How did the football and basketball teams look in their first games?

Tebow fighting for his first college touchdown

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The football team defense looks rock solid. Even the secondary looked fast. Other than a Chris Leak interception freebie early in the game, Southern Miss would not have scored the entire game. The interception may also have been because of a bad route run but freshman Harvin. Reggie Nelson, Reggie Lewis and Tony Joiner all had strong games. Nelson is truly a beast. He was everywhere. Linebackers were solid as to be expected.The first team defense will be dy-no-mite. Even at the end of the game, when our second team defense was in, we didn't allow points. That was a good showing.Only thing lacking were the sacks! There were none. But there were lots of holding calls against our defense and quarterback throw aways. That tells you we still had plenty of pressure.

The offensive line still needs some work. Our running game just was completely sporadic. Sometimes it looked good, sometimes looked horrible. I think D. Wynn got hurt too. Not a good sign. We have playmakers at receiver. Percy Harvin and Dallas Baker were great. Caldwell took it easy the first game. And Jemalle had a great long pass for a touchdown. Tebow showed his heart already in just two plays and forced his body in for a touchdown.

Southern Miss was a strong opponent. They had a strong QB, Jeremy Young , who showed composure, but lacked in a strong throwing game. The yards they received were from a strong showing at their running back position.


Mareese Speights Looking good!

The Gator Boys, so far, took care of business in Canada. I wasn't able to watch it but from reports sounds like there were plenty of dunks and our freshman put up some decent numbers. Our championship team only played together for a limited amount of time, giving freshmen a chance to mesh with their new team mates. We broke the century mark easily, scoring 107 points.

Sounds like the Canadian fans were in awe of our team.