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4 minutes ago, Davis Lane said:

His body language and demeanor is that of a man that thinks he's about to get shit canned.

 

Thanks or knows?  Hell, he probably knows it'll happen after a loss on Saturday. 

It's a race between him and Freeze for who gets shitcanned before the end of 2025.  Pittman took gold, now we wait to see who takes silver. 

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54 minutes ago, Helobious said:

As I’ve mentioned Florida is my 2nd favorite school so I know more about them than most on here. This game will get ugly fast. They have no more fight left in them and are going to be without their entire starting defensive line. They are a decent running team but Napier is quite literally too stupid to lean into that dynamic, and Lagway is both injured and mentally broken, and overrated. They really need a new coach and a roster overhaul to be a competitive program again, if you look at their schedule it’s hard to see anything other than a 2-10 or 3-9 finish. Arch and the offense are finally clicking and I expect a close 1st quarter to give way to the blowout in the 2nd. 35-3 Texas. 

I'm going to ignore the obvious joke that y'all have correctly highlighted, and instead I'm going to go with the gem bolded above.

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Here's an article where Sun Belt Billy is basically caught either lying or completely clueless about injury, this one being to rotational Nickel Back, Aaron Gates. SBB announces yesterday that Gates will be back soon and they have good injury news on him. Today they announce that Gates has a torn labrum and will be undergoing shoulder surgery tomorrow, likely ending his season. There's other injury news in the article, including mentioning that starting DT Bett has a knee injury from the Miami game and isn't working out. That's like the 4th or 5th DL to go down. 

Fans and reports are not happy on their 247 site with one reporter implying that Napier is so checked out, he hasn't been paying attention to his staff's injury updates. 

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Florida STAR nickel cornerback Aaron Gates will undergo surgery on the labrum in his left shoulder, multiple sources told Swamp247. 

Gates was injured in Florida's 26-7 loss at Miami and was later observed in a sling. He did not return to the contest. 

Gates' surgery comes as a bit of surprise considering head coach Billy Napier's comments Monday, when he suggested the team had received "good news" about the redshirt sophomore's injury.

"We'll give you the injury report. We do anticipate potentially getting Aaron back. So, but that's going to be day-to-day depending on kind of how that goes," Napier said. "But I think we got good news on that front and then obviously you'll get an injury report Wednesday night."

Gates has logged seven tackles over four games this season, in a rotation at STAR with junior Sharif Denson.

Gates mounted a miraculous comeback to Florida's secondary this offseason after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee against Ole Miss last November, which ended his 2024 season and required surgery. 

It marked the second ACL tear of Gates' football career, after he injured his left knee during his senior season at Sharpsburg (Ga.) Trinity Christian. 

Yet, roughly eight months later, Gates was back out on the practice fields with the Gators on the day Florida opened its fall training camp ahead of the 2025 season. The UF coaching staff intended to ease him into action and closely monitor his activity level, but Gates did so without a no-contact jersey. He was ready to play.

Gates credited his previous experience with the injury as a benefit that allowed him to recover as quickly as he did this time around. 

"Going through it before definitely played a big role," Gates explained in August. "I had experience, and it just feels easier mentally to handle it, knowing what was going on, what to expect. So I feel like that gave me an advantage, helped me just work at it every day."

Over 10 appearances and four starts at nickel cornerback in 2024, splitting the first-team role with Denson, Gates tallied 27 total tackles with four for loss, one interception, four defended passes and two fumble recoveries. 

Gates was one of several Florida players to go down injured against Miami in Week 4. 

Starting junior cornerback Dijon Johnson injured the meniscus in his right knee, which required season-ending surgery; starting redshirt senior wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant exited the game after taking a big hit with an apparent upper-body injury; starting defensive tackle Brendan Bett went down with an apparent right knee injury and did not return to the contest. 

Florida will release its first of four Southeastern Conference-mandated availability reports on Wednesday ahead of its Saturday matchup with No. 9 Texas.

 

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Just now, Js1 said:

Dana Brown and the Astros medical staff are moonlighting in Gainesville?

Insider info online is saying It’s part garbage S&C program, part players pseudo-quitting to preserve redshirts. 

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21 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Here's an article where Sun Belt Billy is basically caught either lying or completely clueless about injury, this one being to rotational Nickel Back, Aaron Gates. SBB announces yesterday that Gates will be back soon and they have good injury news on him. Today they announce that Gates has a torn labrum and will be undergoing shoulder surgery tomorrow, likely ending his season. There's other injury news in the article, including mentioning that starting DT Bett has a knee injury from the Miami game and isn't working out. That's like the 4th or 5th DL to go down. 

Fans and reports are not happy on their 247 site with one reporter implying that Napier is so checked out, he hasn't been paying attention to his staff's injury updates. 

