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From a Gator1) Is Louisville a legitimate BCS bowl team?No. Louisville is in the Sugar Bowl because it had the highest BCS ranking of the three Big East co-champs, and the league still gets an automatic bid even though that honor should have been taken away a few years ago. Judged purely by results, the Cardinals are not one of the best 30 teams in the country. They almost blew a 35-7 lead on North Carolina, holding on to win 39-34. They edged Sun Belt also-ran FIU 28-21. They had to rally in the fourth quarter to win 21-17 at Southern Miss, which went 0-12. They scored a touchdown with 1:35 left to beat South Florida 27-25. They needed overtime to get past Cincinnati, 34-31. They lost 45-26 to Syracuse and fell in triple overtime to Connecticut. They punched their BCS ticket by rallying from a 14-3 halftime deficit to beat Rutgers 17-14. Seriously, that&#x27;s a BCS bowl team? Florida struggled to pull away several opponents this year, too, but the caliber of competition was far different. Can the Cardinals run on Florida?Nope. Wright (5-feet-11, 205 pounds) averaged only 4.0 yards per carry, and he did it against lesser defenses than Florida&#x27;s. His stat line against Rutgers&#x27; stout defense tells the story -22 carries for 17 yards. He didn&#x27;t fare much better against Syracuse (10 carries, 29 yards) and Connecticut (16 carries, 43 yards), so he enters the Sugar Bowl in a slump. His longest run of the year is 32 yards. When the Cardinals lost the more dynamicSenorise Perry to a knee injury against Syracuse, their running game went poof. If the Gators get hurt by Wright, it will mean they didn&#x27;t take the Cardinals seriously.

jwheels86 · Answer

From a Gator1) Is Louisville a legitimate BCS bowl team?No. Louisville is in the Sugar Bowl because it had the highest BCS ranking of the three Big East co-champs, and the league still gets an automatic bid even though that honor should have been taken away a few years ago. Judged purely by results, the Cardinals are not one of the best 30 teams in the country. They almost blew a 35-7 lead on North Carolina, holding on to win 39-34. They edged Sun Belt also-ran FIU 28-21. They had to rally in the fourth quarter to win 21-17 at Southern Miss, which went 0-12. They scored a touchdown with 1:35 left to beat South Florida 27-25. They needed overtime to get past Cincinnati, 34-31. They lost 45-26 to Syracuse and fell in triple overtime to Connecticut. They punched their BCS ticket by rallying from a 14-3 halftime deficit to beat Rutgers 17-14. Seriously, that&#x27;s a BCS bowl team? Florida struggled to pull away several opponents this year, too, but the caliber of competition was far different. Can the Cardinals run on Florida?Nope. Wright (5-feet-11, 205 pounds) averaged only 4.0 yards per carry, and he did it against lesser defenses than Florida&#x27;s. His stat line against Rutgers&#x27; stout defense tells the story -22 carries for 17 yards. He didn&#x27;t fare much better against Syracuse (10 carries, 29 yards) and Connecticut (16 carries, 43 yards), so he enters the Sugar Bowl in a slump. His longest run of the year is 32 yards. When the Cardinals lost the more dynamicSenorise Perry to a knee injury against Syracuse, their running game went poof. If the Gators get hurt by Wright, it will mean they didn&#x27;t take the Cardinals seriously.

jwheels86 · Answer

This game is an epic mismatch from the athlete standpoint..

NEPatsFan · Answer

not sure what way i lean here but for your sake I hope the cards dont pull off an upset. After informing us how bad they are youll be looking pretty silly if they can make it happengood luck with your play!

jwheels86 · Answer

Those are just obvious facts about them

originator · Answer

Gator offense ischit... they are disgusting

payne034 · Answer

Is Florida a legitimate BCS team??&#xD;&#xA;They struggled to be a terrible Mizzou team at home and was tight throughout.  They beat a AM team before Manziel found his identity.  They had to block a punt to beat LaFayette.  Yes Lafayette.  They struggled against a MAC team, Bowling Green.

payne034 · Answer

They only outgained Jacksonville by a little over 100 yards and its not the Jacksonville Jaguars from the NFL.  They did have quality wins over LSU and South Carolina, but they strruggle to pass and will continue and you can zone in on the run and you will see I believe a tightly contested game.

jwheels86 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by payne034]  Is Florida a legitimate BCS team??&#xD;&#xA;They struggled to be a terrible Mizzou team at home and was tight throughout.  They beat a AM team before Manziel found his identity.  They had to block a punt to beat LaFayette.  Yes Lafayette.  They struggled against a MAC team, Bowling Green.  [/Quote]When you win 11 games with the #1 SOS, you are. They have done more than any other team this year, no way you are questioning that.

payne034 · Answer

done more than any other team???LMAO!!&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;defensively??  yes they are one of the best in the country&#xD;&#xA;offensively...they are laughable and struggled week in/week out

payne034 · Answer

u have always viewed the gators as the unstoppable force...&#xD;&#xA;last time we had this debate bw us is when tebow was caught crying on sideline in 2009

jwheels86 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by payne034]  done more than any other team???LMAO!!&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;defensively??  yes they are one of the best in the country&#xD;&#xA;offensively...they are laughable and struggled week in/week out  [/Quote]Yes, they have the best resume in the entire nation. Everyone knows about the offense, the defense is the best in the nation. Which is why they are 11-1 against the toughest schedule in the nationName a team with a tougher schedule, because you can&#x27;t.. That would mean they have the best resume and have done the most

payne034 · Answer

they beat am before they had their identity, they didnt have to play alabama, they got beat by georgia!!

the top seven sos is sec so they are all interchangable..

when a team has done more i look at domination or undefeated and as bad as i hate to say it notre dame has done more plain and simple.

they are undefeated

payne034 · Answer

time will tell if this blow out occurs as you say it will

payne034 · Answer

teddy bridgewater is shredding this florida secondary and all these florida blitz schemes...

chris5641 · Answer

This thread is so funny

THE-KID · Answer

Want a do over?

TRAIN69 · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;Not even close. Also, you over looked the ENORMOUS qb and coaching advantage for the Ville.&#xD;&#xA;Just a bad football "team".

Ktrain · Answer

Will you be coming back to this thread?

1bajalife · Answer

Florida offense is anemic at best Another SEC joke of a team

jwheels86 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by TRAIN69]  &#xD;&#xA;Not even close. Also, you over looked the ENORMOUS qb and coaching advantage for the Ville.&#xD;&#xA;Just a bad football "team".   [/Quote]This game only makes Boom and you look more hilariously stupid lol

jwheels86 · Answer

lol anyone with a brain knew that Driskel was the worst QB in the nation,nothing was learned with that. That kid is a god damn travesty

1bajalife · Answer

Then why the Fuk do they start him?  Florida D is impressive despite the points they gave up tonight. I have watched them all season, however the offense is an abortion to put it nicely. Who is the OC? With all the athletes on that team and they continue to struggle to score..............just baffling

TRAIN69 · Answer

Would love to see this explain. Your mouth writes a lot of checks, but your behind is bankrupt.Take off the homer glasses. Florida got out coached and outplayed on both sides of the ball. I won my bet, you lost.If you want some real football knowledge, not just what your frat buddies tell you, feel free to ask.

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