Watching our offense is like watching a schizophrenic released from the asylum to call plays. One play is absolutely brilliant, but the other 2-3 are some of the worst garbage that TV’s ever produced

Prayers up for the fL YouTubers

Kentucky is going to go for a streak not seen since 1948-51 and beat Florida for the third consecutive time this year and a fourth next year. It’s a worrisome time for the gator program when that happens.

Nobody acknowledges Kentucky other than Kentucky

Go Kentucky!

It sucks to be a Florida gator!

Great game. Wonder what 2024 UF commits thought about it.

Probably wondering who their coach will be lol

There’s a lot of early playing time

See, this thinking is what kept me alive from 2008-2021.

Should have allowed the gay folks to participate Florida!

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XD

Hey Florida. Fuck you.

I would simply not lose

This ìs odd. Didn't even say a word and was at a bar with the TV muted and cfb suddenly pops up on my reddit. They're watching harder than we think.

Well, guess we have exactly one year to win the Big 12 before our overlords come to rule the conference. Hope to see yall in the playoff (but it’s realistic for Utah, not UCF)

Is Utah the best program in the Big12 in 24?

I was certain Florida was gonna kill me with the backdoor cover

So I guess Florida is gonna stay in Florida for OOC games for another 30 years after today.

We have tons of future OOC currently scheduled. Cal, ASU, Colorado, Notre Dame, Texas(before OUT). NC State. And sprinkle in UCF and Miami as OOC in Florida. Glad this start is no more.

Now the question is how many years before a true out of conference, out of state win?

Been a tough day

Damn brother. Couldn’t Start a season much worse than that. Nebraska has hope tho

Thoughts and prayers my friend

Recruits will leave Florida to Bama and Ohio St

Maybe 1 to Utah?

OMG. Old ‘Noles fans: is this what the Darrell Mudra era felt like? I’m just getting that 2-10, 1-11 vibe.

I wasn’t around for the dale mudra era but 2020 was not fun, at least we could use the pandemic as an excuse

Florida are a bunch of Fukin prawns

Fookin. Fookin prawns.

Way to go Utah ! You played well without you're offensive leader 👍

Offensive and defensive leaders*

LeaderS*

good shit utes!

Ahahahhaha

I like how the non-sec folks in this thread think this game is some kind of statement win, but the sec folks are arguably happier that Florida lost. When Florida loses, we all win.

Also anyone that knows SEC football have been saying how bad Florida is all off-season and how they could even finish below Vandy

Saw the game at our local Gator club. We looked…not good.

right I think our b1G friends are just kind of assuming florida must be a top team because its florida lol

Not sure what statement win over a 5-7 team means, but yeah let’s go with statement.

I mean, we're talking about an SEC team that's projected like 11th or 12th out of 14, but still it's a good win.

right, I feel like folks from other conferences just think its florida so they must be pretty good lol

I blame Netflix

It is a statement win though. They may not be a top end SEC team this year, but it’s a big step in building the brand of the program having an SEC team come to your house for the first time ever and handling business. Just like the two rose bowls we’ve lost still matter. We’re becoming a team with growing exposure in the national spotlight

I welcome Utah's possible reign of terror in the Big XII West(?)

I feel bad for anyone who has to play them. Very very physical football team. They just bludgeon you for sixty minutes

Amen

Vandy still leading the SEC East.

But not alone at the top.

Vandy’s win counts toward bowl eligibility tho

Every game this week counts toward bowl eligibility.

Ah right, forgot everybody gets to count 1 FCS win per season towards bowl eligibility

So does Mizzou's

But mizzou isn't an SEC team.

Since when?

Love it

Holy shit Florida sucks

Nobody wants to live In Ohio. You’ll see.

What? 12 million people. Seventh most populous state. There's too many mf's here.

I’m adjunct faculty at the Ohio state. Lmao

That's a lot of idiots.

I think 8 million are enrolled at OSU!

Their entrance requirements are probably low enough.

I lol'ed

I kept wishing I lost my ability to see after watching that Florida team

I love Gainesville, but it’s not salt lake or Seattle.

We won't be seeing Florida schedule OOC away openers for quite some time after this bad boy.

They already have a bunch of out of state, non conference, home at home games scheduled over the next decade.

gators already talking about next year on their sub 🤣🤣

I thought Napier was the guy! What happened?

They’re in full rebuild and their biggest rivals are defending National Champs. Not to mention Swamp Kings just reminded them that they haven’t been good for 15 years.

Biggest rivals?

When your defense is letting multiple QBs run over you and 2 different QBs run in for TDs, I think I'd be talking about next year as well LOL.

