re: Urban Meyer quote about speed

i would venture to say we have more speed...i think this "speed" thing is overplayed with the exception of the UF backfield

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I think it's very fair to say LSU has probably the most speed on its roster of any opponent Florida faces annually - yet they make us look rather slow...

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Haven't we split the last 8 games played against Florida? No edge to either team.

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yet they make us look rather slow

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I was there this year, and I honestly did not think they made us look "slow", but they did make us look completely clueless. I didn't see them so much outrunning guys for big plays, but rather running to places where we simply didn't have anybody. We'd have 3-4 guys occupying running lanes on the right side, and their RB would be running around the left side into wide open space.

I was also at the LSU-UF game last year, and they decidedly did not make us look slow then.

The thing my brother and I were noting in last night's game was how quickly Florida's defense would recover from mistakes. That was the most impressive feature of Florida speed that I've noticed. When their DBs would get beat underneath, or their LBs would fall for a fake, what appeared to be a huge hole would close up almost immediately. I don't know if that's great coaching or great speed, but I strongly suspect it is both.