SB Nation Tampa Bay - College Football Saturday Week 6: Florida stops LSU, FSU collapseshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49019/tb-fave.png2012-10-10T10:31:10-04:00http://tampabay.sbnation.com/rss/stream/32273392012-10-10T10:31:10-04:002012-10-10T10:31:10-04:00LSU LB Kevin Minter exhausted by humidity
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<p>In the loss on Saturday, Kevin Minter eventually could no longer fight the humidity.</p> <p> </p>
<p>While the defenses ruled the afternoon in Saturday's game between Florida and LSU, it might have been the humidity that decided the contest, which Florida won, 14-6.</p>
<p>LSU linebacker <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/78717/kevin-minter">Kevin Minter</a> said fatigue "took over" on Saturday and blamed the humidity for that, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20121009/SPORTS0202/121009036/LSU-s-Kevin-Minter-Fatigue-took-over-Florida?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1">according to the Shreveport Times</a>.</p>
<p>Minter, who had 20 tackles and two sacks, was off the field because of the humidity for Florida's first touchdown.</p>
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<p>"It was frustrating," Minter said. "You always think what could I have done better? Maybe I could’ve drank more water during the week. I should’ve known better. I knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. I needed to be hydrated. I totally blame myself."</p>
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<p>Going forward, Minter said that he will "drink a lot more water."</p>
<p>While Saturday's home game against South Carolina is yet another big SEC showdown, it is not expected to be as hot as it was in Florida. The forecast calls for temperatures in the low 70s and high 60s.</p>
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<p><i>This story originally appeared at </i><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2012/10/10/3483262/lus-florida-kevin-minter-exhausted-heat-humidity">SB Nation</a><i>.</i></p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/florida-gators-news/2012/10/10/3483392/lsu-florida-kevin-minter-exhausted-heat-humiditySB Nation College News2012-10-08T17:12:01-04:002012-10-08T17:12:01-04:00Gators' physical play key in wins
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<p>Florida's physical play against the LSU Tigers helped propel the Gators to a 14-6 victory on Saturday.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-gators">Florida Gators</a> have been one of college football's biggest surprises in 2012. The Gators are 5-0, and are now the No. 4 team in the country after upsetting the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/lsu-tigers">LSU Tigers</a>.</p>
<p>Florida's physical play was one of the reasons that the Gators were able to pull off the upset and move to 5-0 on the season. <a href="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20121007/articles/121009628" target="_blank">Per the Gainsville Sun,</a> Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp is quite happy with his team's play at the line of scrimmage.</p>
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<p>"The effort was outstanding," Muschamp said on his Sunday television show. "We played very physical on both lines of scrimmage. I'm really proud of our football team.</p>
<p>"We played really well on the line of scrimmage. We played a very physical, physical game."</p>
<p>UF's defensive front manhandled LSU's offensive line, holding a powerful LSU ground game to only 42 yards rushing and sacking quarterback Zach Mettenberger five times.</p>
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<p>The Gators will have to continue their physical play, as they face off against Vanderbilt, No. 3 South Carolina, and No. 14 Georgia over the next three weeks.</p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/2012/10/8/3475486/lsu-vs-florida-2012-physical-play-paying-off-for-gatorsJP Starkey2012-10-07T19:46:52-04:002012-10-07T19:46:52-04:00The 7th Floor reacts to Miami loss to Notre Dame
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<p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/miami-hurricanes" class="sbn-auto-link">Miami Hurricanes</a> did not have answers Saturday against Notre Dame, as they were defeated 41-3. Miami seemed to have its opportunities in the beginning with <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/114387/stephen-morris" class="sbn-auto-link">Stephen Morris</a> dialing it, but his receivers were unable to help him out. Morris had two touchdown passes within his grasp, but was unable to pull them down.</p>
<p>What obviously hurt Miami worst was the 21-point third quarter the Irish put on them. Prior to that, the halftime score was, 13-3 and the Hurricanes were still in the game. But Miami couldn't stop a nose bleed on defense, particularly run defense. Notre Dame was able to bully the Hurricanes' interior to compile 376 yards on the ground. Two Notre Dame running backs went for over 100 yards rushing.</p>
<p>Here's some insight from the SB Nation Miami blog <a href="http://www.seventhfloorblog.com/2012/10/6/3466356/final-score-notre-dame-41-miami-3-much-anticipated-contest-ends-up-in">The 7th Floor</a>:</p>