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Florida STAR nickel cornerback Aaron Gates will undergo surgery on the labrum in his left shoulder, multiple sources told Swamp247. 

Gates was injured in Florida's 26-7 loss at Miami and was later observed in a sling. He did not return to the contest. 

Gates' surgery comes as a bit of surprise considering head coach Billy Napier's comments Monday, when he suggested the team had received "good news" about the redshirt sophomore's injury.

"We'll give you the injury report. We do anticipate potentially getting Aaron back. So, but that's going to be day-to-day depending on kind of how that goes," Napier said. "But I think we got good news on that front and then obviously you'll get an injury report Wednesday night."

Gates has logged seven tackles over four games this season, in a rotation at STAR with junior Sharif Denson.

Gates mounted a miraculous comeback to Florida's secondary this offseason after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee against Ole Miss last November, which ended his 2024 season and required surgery. 

It marked the second ACL tear of Gates' football career, after he injured his left knee during his senior season at Sharpsburg (Ga.) Trinity Christian. 

Yet, roughly eight months later, Gates was back out on the practice fields with the Gators on the day Florida opened its fall training camp ahead of the 2025 season. The UF coaching staff intended to ease him into action and closely monitor his activity level, but Gates did so without a no-contact jersey. He was ready to play.

Gates credited his previous experience with the injury as a benefit that allowed him to recover as quickly as he did this time around. 

"Going through it before definitely played a big role," Gates explained in August. "I had experience, and it just feels easier mentally to handle it, knowing what was going on, what to expect. So I feel like that gave me an advantage, helped me just work at it every day."

Over 10 appearances and four starts at nickel cornerback in 2024, splitting the first-team role with Denson, Gates tallied 27 total tackles with four for loss, one interception, four defended passes and two fumble recoveries. 

Gates was one of several Florida players to go down injured against Miami in Week 4. 

Starting junior cornerback Dijon Johnson injured the meniscus in his right knee, which required season-ending surgery; starting redshirt senior wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant exited the game after taking a big hit with an apparent upper-body injury; starting defensive tackle Brendan Bett went down with an apparent right knee injury and did not return to the contest. 

Florida will release its first of four Southeastern Conference-mandated availability reports on Wednesday ahead of its Saturday matchup with No. 9 Texas.

 

Man I feel bad for Napier at this point. Put him out of his misery already. This feels like when the reporter asked Charlie Strong what it means for his career at Texas when he lost to Kansas and he started to tear up. 

8 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Insider info online is saying It’s part garbage S&C program, part players pseudo-quitting to preserve redshirts. 

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1 hour ago, satyanash said:

Bobby Burton has hinted that other SEC coaches are not nearly as honest as Sark is when it comes to injury reports. Presumably Napier falls into that group

is it an issue of honesty or competence in this case. 

the difference being with venebales we know he's a dirt burgler trying to game the injury reports. but i dont think any doubt he's aware of a realistic timeline 

for napier - it seems like he's so wildly disorganized or checked out, he actually has no clue, is mixing up injuries , and just bracing for his exit at this stage 

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I'm of the opinion that this game sets up as a dead cat bounce for Lagway and the gators. They're not stupid. They know their coach is likely toast. Lagway knows he's getting dragged by his own team's fanbase and the Internet. They're finally back at home and they get to play a team/brand that never lacks for hype. They have no special disdain or reason to not like Texas, but they're tired of all of the bullshit and Texas is as good of a brand as any to try and exorcise some demons. 

That doesn't mean Texas will lose or come in unprepared or scared. Texas has an advantage over most teams when it comes to road preparation, simply related to the volume of tough, big away games these guys have played. Texas will also be tired of beating up on themselves and the sisters of the poor they've been playing. They also need to show everybody something and shut some of the noise up for their own mental health. 

So I'm expecting a true rock fight with Texas ultimately prevailing due to better health, better talent and depth, and better coaching. I will be stunned by Texas blowing Florida out and stunned if Florida really has stereotypically just quit on their coach and program. I know they're in basically the same spot as Arkansas last week, but surely these guys have more pride than that, right?

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Might want to bet under, hope Texas takes right cleats for rain and our offense plays well...   need a good start, limit penalties, make more 1st downs, protect the ball, control field position, and take the points when necessary... 

Field likely to be wet, and might rain during game in Gainesville

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2 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Might want to bet under, hope Texas takes right cleats for rain and our offense plays well...   need a good start, limit penalties, make more 1st downs, protect the ball, control field position, and take the points when necessary... 

Field likely to be wet, and might rain during game in Gainesville

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This is irritating. If we're dealing with multiple weather delays while trying to enjoy this game in a Las Vegas sports book, we'll likely lose the game coverage and never get it back on a TV once it's gone. 