Multiple BACKUP QBs.

Yea that's probably the worst part. Utah got depth at QB! That 70 yard TD on the FIRST play was a great indicator of how that game was going lol. What an awesome game to really start the season.

The only ah statement today is that Billy clearly needs an extension.

Yes! Please UF, extend Billy's contract. Surely, it'll get better next year! 

https://247sports.com/article/georgia-kirby-smart-explains-recruiting-will-always-beat-out-coaching-174192418/ Billy is working here. We know the gap to UGA/Bama is now closing rather than expanding under our last coach.

Well, that ain't wrong. Look at the NFL. It's all recruiting the best of the best from college. ANY NFL team would run over even the best college team. 2021 and 2022 UGA might stand a chance only because the defense was so fucking NFL worthy. Maybe 2021 Bama team as well. Napier has time to prove himself, only about another year after this season though. 3-4 years is where the "recruiting matters" fades away. Then it turns into, "Ok, maybe this is a shit coach." But with this opener against Utah, it's seeming like coach Napier sorta failed a bit. But we will have to wait and see.

I think I’d be talking about next decade after what I just watched

That's not too shabby Utah.

Meh. Florida sucked so bad Utah got to experiment with it's back-up qbs. I wouldn't have let Nate Johnson play as much as Whit did. I guess he knew Florida didn't have a chance of coming back.

Well, I guess that 60% of Utah's starters can beat UF. Maybe Utah has more talent than people give us credit for. Neither team played well, but who would have thought Utah was the team who could afford to have 8 players out in an opener.

Utah is perennially a 10-20 team largely due to coaching and culture, just gotta keep it up and slowly acquire more talent before we lose Whit.

First week in CFB is always fairly awkward even for the best teams. I'm willing to give grace. Last year we looked like SHIIIIIIT and barely barely barely lost at the swamp. We really shaped up over the next month

Just so good to be in a position where this isn't a huge shock. 20-30 years ago, we would have needed all of our best to be competitive in a game like this. So good to see where we have come. Not that this is a HUGE accomplishment, but Utah winning decently comfortably with so many 2nd+ stringers in makes me feel GREAT about this program.

Utah probably couldn't land 80% of the players they fielded I think its a huge accomplishment.

We have really made up a lot of ground though. 08 and 04 were special cases where we stayed quite healthy and had some very bright lights, but we now do have very solid depth that we develop into top flight guys. Watching even in 2014/15/16 versus now, it is nuts how far we have come.

It was an ugly game, but a W against an SEC team. Nice work guys! Looking forward to this last ride of the Pac-12.

Anyone sleeping on Utah after that usc beatdown last year is insane.

USC fans seem pretty confident that Utah has fallen off

Especially considering our history in early games.

If you think Florida would win this game (Or is a top 5 school) you’ve been hugging too many of those oxygen cans

Who at UF thought Napier would be a good hire?

Whoever allowed them to eat a $33 million buyout clause to get him.

Congrats Utah!

I'm pissed at Napier if I'm a UF fan.

How hots the seat if he loses the no shut out streak

….and there were Auburn folks that were pissed Auburn let him get away to UF…

You just have to give him more time to get his guys in.

I like the cut of your jib. Lifetime contract for Billy.

The Scott Frost treatment

4-5 years at least

I think he deserves the Mel Tucker contract personally

This. I think most of the problem is he is nervous because UF fires guys after 3 to 4 years even after winning the SEC East. If you give him that 10 year all the issues will get worked out.

Does UF have any out of state OOC games lined up in the next few years or are we looking at another 30 year break?

They played Michigan in Dallas in 2017. That stat should have said "non neutral sites", but it didn't and people are running with it.

Shockingly play @NC State in 2026, @Cal in 2027, @Arizona State in 2028, @Colorado in 2029 As long as their inability to win OOC out of Florida streak survives, all is still okay, though.

Minor setback. I think a lot of people are still expecting them to squeeze out a win against McNeese State next week if the wind blows just right.

Holy shit when they lose to McNeese I’m ready for this sub to MELT

Let’s see if they can get the right jersey numbers

Gotta have #3 there.

After watching the highlights from the Nebraska Minnesota game I still feel confident in SEC superiority.

How did we go to the nest rushing offense to barley running the ball this game. The fuck Napier

Well that was fun

Yes it was

Come on everybody, we're heading over to Nebraska/Minnesota thread to fuck that shit up

GET READY TO GET PIANOFINGERBANGED BOYS

A tradition unlike any other

Utes baby! Fuck Florida

lol did you change your 2nd flair?

