Bold Predictions For Florida vs. Missouri

Missouri will need to get creative Saturday.

The Tiger Style wrestling team has scheduled its first practice at 2:30 p.m. outside the Hearnes Center on the west lawn along Mick Deaver Memorial Drive.

If they can win two out of the next three games then they control the road to the SEC East title.

The Missouri Tigers (4-1) are coming from a 24-10 win over South Carolina in Week 5. Internally, Gators fans are excited and optimistic about the 5-0 start.

After topping Ole Miss, McElwain said he’s interested to see whether his team is a one-hit wonder or a multiplatinum program. But does Florida have to do more to earn the complete attention of the rest of the SEC? Under McElwain, the Gators suddenly seem to have their quarterback of the future, redshirt freshman Will Grier, who has an array of playmakers at his disposal. “You can look at teams all over the country who have big wins and then two weeks later they’re not so happy again”. Is the level of play Florida showed in routing the Rebels sustainable? The undefeated Gators are six-point favorites after an impressive victory over Ole Miss on Saturday.

The Gators are going on an extended road trip and leaving behind their best friend, their most important ally.

“I really think it’s a credit to that (WR) position group that they’re actually investing into how you go about your work schedule”, UF coach Jim McElwain said.

Can the Gators push their way into the College Football Playoff conversation? If not, the Gators and Georgia Bulldogs will most likely play for the crown.

Brown caught both of Lock’s touchdown passes in the game and looks to have an early rapport with the quarterback. The Rebels had almost as many negative plays (six) as first downs (seven) during their first five series.

Bush made his first tailgating stop prior to the South Carolina-Georgia game in Athens last month. Linebacker Alex Anzalone is doing better, McElwain said, but still in a sling. But McElwain did not accept 2015 would be merely a rebuilding year and had a short-term plan in mind, too.

While UF has generated most of its pass rush from its four-man front, at times, extra pressure has helped. For the past four years, the Gators have had shaky quarterback play and virtually no playmakers.

Defensively, the Tigers will have their hands full with freshman quarterback Will Grier, who, like Lock, competed in Trent Dilfer’s Elite 11 Competition.

The growth of the offense has energized a defense accustomed to shouldering the entire load. So far, theyre averaging an SEC-worst 95.5 yards passing per game. More close games loom. And we’re asking them to do a lot.

RB Derrick Henry, junior, Alabama: Last week, 26 carries for 148 yards and one touchdown in 38-10 win at Georgia.

Thompson: Lock faces a hard, potentially confidence-shattering assignment during just his second college start. UF’s 3-0 start in the SEC two years ago ended up as fool’s gold. “He got in”, defensive line coach Chris Rumph said. LB Kentrell Brothers leads the SEC in tackles with 59, including 4 1/2 for loss.

Jefferson has lived up to his billing as a five-star recruit. Right now they’re very average at quarterback.

Thompson: Grier has been as hot as any quarterback in the SEC during the past five quarters of football. QB Everett Golson had 202 yards through the air and a touchdown, but it took a Tyler Hunter interception in the end zone to seal the victory for Florida State.

Wild swings of inconsistency are to be expected for a young quarterback.

P-D: What’s been the difference with Florida’s offense through five games? Florida State had to hang on last week at Wake Forest.

But like Grier, youth and inexperience have held back the Gators’ run game. He has won the APSE’s national columnist of the year twice and finished in the top 10 eight times.