Louisville whips Florida 33-23

no surprise in my mind...
florida rolls over for the Cardinals

       

       Don't count me as surprised that Louisville beat Florida. I haven't been impressed with this Florida team all season. You can walk on a tight rope only so long before you fall. The Gators had pulled off more "miracles" to win games this season that any other SEC team. They came back time and time again to win. They seemingly always trailed only to let their superior athletes pull them out of the fire. Last night it didn't happen. I thought going in to the game that Louisville had the better team. I knew they had the best quarterback on the field, and Will Muschamp wasn't anywhere near the best coach. Muschamps tenure at Florida is going to take some heat for not having his team ready. I don't believe that. The Florida offense is not up to SEC standards. Per their usual MO the Gators fell behind early. Unlike most previous outings there was no comeback, or anything that approximated a comeback. The game started in the first half with a Louisville pick 6. The second half started with a "guess which head coach knows he's beat" onside kick. Louisville was ready and covered the kick  The very next play Teddy Bridgewater tossed a touchdown pass to let Florida know the game was over.

       It hasn't been a banner year for the SEC in the post season. None of that means anything about Alabama's chances in the National Championship game, or does it? Certainly, the invincibility of the SEC has been fractured. Mississippi State looked inept against Northwestern. You know Northwestern don't you? They are the Kentucky of Big Ten football. Georgia finally took care of Nebraska but let the Cornhuskers score 31 points in the process. That caused me to think that Georgia's defense wasn't all it was cracked up to be, or maybe the Tide's offense wasn't as great as we all thought. Clemson rocked LSU proving that Les Miles isn't the second best coach in the SEC. I still can't believe that LSU folded against an ACC Clemson team. That was the biggest black eye for the SEC in the 2013 season. At least South Carolina took care of Michigan even if it took a late TD. Conner Shaw was on the sidelines and the Gamecocks came back to win SEC style.

        The question in the minds of many SEC fans, myself included, is whether the SEC is overrated. I don't think the SEC is as good this season as last That year the SEC had to two best teams in college football. Either Alabama or LSU would have won the National Championship with little trouble. So now we have this Notre Dame question. Is Notre Dame better than we think, and is Alabama not nearly as as we hope. I don't really believe that what has happened to other SEC teams has anything to do with the upcoming game. Florida was terribly overrated and they have an offense that makes Auburn's offense look good by comparasion. Mississippi State was already on the skids and showed the worse wasn't reached in the regular season. Georgia won but didn't look particularly good in doing so. South Carolina came back to win despite incompetant officiating, including to most laughable measurement for a first down in college football history. That game will always be known for the Clowney tackle. That was an SEC hit.

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