The Florida Gators football season has begun, with the post Tim Tebow era. The era begun with a whimper, not a bang.
Florida Gator Fooball Ranked #4 Coming into 2010 Season
The Florida Gator football season began with the team ranked #4. Despite the fact that the team won their opener 34-12 over Miami of Ohio, it was an error-filled game that was hardly fitting of a number-4 ranked team.
Without Tebox, the Gators showed an anemic offense. The new QB, John Brantly, began the Brantley era with 17 of 25 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns. The two TDs aside, that's less than five yards a pass attempt, an incredibly poor showing. The ground game wasn't great either: Florida finished with just 99 rushing yards.
Worse, most of that came at the end of the game. The Gators managed only 25 yards, including minus-16 rushing, through three quarters. Brantley wasn't intercepted, but one of those TDs he threw came off a fourth-down Hail Mary pass in the final minutes that was tipped and caught by Chris Rainey.
Meanwhile, Miami of Ohio's Zac Dysert completed 25 of 44 passes for 191 yards for Miami. However, the team had to settle for a career-high four field goals from K Trevor Cook. Still, the Redhawks may have been the Gators' best weapon: they used 4 INTS to go along with a ton of red-zone stops to win the game.
One game doesn't make an entire season, but so far the post-Tebow era isn't starting out too well.
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