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<p>Give credit to the Irish, they clearly controlled the tempo. Miami was a fast break team, forced to play a half court game. The penalties and dropped passes hurt, but the run defense continued to be beyond porous, and this ultimately was the biggest factor in the game. Manto T'eo and ND's defense were also very stingy, and did a good job of stopping UM when they didn't stop themselves.</p>
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https://tampabay.sbnation.com/2012/10/7/3470962/notre-dame-miami-2012-reactionBrandon Scott2012-10-07T17:53:53-04:002012-10-07T17:53:53-04:00Florida Gators move to No. 4 in AP poll
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<p>The Florida Gators moved up six spots in the Associated Press college football poll after a 14-6 victory over LSU, who was ranked six spots ahead of Florida last week. </p> <p>After coming away with an upset victory over the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/lsu-tigers" class="sbn-auto-link">LSU Tigers</a> Saturday, the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-gators" class="sbn-auto-link">Florida Gators</a> are gaining even more national recognition for their play on the field, which has led them to a 5-0 record, including wins over four SEC opponents.</p>
<p>The Gators essentially replace the Florida State Seminoles in the top portion of the rankings. With the Seminoles' catastrophic loss to N.C. State, they drop from No. 3 to 17.</p>
<p>The full Top 25 is <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2012/10/7/3468536/college-football-rankings-2012-week-7-ap-top-25">below</a>.</p>
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<td width="37" height="20">Rank</td>
<td width="111">Team</td>
<td width="50">Record</td>
<td width="43">Votes</td>
<td width="61">Previous</td>
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<td height="20">1</td>
<td>Alabama (60)</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>1,500</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td height="20">2</td>
<td>Oregon</td>
<td>6-0</td>
<td>1,435</td>
<td>2</td>
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<td height="20">3</td>
<td>South Carolina</td>
<td>6-0</td>
<td>1,359</td>
<td>6</td>
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<td height="20">4</td>
<td>Florida</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>1,265</td>
<td>10</td>
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<td height="20">5</td>
<td>West Virginia</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>1,260</td>
<td>8</td>
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<td height="20">6</td>
<td>Kansas State</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>1,217</td>
<td>7</td>
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<td height="20">7</td>
<td>Notre Dame</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>1,176</td>
<td>9</td>
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<td height="20">8</td>
<td>Ohio State</td>
<td>6-0</td>
<td>1,053</td>
<td>12</td>
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<td height="20">9</td>
<td>LSU</td>
<td>5-1</td>
<td>938</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td height="20">10</td>
<td>Oregon State</td>
<td>4-0</td>
<td>873</td>
<td>14</td>
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<td height="20">11</td>
<td>USC</td>
<td>4-1</td>
<td>812</td>
<td>13</td>
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<td height="20">12</td>
<td>Florida State</td>
<td>5-1</td>
<td>800</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td height="20">13</td>
<td>Oklahoma</td>
<td>3-1</td>
<td>756</td>
<td>17</td>
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<td height="20">14</td>
<td>Georgia</td>
<td>5-1</td>
<td>733</td>
<td>5</td>
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<td height="20">15</td>
<td>Texas</td>
<td>4-1</td>
<td>711</td>
<td>11</td>
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<td height="20">16</td>
<td>Clemson</td>
<td>5-1</td>
<td>657</td>
<td>15</td>
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<td height="20">17</td>
<td>Stanford</td>
<td>4-1</td>
<td>587</td>
<td>18</td>
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<td height="20">18</td>
<td>Louisville</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>494</td>
<td>19</td>
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<td height="20">19</td>
<td>Mississippi State</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>450</td>
<td>20</td>
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<td height="20">20</td>
<td>Rutgers</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>331</td>
<td>22</td>
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<td height="20">21</td>
<td>Cincinnati</td>
<td>4-0</td>
<td>205</td>
<td>NR</td>
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<td height="20">22</td>
<td>Texas A&M</td>
<td>4-1</td>
<td>153</td>
<td>NR</td>
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<td height="20">23</td>
<td>Louisiana Tech</td>
<td>5-0</td>
<td>129</td>
<td>NR</td>
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<td height="20">24</td>
<td>Boise State</td>
<td>4-1</td>
<td>114</td>
