I hear Pup Howard is killing it.
Howard, whose real first name is Grayson, is a linebacker for the Florida football team. He transferred from South Carolina, where he was an accomplished tackler.
The Gators didn’t have a lot of those last season, but I hear Howard’s been a tackling demon at UF. I heard it from a little bird, who read it on a message board from a guy who knows somebody who knows the guy who delivers ice to Florida’s practices.
So take it for what it’s worth, which isn’t enough to buy a cup of water at Wawa.
And that’s just the way Billy Napier likes it.
We are at T-Minus two weeks before the Gators’ opener against Miami. We don’t know much more about the Gators than we knew two months ago.
That is largely by design. Practices are closed, other than fleeting glimpses granted to reporters who are prohibited from reporting anything juicy if they accidentally see it.
I’m not complaining. Given the stakes, it’s understandable why Napier is concerned that Mario Cristobal might hire Connor Stalions to dress like a Gatorade bottle and secretly videotape UF’s two-minute drill.
But nature and football fans hate a vacuum. So the void of substantive news is mostly filled by innuendo, wishcasting, scuttlebutt and overanalysis.
If you’re a glass-half-full person, you can argue that the pieces are there for a turnaround. If you’re a glass-half-empty, you can declare that such talk is a mirage.
That said, there are some things we can be pretty sure about. Graham Mertz will be a solid quarterback. Eugene Wilson III will leave a lot of defenders grasping at air.
Jeremy Crawshaw will punt some footballs into low Earth orbit. Jaden Rashada won’t run across the field to embrace Napier after the Georgia game.
Beyond that, it’s a guessing game. I have no doubt Howard and the defense have had shining…
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Author : The Gainesville Sun
Publish date : 2024-08-19 08:05:06
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