's defenders stayed disciplined, the throwing
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window remained tight, and the play ended in another interception.
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Brooks also highlighted how Georgia recognized Florida's screen tendencies in
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a long yardage situation. He mentioned that Florida had shown
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a tendency to go to screens or draws when facing
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difficult third downs, and Georgia was prepared for that. Now,
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to be fair, Florida wasn't entirely without creative ideas. Brooks
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actually praised a tackle over variation of a triple arrow concept,
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which gave the quarterback multiple options and it created some space.
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He also pointed to a counter run where Florida made
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a good adjustment to Georgia's defensive approach. So I don't
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think we can say that Faulkner absolutely had nothing that worked.
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But the larger problem was that Georgia had answers for
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almost everything Florida was trying to establish. Here's what I
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keep coming back to. When Georgia was defending Florida screens,
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it attacked downhill. When Florida tried to run outside, Georgia
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forced the ball back inside. When Florida tried to run vertically,
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Georgia's defensive linemen controlled the point of attack. When Florida
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went to play action, Georgia wasn't consistently fooled. And when
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Florida needed to throw, Schumann attacked its protection rules. That's
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a defense schematically taking away an offense's identity. And at
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some point, that's not just about the players. That's about
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how you're attacking the defense, how you're adjusting, and whether
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you're giving your players enough answers. So let's answer the question.
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Was this more about Georgia playing great football or Florida
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playing poorly? My answer is that Georgia deserves more credit
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for creating the overall result. But Florida deserves some significant
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blame for how ugly it became. And here's why. Georgia
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didn't just sit back and wait for Florida to make mistakes.
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Schumann actively created mismatches in protection. Georgia's defenders recognized screens
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before they developed. Its defensive line defended blocks without requiring
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constant help. And its linebackers and defensive backs played with
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the kind of anticipation that comes from excellent preparation. That's
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a terrific defensive performance. Here's the other side. Georgia didn't
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force Florida to make every bad decision. Georgia didn't force
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the offensive line and running backs to miscommunicate their assignments.
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Georgia didn't force Philo to attempt that underhanded throw rather
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than just accept a sack. Georgia didn't force every penalty,
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every false start, or every questionable offensive decision. And Georgia
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certainly didn't force a Florida player to fail to pursue
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a fumble recovery at full speed. Those are the things
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that Florida has to own. The other important distinction is
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what happened when Georgia had the football. Florida held Georgia
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to 318 yards and 27 points, and seven of those
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points came directly from Georgia's defense. The Gators' defense wasn't perfect,
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but it gave Florida opportunities to remain competitive. This was
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not Georgia's offense running up and down the field at will.
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This was a Georgia defense completely disrupting Florida's offense. And
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when you consider the turnover and the field position consequences,
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the Gators made an already difficult matchup almost impossible. So no,
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I don't look at this game and conclude that every
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single aspect of Georgia's football team was overwhelmingly superior to
Florida's.
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But I do think Georgia's defense exposed just how far
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Florida's offense still has to go. And that's where the
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conversation brings John Summerall into where we are. Florida's 5-3.
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This is a team that went on the road and
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beat Texas. It's a team that beat Ole Miss. We've
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seen enough flashes to believe there's real potential here. But
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Saturday showed us something else. Florida's still not a consistently disciplined,
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fundamentally sound offensive football team. And when the opponent is
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as talented and as prepared as Georgia, those weaknesses get magnified. Now,
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I don't think one loss to Georgia means the rebuild
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has failed. That would be ridiculous. But I also don't
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think Summerall can just chalk this up to facing an
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outstanding defense and move on. What happens when you see
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a defense playing aggressively against your perimeter game? What happens
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when the opponent clearly doesn't fear your vertical rushing attack?
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What happens when your quarterback is being manipulated by defensive
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pressures and looks? You have to have answers. And sometimes
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the answer isn't a more complicated play. Sometimes it's better communication.
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Sometimes it's identifying what the defense is giving you. Sometimes
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it's simplifying the protection, and sometimes it's understanding that taking
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a four-yard gain or even accepting a sack, that's considerably
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better than trying to make a spectacular play that turns
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into a turnover. Florida doesn't have to be perfect to
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win football games, but it has to stop making life
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so difficult on itself, and that starts with coaching. So
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here's my biggest takeaway from Brooks Austin's film review. Georgia
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looked like a football team that knew exactly what it was,
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what it wants to be, exactly what it wants to do.
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Florida looks like a football team who's still trying to
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figure out how to respond when its first option isn't working.
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And that is the difference between a program that's been
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operating at an elite level for years and a program
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trying to get back there. Georgia was more prepared. They
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were more decisive. They were more physical at the point
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of attack. And Georgia's defense played with tremendous confidence. But
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Florida made it easier than it needed to be. Four turnovers,
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missed assignments, poor decisions, an offense that never established consistency,
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and a 27-8 final score that leaves Florida with some
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uncomfortable questions heading into Oklahoma Week. Now, if you're looking
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for something encouraging, it's that Florida's defense showed it can
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compete with an opponent like Georgia. And there were a
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handful of offensive concepts that Brooks thought had potential. But
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those positives don't erase the bigger concerns. You cannot expect
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to compete with elite teams in this conference when your
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offense is routinely putting itself into impossible situations. Even though
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Georgia was playing great, part of this equation is that
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Florida was playing poorly. Georgia won this chess match and
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Florida made far too many mistakes trying to play its
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way out of checkmate. And now the responsibility falls on
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Summerall and Faulkner and this offensive staff to prove that
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they can learn from it. Oklahoma's coming to Gainesville this
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week and the Gators don't get to spend the entire
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week feeling sorry for themselves. They have to figure out
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how to respond. Now I want to hear from you.
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After watching Saturday's game, do you think that Georgia just
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exposed some talent limitations that Florida has? Or do you
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get more concerned about the preparation, the play calling, and
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the offensive execution. Let me know down in the comments.
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