<td>NR</td>
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<td height="20">25</td>
<td>Michigan</td>
<td>3-2</td>
<td>82</td>
<td>NR</td>
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<p><b>Others Receiving Votes</b>: Ohio 79, Baylor 62, Iowa State 54, TCU 50, Michigan State 49, Arizona State 39, Washington 39, North Carolina State 17, Nebraska 5, Arizona 4, Duke 3, Tennessee 3, Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 2, Northwestern 1, Penn State 1</p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/florida-gators-news/2012/10/7/3470488/ncaa-football-rankings-2012-week-7-ap-top-25Brandon Scott2012-10-07T15:36:48-04:002012-10-07T15:36:48-04:00Florida, FSU, Miami: "Back," in a sense
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<p>After another seismic Saturday in college football, Florida, Florida State and Miami are all back ... to where they were a few years ago, anyway.</p> <p>For the better part of the last decade, here was the hierarchy of the Big Three in Florida college football: Florida > Florida State > Miami. On this Sunday, here is the hierarchy in of the Big Three in Florida college football: Florida > Florida State > Miami. And the three teams shuffled themselves back into that order on Saturday by getting back to what they did best over the last decade.</p>
<p>For Florida, that meant dominating on defense. The three Gators who got the lion's share of the credit for the two national championships were <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/10166/tim-tebow">Tim Tebow</a>, Urban Meyer and Dan Mullen, probably in that order, and that makes sense: those three were the most important individual actors in the Gators' brief dynasty. But Florida has been best in its history when its defense is at its most ferocious: the Gators gave up 30 points just once in 1996, 2006's national championship Gators depended on one of the best big-game defenses ever to win close game after close game, and 2008's Florida defense only held the highest-scoring offense in college football history to 14 points with a national title on the line. The 2012 defense is looking more and more like those predecessors with each passing week, this time after strangulating LSU's running game and whisking the Tigers off the field with alacrity in Saturday's 14-6 win.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/78461/mike-gillislee">Mike Gillislee</a> and the Florida running game had a lot to do with LSU's inability to establish an offensive rhythm, but here was the average of LSU's 12 drives on Saturday: 4.3 plays, 0.5 points, 16.7 yards, and 1:53 of clock per drive. Take away the opening 10-play, 64-yard jaunt, and LSU averaged 3.8 plays, 0.3 points, 12.4 yards, and 1:40 per possession. Florida defense was stingier than that one neighbor you hated on Halloween, giving up 1.2 yards per carry and just one play of more than 20 yards — one that <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/111911/matt-elam">Matt Elam</a> nullified with a fantastic strip.</p>
<p>This team didn't look like the Gators of Steve Spurrier's heyday, nor the ones of Meyer's best years, but I can tell you that very few of the around 90,000 fans in attendance on Saturday cared that Florida wasn't throwing the ball everywhere or breaking big play after big play. Winning, not winning pretty, is always the ultimate goal, the best thing that a team can do, and Will Muschamp has his Gators doing that. He's also got them looking like the team on top of the food chain in the Sunshine State.</p>
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<p>Florida State aided and abetted Muschamp in that regard on Saturday by losing to N.C. State, 17-16, and blowing its best chance at a national championship since most of its players were in elementary school. All (well, "all") the Seminoles had to do to play for a title in 2012 was win out and hope for either an Oregon loss or no undefeated SEC teams, and winning out would have taken care of Florida in that SEC calculus, and they looked capable of doing that after raining lightning on Clemson in the second half and establishing themselves as one of the nation's most dominant teams.</p>
<p>But even the best Florida State teams in the post-Chris Weinke era have lost games they shouldn't have lost, and the 2012 version is now part of that list. The 'Noles jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the second quarter of Saturday's game, and though FSU settled for field goals three times after driving within the N.C. State 30 (and into the red zone twice), there was no reason to think that this would be a loss, thanks to a defense that allowed 68 yards in the first half and forced two turnovers.</p>
<p>After that came the collapse: <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/39109/mike-glennon">Mike Glennon</a> threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns against one of the nation's best secondaries, and the vaunted Florida State pass rush was nearly nonexistent, blunted both by good protection and the liberal use of a tactic known as holding by the Wolfpack line. Worse, Florida State's offense managed just 122 yards in the second half against an N.C. State defense that gave up 321 yards <i>to Miami</i> in the second half the week prior, with <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/36085/e-j-manuel">E.J. Manuel</a> throwing for a pedestrian 218 yards against a secondary that <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/114387/stephen-morris">Stephen Morris</a> aerated for 566 yards.</p>
