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Gators Continue Undefeated Following 27 to 3 Win Against Vanderbilt

November 12th, 2009 — Florida Gators Football, Gator News, Results, Vanderbilt

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While playing in front of a grand total of 90,694 fans of the team, the No 1 Florida team, the Gators managed to win a 19th game in a row following a 27 to 3 victory against Vanderbilt while playing in Saturday in the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Gators are now 9 and 0 for the season and 7 and 0 for the SEC conference, and they managed to hold back the Commodores, who are 2 and 8 for the season and 0 and 6 for the SEC to only a total of 99 rushing yards and 100 passing yards. This is the sixth time so far this season that the defense on the UF team has managed to hold an opponent back to less than 100 yards total rushing.

This 9 and 0 start is the third time ever this has happened in the entire history of the school.

Led by the senior quarterback, who is Tim Tebow, who managed to complete 15 out of 20 total passes for a total of 208 yards and a single touchdown, the UF Gators managed to rack up a total of 227 yards in the air, accompanying 148 yards total on the ground while playing against the Commodores.

The Junior tight end, who is Aaron Hernandez from Bristol, Connecticut, had what was a true career day, after he tallied a career-tying number of receptions, seven in total, for 120 yards in the air, a career high for him. This included a 64 yard haul during the fourth which was also a career record for him.

After both teams managed to start slowly, including two different punts for the Vanderbilt team during their first two possessions, and a single punt for the Gators on their first possession, the Gators finally managed to put some points on the board with only a single minute left during the first quarter, when they nabbed a 27 yard long field goal on the behalf of Caleb Sturgis. Florida managed to swing into action with a 75 yard and 13 play drive including an excellent 14-yard long reception on the behalf of a redshirt senior by the name of David Nelson as well as a 21-yard long catch on the behalf of Hernandez, allowing the team to take a lead early on in the game.

During the fourth quarter, with only around 11 minutes left on the clock, Florida was taking advantage of errors on Vanderbilt's part to extend the lead to a whopping 27 to 3. This was Nelson's first touchdown for the season, and it concluded the scoring for both of the teams, resulting in the game's final score of 27 to 3.

Photo Credits: Gary W. Green, Orlando Sentinel / November 7, 2009

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Are the Gators Looking Beyond Vanderbilt toward South Carolina?

November 2nd, 2009 — Florida Gators Football, Gator Game Preview, Gator News, South Carolina Gamecocks, Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Reportedly, Urban Meyer, Brandon Spikes and Tim Tebow met and had a meeting with other key members of the team and it has been said that everyone is now on the same page when it comes to the Gators team. Obviously some of the results from the post-Mississippi State meeting has been seen since the Gators managed to take a 41 to 17 win against the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia should have taken the chance to wear their black helmets for the very first time but they squandered the opportunity instead.

The Gators are now going to have to focus all of their attention on the very next stop on their tour which is Vanderbilt. Right now Vanderbilt is at 2 and 7 for the season and 0 and 5 for the SEC conference play, and for the SEC East Division they are currently in last place. Offensively, they have actually been pretty offensive during this past season. They are currently ranked 93rd in terms of total offense, 109th in terms of passing offense and 110th in terms of scoring offense in the country. Defensively it seems that they have fared a little better, but they are not fairing well enough to concern the Gators in the slightest.

Tim Tebow and his roommate Riley Cooper the wide receiver have both seemed to have ironed out whatever wrinkles were previously in the playbook. Right now both Dave Nelson and Deonte Thompson are absent in terms of the passing attack. A current playmaker is the tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is making plays every single time that he touches the ball.

The running game in Florida is still quite potent, especially with Chris Rainey, Jeff Demps and Emmanuel Moody. The Gators are ranked at 6th in the Nation and they are averaging 252.25 yards for each game on the ground. Tim Tebow is definitely making up a lot of those yards himself.

It is important that the Florida Gators keep their attention on the Vanderbilt Commodores this week, but it seems that their mind is on other things. Urban Meyer is going to tell you that his team is only preparing for the Commodores right now, and that they are not thinking about the looming upcoming South Carolina game. He will tell you that the team is not even going to think about the South Carolina game until the days following the Vanderbilt football game. Unfortunately, we know quite well that it is human nature to look ahead, and the Florida Gators are almost certainly wondering about their future.

The OBC is definitely looking forward to a stop by the Gators in Columbia in the following two weeks.

Florida has a lot of improving to do, especially in terms of offense. The offensive line also has to improve in terms of pass protection because they cannot go on forever relying on Tebow.

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