We are so blessed with good fortune in Gator Nation that we are suffering from the luxury of ridiculous bitching and moaning over the lack of . . . perfection.
Last year (not this year, mind you; last year, a national championship year) Gator fans were incredibly displeased with the performance of our offense for much of the season. This year, we're suffering through the same criticism It's more legitimate this year but its still ridiculous. For those who are complaining this year, I can't help but wonder what they were thinking up through the third quarter of the Arkansas game . . . LAST year. A national championship year in which we put up at least 30 points on every SEC team, including games leading up to the Fayetteville contest. But my goodness, the angst on most, if not all, Gator sports boards. The strong criticism was everywhere.
Here's my strong opinion: this game of football (the ultimate team game) is much more interesting (and fun) when fans don't insist on simultaneously navel-gazing while acting as if they have perfect 360-degree vision.
The obvious issues "we all see" out there on the field may not be the "issues" that need to be addressed at all. The probability is that they aren't, they are only the end-result and visible manifestation of the actual issues. They are (so-to-speak) so simple, even a caveman can see them. This is true even if some player is spilling his guts to some "Gator Sports Insider" who thinks he's getting the straight stuff and "verifying" everything we cavemen think we see.
It's like watching a replay from a bad angle that can't possibly tell you whether a ball was fumbled before crossing the goal line yet insisting that the ball was clearly, and indisputably, out. Absurd foolishness, and we're seeing way too much of that kind of stuff written by Gator fans and numbskull sportswriters all across America.
Here's another strong opinion: we have the greatest coach we've ever had, the greatest staff we've ever had, the greatest quarterback we've ever had, and quite likely the greatest defense we've ever had.
We don't have the greatest offense we've ever had and whaddayaknow . . . we're still working out some kinks with red zone production. Cool by me, because we have the fewest serious issues and concerns of any team in the nation -- any team -- and we can close out the year as national champions even if our red zone production doesn't improve.
Our team is just that good.
But football being football, we may wake up one Sunday and find that our offense scored like crazy but our great defense was shredded and we lost a game we probably shouldn't have lost.
Again, this is why we and many other programs have never had an undefeated season in the modern era. It is a supremely difficult thing to accomplish and you have to have a healthy dose of good fortune.
Go Gators !!! Beat Jah-Juh !!!
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