4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I'm of the opinion that this game sets up as a dead cat bounce for Lagway and the gators. They're not stupid. They know their coach is likely toast. Lagway knows he's getting dragged by his own team's fanbase and the Internet. They're finally back at home and they get to play a team/brand that never lacks for hype. They have no special disdain or reason to not like Texas, but they're tired of all of the bullshit and Texas is as good of a brand as any to try and exorcise some demons. 

That doesn't mean Texas will lose or come in unprepared or scared. Texas has an advantage over most teams when it comes to road preparation, simply related to the volume of tough, big away games these guys have played. Texas will also be tired of beating up on themselves and the sisters of the poor they've been playing. They also need to show everybody something and shut some of the noise up for their own mental health. 

So I'm expecting a true rock fight with Texas ultimately prevailing due to better health, better talent and depth, and better coaching. I will be stunned by Texas blowing Florida out and stunned if Florida really has stereotypically just quit on their coach and program. I know they're in basically the same spot as Arkansas last week, but surely these guys have more pride than that, right?

I like the under. And I *think* I also like Texas to cover the spread. 

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As I’ve mentioned Florida is my 2nd favorite school so I know more about them than most on here. This game will get ugly fast. They have no more fight left in them and are going to be without their entire starting defensive line. They are a decent running team but Napier is quite literally too stupid to lean into that dynamic, and Lagway is both injured and mentally broken, and overrated. They really need a new coach and a roster overhaul to be a competitive program again, if you look at their schedule it’s hard to see anything other than a 2-10 or 3-9 finish. Arch and the offense are finally clicking and I expect a close 1st quarter to give way to the blowout in the 2nd. 35-3 Texas. 

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Agree completely with your analysis, but...

22 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

They have no special disdain or reason to not like Texas, but they're tired of all of the bullshit and Texas is as good of a brand as any to try and exorcise some demons. 

I mean, we did embarrass the fuck out of them last year 49-17 so maybe they have a little more motivation for revenge.

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10 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Agree completely with your analysis, but...

I mean, we did embarrass the fuck out of them last year 49-17 so maybe they have a little more motivation for revenge.

Yeah but they also lost to A&M which is far more embarrassing. That's got to be the one that gets their dander up.

 

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39 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I'm of the opinion that this game sets up as a dead cat bounce for Lagway and the gators. They're not stupid. They know their coach is likely toast. Lagway knows he's getting dragged by his own team's fanbase and the Internet. They're finally back at home and they get to play a team/brand that never lacks for hype. They have no special disdain or reason to not like Texas, but they're tired of all of the bullshit and Texas is as good of a brand as any to try and exorcise some demons. 

That doesn't mean Texas will lose or come in unprepared or scared. Texas has an advantage over most teams when it comes to road preparation, simply related to the volume of tough, big away games these guys have played. Texas will also be tired of beating up on themselves and the sisters of the poor they've been playing. They also need to show everybody something and shut some of the noise up for their own mental health. 

So I'm expecting a true rock fight with Texas ultimately prevailing due to better health, better talent and depth, and better coaching. I will be stunned by Texas blowing Florida out and stunned if Florida really has stereotypically just quit on their coach and program. I know they're in basically the same spot as Arkansas last week, but surely these guys have more pride than that, right?

I'm gonna assume you're playing devil's advocate. I mean, we have a decided schematic advantage, that being that our players are a lot better than their players.

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16 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Agree completely with your analysis, but...

I mean, we did embarrass the fuck out of them last year 49-17 so maybe they have a little more motivation for revenge.

This team should be embarrassed we gave up 17 to that hospital squad of a team.  

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33 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Agree completely with your analysis, but...

I mean, we did embarrass the fuck out of them last year 49-17 so maybe they have a little more motivation for revenge.

I guess. I have heard UF guys from last year forward, players, SBB, Doering and Rutledge, other talking heads discussing them, and the Texas game never comes up. Not once. It’s like it didn’t happen because they were wracked with injuries. 

I’m kind of torn about revenge as a motivator and what it can unlock in sports. Against a rival is one thing, but against a random conference foe? I just remember Galveston Ball beating us 51-3, and 34-0 my first two years on varsity. My senior year, they came to see us finally and our coach picked that as the Homecoming game for revenge. “Payback’s a motherfucker!!” we screamed as we ran through the paper banner onto the field. Walking off the field losing 69-14, I’m just not sure the revenge angle made all that much of a difference when they were better coached and far more talented. 

17 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

I'm gonna assume you're playing devil's advocate. I mean, we have a decided schematic advantage, that being that our players are a lot better than their players.

They’re still a talented team. They have a QB who has flashed dynamism on the field, albeit last year before adding a shoulder injury and 25 pounds of bad weight. 

I hope everyone here is right, to be sure. 

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