<p>This loss was very much a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2012/10/7/3468542/college-football-week-6-florida-south-carolina-west-virginia-big-wins" target="new">Florida State Loss</a>, coming as it did against a middling ACC team on the road with the 'Noles high on the hog, but it's maybe the most ruinous one in the history of Florida State Losses because the stakes were so high this season. This was the ideal setup for FSU's return to glory: home games against Clemson and Florida, a fortuitous swap of West Virginia for an FCS team in the out-of-conference schedule, and a down Miami and Virginia Tech, and a senior-laden team with talent everywhere.</p>
<p>Jimbo Fisher couldn't get the greatest goal any team can have accomplished — and, make no mistake, Florida State is out of the national championship chase unless some screwy things happen — with his best team and the easiest path possible paved for him. Consequently, it's going to take more than the ACC title the Seminoles should still earn and a win over Florida that FSU might yet be favored to get for him to make amends to a fan base that will be scarred by this loss for a while.</p>
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<p>At least, though, Florida State is not Miami. The Hurricanes are still, unbelievably, undefeated in the ACC, and might yet play for a conference title. All it's going to take for Miami to win the Coastal Division is for the 'Canes to beat North Carolina and Virginia Tech, both at home ... and beating just North Carolina and Duke while losing to Florida State and Virginia Tech might well do the trick.</p>
<p>That's completely incongruous with this fact: against Kansas State and Notre Dame, Miami has looked like a team that is nowhere near being ranked, and its defense has looked putrid beyond belief. Miami's defense is No. 122 of 124 nationally in total defense, No. 119 in run defense, No. 95 in pass defense, and No. 103 in scoring defense. And Miami has an FCS team on its schedule (Bethune-Cookman) and hasn't played a team currently ranked in the top 20 in total offense: the two teams lower than the 'Canes in the total defense rankings are Louisiana Tech, which has played Houston, No. 9 in total offense, and Baylor, which allowed 807 yards to West Virginia, No. 3 in total offense.</p>
<p>The Miami offense doesn't look all that bad: Miami should have scored <i>twice</i> on strikes from Morris to <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/134105/phillip-dorsett">Phillip Dorsett</a> on its first drive against Notre Dame, and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/159411/duke-johnson">Duke Johnson</a> had 90 total yards against a rugged Irish defense. The problem is that the offense is going to need to look like it did against Georgia Tech and N.C. State to keep these 'Canes in games, as North Carolina and Florida State are the next two teams on the schedule.</p>
<p>The much better bet: Florida State recuperates against Boston College, then embarks on a rampage through the rest of the ACC schedule, but never quite takes back the lead in the state from Florida, instead allowing the Gators to hold the top spot at least until their November showdown. And Miami stays third.</p>
<p>Thus, things will be as they were, at least of late, and teams will be back, and nothing will really have changed.</p>
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<p>One other FBS Florida team played on Saturday, though whether USF fans want to remember a 37-28 loss to Temple in which the Bulls were out-executed by Steve Addazio's bunch is up for debate. USF never lead after the Owls answered a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/75599/lindsey-lamar">Lindsey Lamar</a> touchdown run early in the third quarter with one of their own, but kept nipping at Temple's heels, drew to 30-28 with five minutes to go in the game, and had a shot at a game-winning field goal with just over a minute to go.</p>
<p>Temple <a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/video?gameId=322800218" target="_blank">blocked that</a>, though, and then <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/49314/montel-harris">Montel Harris</a> took an off-tackle run for six points, and all hope was lost. This is where USF is: when it plays Temple almost even (USF gained 384 yards, Temple 383) and commits three turnovers, it loses by nine points on the road, and <a href="http://www.voodoofive.com/2012/10/7/3467512/temple-37-usf-28-skip-holtz-doug-woolard-chris-cosh" target="_blank">fans have to play the blame game</a>.</p>
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<p>In FCS action, Jacksonville improved to 5-1 with a 38-17 win over Morehead State after spotting the Eagles a 14-0 lead in the first quarter; Florida A&M fell to 2-4 after a 17-10 loss to Howard; and Bethune-Cookman scored a touchdown in every quarter to beat North Carolina A&T 28-12 and move to 4-2.</p>
