On Monday, one of my colleagues penned a column saying that Florida football fans shouldn’t be optimistic. That UF won’t be making a third-consecutive trip to the SEC Championship. That with Florida’s daunting 2017 schedule, the Gators are doomed to mediocrity.
His reasons for saying so revolve around that challenging schedule as well as a depleted defense that lost not only eight starters, but its defensive coordinator. There’s also the fact that Florida’s offense hasn’t been able to stop its slog since the days of Tim Tebow.
But nevertheless, I say to my colleague, in the words of ESPN College GameDay host Lee Corso, “Not so fast, my friend.