Because the normal Saturday game was moved to the first ever Sunday game in the Swamp, instead of bringing you Sunday Hash we bring you the Monday Brunch.
Maybe a little avocado toast, a fruit parfait, spicy sausage and orange juice (this is obviously a homage to the late and great Tom McEwen) as you get back to work after a week we will never forget. Prayers go out to all of the people affected by Hurricane Ian.
In some ways, Sunday’s game was the perfect game for Florida (except for a couple of injuries which we will know more about later). It was 75 degrees at kickoff, it was a decent crowd despite all of the stuff people were dealing with, and Florida was able to play a bunch of dudes.
And after the first UF play after Eastern Washington started with a field goal, nobody ever thought UF could lose.
Here we go with Monday Brunch.
With the three new starters, we were interested to see what the defense could do.
Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun
The answer was not overly impressive considering Florida did allow 27 first downs. Yes, there were a bunch of young guys who got to play who Florida won’t be counting on during these next two home games, but Florida did allow 15 of those first downs in the first half. Not only that, Eastern Washington ran 85 plays in the game, the second straight team to run more than 80 plays on the Florida defense.
Still, Billy Napier was pretty happy with his defense…
Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun
… despite giving up more than 400 yards again. “We got through the opening script and then after that, we settled down and played pretty good I thought,” he said. “I think we are very much a work in progress there.” Yeah, it seems like the defense has its moments but struggles to play smart football play-after-play.
Florida played 81 players in the game…
Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun
… and many of those guys…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Football | Gators Wire…