Week 17, second round of playoffs
Emails:
FB Mueller accepts our invitation to come as a walk-on.
TE Fruth accepts our invitation to come as a walk-on.
ILB Devine accepts our invitation to come as a walk-on.
T Richard commits a violation of team rules for the second time this season! He's already suspended, so there will be no further action taken.
Preview of the Florida Gators:
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43rd in Rushing yards (1636) (IU 23rd, 1817 yds)
3rd in Passing yards (3904) (IU 17th, 3073 yds)
6th in points per game (43.2) (IU 14th, 40.0)
11th in 3rd down conv (45.4%) (IU 13th, 44.3)
51st in turnover margin (+2) (IU 1st, +22)
1st in rushing yds allowed (325) (IU 5th, 742 yds)
17th in passing yds allowed (1917) (IU 16th, 1906 yds)
4th in points per game allowed (10.4) (IU 1st, 9.3)
3rd in 3rd down conv allowed (18.9%) (IU 16th, 27.7)
QB Thornton, 258 completions for 3714 yds, 39 TDs, 10 ints
RB Fleming, 228 rushes for 1215 yds, 11 TDs
WR Feterik, 66 catches, 1029 yds, 6 TDs
Position-by-position comparison of starters:
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QB: Vallery(73) vs Thornton(51).
Edge: IU, Vallery's talent trumps Thornton's numbers.
FB,RB: Kaplan(54), Wittich(83) vs Peterson(66), Fleming(68).
Edge: Even.
TE,WRs: Jeffries(81), Blades(76), Bertram(48)
vs Wentz(53), K.Clinton(94), B.Clinton(83).
Edge: UF, they have the best WR combo in the nation.
OL: Godfrey(82), Abate(76), Huang(65), Carter(49), Tanner(36)
vs Iannucci(95), Styles(56), Barton(51), Fields(75), McEwen(67).
Edge: UF, the guards are slightly better than our tackles.
DL: Cox(70), Horoszowski(67), Cabrera(65), Farmer(50)
vs Fulton(85), Huffman(73), Kaplan(73), Ballard(52).
Edge: UF, by a narrow margin.
LBs: Whalen(80), Fleming(75), Baker(59), Jeans(72)
vs Spencer(77), Tubbs(67), Zeigler(67), Becnel(58).
Edge: IU, we have the depth and the nation's best ILB pairing.
DBs: Banks(77), Sonnier(62), Dorrough(79), Brignac(65)
vs Chrisman(73), Varona(56), Holmes(82), Benson(56).
Edge: IU, Sonnier and Brignac are better than Varona and Benson.
#3 Florida (11-1)(-3) vs #18 Indiana (10-2) on TV4.
Game details coming up next... but it could take a week until next update, since I'm off to Italy the day after tomorrow for a friend's wedding!
(Edit: forgot rankings and the correct point spread)