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<p><i>Sunshine Snapshots runs Sundays and recaps Saturday's college football action concerning Florida football teams. Andy Hutchins runs SB Nation's <a href="http://alligatorarmy.com" target="_blank">Alligator Army</a> and considers not writing "LOL FSU" in this post until this point an accomplishment.</i></p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/2012/10/7/3469634/florida-fsu-miami-college-football-week-6-2012Andy Hutchins2012-10-07T11:19:43-04:002012-10-07T11:19:43-04:00Is the Gators' defense elite? UF fans react to 5-0
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<p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-gators" class="sbn-auto-link">Florida Gators</a> are 5-0 despite having slow starts in all five of those games. They are finishing strong and proving there isn't a team in the nation they can't compete with. That's not bad for a group that came into the season with a bit of uncertainty, planning to run a two-quarterback system.</p>
<p>All of that is just about forgotten now, especially after the Gators pulled off a 14-6 win against the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/lsu-tigers" class="sbn-auto-link">LSU Tigers</a> Saturday. Like Andy Hutchins at Alligator Army <a href="http://www.alligatorarmy.com/2012/10/7/3467488/florida-football-vs-lsu-2012-recap-stats-analysis">wrote Sunday morning</a>, it's the best win of the Will Muschamp era.</p>
<p>Let's get down to the important stuff, though. This is the SEC, so at the end of the day, the discussion goes back to defense. Here's Hutchins:</p>
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<p>I guess a stingy front seven plus a stingy secondary equals an elite defense? Or maybe the qualification for that is being yet to give up more than 20 points in 2012? Or is it giving up no points in the fourth quarter and one touchdown in the second half? Can someone tell me what, exactly, makes an elite defense, or do I just get to tell you that Florida's is that and have you believe me?</p>
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<p>Whether you believe him or not, after Saturday, LSU could tell you how it feels.</p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/2012/10/7/3468428/florida-lsu-2012-reactionBrandon Scott2012-10-07T10:58:28-04:002012-10-07T10:58:28-04:00Bulls program sliding into disarray
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<p>Since winning their first two games, the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/south-florida-bulls" class="sbn-auto-link">South Florida Bulls</a> have lost four straight after Saturday's double-digit loss at Temple, leaving the program completely at a loss of how quickly it is falling.</p>
<p>As Jamie DeVriend of SB Nation's Bulls blog, <a href="http://www.voodoofive.com/">Voodoo Five</a>, reminds us, this program was ranked in the top 20 just one year and one week ago. But now, the team is quickly falling from mediocrity to disarray and may be one of the biggest disappoints in FBS.</p>
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<p>This program is sliding all the way past mediocrity and into total disarray. Remember how USF was ranked in the top 20 just one year and one week ago? When is that going to happen again? Would a 1-5 USF team, with no wins over FBS competition, be considered one of the worst teams in the country? Would they surpass Houston as the biggest disappointment in FBS?</p>
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<p>The Bulls will have a week off to get things straight before heading to Louisville for a road test on Saturday, Oct. 20.</p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/2012/10/7/3468324/temple-usf-2012-reactionRonit Shah2012-10-07T10:20:56-04:002012-10-07T10:20:56-04:00An unacceptable loss for Jimbo Fisher and company
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<p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-st-seminoles" class="sbn-auto-link">Florida St. Seminoles</a> entered Saturday's game against an unranked <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/n-c-state-wolfpack" class="sbn-auto-link">N.C. State Wolfpack</a> team as one of the best teams in the nation and as double-digit favorites to win the game, but weren't able to leave the way they came in.</p>
<p>Instead, the Seminoles left Carter-Finley Stadium with their first loss on the season. Florida State blew a 16-0 lead at halftime and was outscored 17-0 in the second half to lose the game. This left Bud Elliott of SB Nation's Florida State football blog, <a href="http://www.tomahawknation.com/">Tomahawk Nation</a>, disgusted with the loss.</p>
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<p>Losses like this can get a coach fired. This is how to lose a fanbase. Not this one in particular, but not enough progress is being shown by this program under the direction of Jimbo Fisher and company.</p>
<p>Five losses to teams as double-digit favorites in 33 games as a head coach. Unacceptable.</p>
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<p>The Seminoles will go back home looking to recover from this loss, as the team will prepare for a visit from Boston College on Oct. 13.</p>
https://tampabay.sbnation.com/2012/10/7/3468168/nc-state-florida-state-2012-reactionRonit Shah