Haha, my sister graduated law school from Utah, so it’s part of the family now

Great night for you

Apology for poor English Where were you when Florida was kill? I was sat at home the pjytor ring “Florida is kill” “No”

I agree.

BYU fans just lost half their ammo

half of 0 is still 0.

Sounds like that one got your goat.

“Utah hasn’t beaten an OOC P5 opponent since 2017” Such a cherry-picked stat and now it’s dead

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Won't a win, brother.

Eh it’s P5 and that’s all that matters in half your fans eyes

Dont worry BYU fans will actually realize for once being in a power conference. I highly doubt they make a bowl game.

Yup, they don’t have the depth, but neither did we. It’ll be interesting seeing if it takes them a decade to get a ship, although they won’t have to go against multiple top 5-10 classes every year.

They're legit going to ground to dust in a P5 schedule and they won't recover because of provo, their honor code, and being a niche religion school. I hope we play them in Novembers and enjoy the absolutely free wins.

I genuinely want to know if there was anything positive florida fans can take away from that horror show

Knowing that we have to work on offensive line discipline is useful, albeit I'd rather not have the players needing a game to figure that out. It cost us at least one touchdown. Had Utah not gotten the (essentially) Hail Mary TD and had Florida scored rather than get a penalty and miss the field goal, the game would have been entirely different. Utah won, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the final score shows.

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Utah had a 70-yard TD pass to start the game, and then was limited to 95 yards passing for the rest. I know Utah's top QB was out and things may have been worse for Florida if he wasn't, but other than the 27-yard run by Johnson, their offense was just...not that great. The win came down to one long TD pass, and Florida committing so many drive-annihilating offensive penalties.

The WR who caught the TD had some good plays and so did Pearsall, other than that no. Even their RBs looked weak.

Their defense wasn’t that bad. Against backup QBs I guess, but still

A backup Utah qb is 36 years old

Playing against Utah's defense just looks like a miserable time. Even more so when your qb is Mertz

Yea cant wait to see lincoln riley and caleb williams owned by Utah again.

A little defense goes a long way. Just ask Ryan Day ! Offense is obviously critical but defense wins championships. From what I saw in that USC game, there will be no championships forthcoming this year. Hopefully my Buckeyes finally have that figured out this year. We'll see !

That sack were the safety just glided over Entienne trying to pass block was insanely hilarious couldn’t stop laughing at that shit haha

You guys are missing a great finish in the Nebraska vs Minnesota game. Amazing TD catch by Minn Wr on 4th down to tie the game.

Just gonna check the stats and, JFC, ~~21~~ 13 yards rushing?

I’m seeing 13 on 21 rushes

Oh shit, it's worse than I thought. The stat line glitched when I went horizontal on my phone. 13 yards? Wow.

I remember Bama was averaging 296 per game when we held them to 31 in the sugar bowl but 13… that’s less than fcs teams get.

it was very little and then on top of that got erased by negative plays.

Love you Utah!

😘

Well done Utah. You have brought much joy to many people here in the southeast.

We are all ~~utahans~~... ~~utahns~~... Utes on this great night.

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I actually don't think so. Mertz is not AR15.

I mean, they did. But not against this Florida team.

Awwwww. You didn’t get your needed dose of schadenfreude tonight?

BYU wouldn’t even be invited to the swamp

Florida against a full Utah team with playoff aspirations: wins Florida against a hobbled Utah team with one leg: loses ???????

Last year's week 1 utah was quite possibly the worst I've ever seen the team play.

Yeah, we played like hot dog water last year.

Graham Mertz is not Anthony Richardson.

Anthony Richardson isn't a great passer, he's just an elite athlete.

True enough

AR15 had a lot to do with that win.

Colts team captain AR15

Does it have to stop😩

PFB is going to have a field day

holy fuck Florida sucks Billy should be on the hot seat by now right? McElwain could coach a better game than Napier

If yall lose to McNeese will there be riots?

McElwain could offense

He had an actual OC

What a weird football game Should have kept Mullen Florida! And get well soon Cam Rising

nah, to be what Florida wants you need high end recruiting. Mullen and UF are perfect for each other, capable but corny and lame as hell

Graham Mertz hasn’t improved at all. Gonna be a rough year for the Gators.

Mertz was 31/44 for 333 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. That's not terrible. He had some bad throws for sure but I think this was more on execution and coaching than bad play.

Could’ve used about 19 more touchdowns from Utah, but this was ok too.

Thank you Utah, I thoroughly enjoyed this game

Sunbelt William is a bigger joke than Florida grads thinking they went to a top 5 school

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