Where Are The Real Gators?

Being a graduate of the University of Florida and having all of the immediate family being Gator Alums, I have, obviously, been a part of the Gator Nation for quite some time. So, it is easy to imagine the frustration last Saturday when the good ole U of F stumbled in a game that they should have easily won. What happened? In my humble opinion, I think that the Gators have more talent and speed and better athletes than ever before evidenced in the football program...and that goes all the way back to before "Bear" Wolf (remember him?) However...I have noticed in the first four games that even though the Gators have this wonderful array of talent...they just are not in-sync! They are just not playing with the reckless abandon that they did two years ago when they won the National Championship. I don't know if they are trying too hard to protect Tim Tebow from the pounding he got in the past two years, or what. But...it needs to stop. You can't play the game of tackle football in the SEC and walk on egg shells at the same time. They seem to be playing with caution instead of confidence, finesse instead of fierceness, and expectations instead of execution. If the coaches who are paid millions of dollars a year can't figure this out we are doomed to more disappointing Saturdays...but...if they do....look for Florida to be playing in January...maybe even in the National Championship Game!!!