re: Looking forward: UF @ Texas A&M

It's still impossible to predict what will happen next week with so much unknown about A&M and the question of how much of UF's struggles were first game oriented vs "it is what it is".

I don't buy that Pease is going to bring Boise to UF. Chris Pederson is the key to Boise's offense and that has been proven by the other OC's that have left Boise and unsuccessfully made the other teams "Boise". Doesn't mean he isn't a good coach but I don't see how a year as OC at Boise makes him a genius either.

The defense looked very good. Good speed and size and hard hits. It's hard to tell how it will translate next week because the talent differential offensively is mammoth between BG and A&M. Can they pressure the QB against the A&M OL? Can they cover up the skill players that well? We will find out.

The Florida O certainly didn't look very scary. The OL looked pretty average. Not a lot of big holes being opened up or a feeling that the QB had all day. Still not bad. None of the RB's or WR's looked particularly impressive. Solid, but not a lot of "holy ****!" moments where you would expect guys with far more "on paper" talent to demonstrate against a team like BG. Neither QB was very impressive. Not terrible but not much to get excited about either. I had the feeling that with better pressure on them they could start to really make some mistakes, it will be interesting to see how they handle the very unfriendly environment of Kyle next week.

Lots of "first game" mistakes. Penalties, out of synch offense, etc. UF just didn't look very comfortable. The game was still in doubt going in to the 4th quarter which is not a good sign. Still, that could be the "work out the jitters" game or it could be a sign of a long season to come.

Lots of teams struggled yesterday that you wouldn't expect to. I will say that if either UF or A&M plays at the same level UF played at yesterday they will likely lose and possibly lose big.