One Frame At A Time: Florida
No, it wasn't a fun day to be a Florida quarterback. Many more hits in the backfield plus some big runs, crushing blocks, long bombs, field goals(!), and more in GIF form after the jump.
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I'm switching over entirely to Gfycats this year because they load so much faster than normal GIFs and make these posts way, way easier to format. They've added the ability to kill autoplay, so these hopefully won't overload mobile devices anymore. Just hit play and enjoy; if you want to futz around with the speed or go frame-by-frame, click through for all the various gfycat toys. You'll want to bookmark this page as the MGoBlog Gfycat library grows, too. Finally, don't forget to vote for your favorite at the end of the post.
HONORABLE MENTION
Instead of listing every single thing I GIF'd for these, I'm going to start linking the ones that barely missed the cut, and I'll direct you to the full Gfycat album if you want to see the rest. Linking to a full set of 42 GIFs felt like overkill. The most honorable mentions:
Sad Florida Fan. Sad Florida Fans. Florida Fan F-Bomb.
Hudson Forces Buttfumble.
Ambry Thomas strip/recovery.
Three linebackers combine for TFL.
Rashan Gary, Arm Collector.
Ty Isaac Breaks Loose.
10. The Second Quarter, In Summary
You're looking live at every Michigan fan after the second pick-six.
9. Hello, Fourth-String Tight End
There's always a moment in the first game of the year when you pull up the roster and go "who was that guy?" This was that moment. That guy was Florida native Nick Eubanks.
8. Two Guys, A Spy, And A QB About To Die
On a late third-and-long, Michigan decides to rush two linemen with Chase Winovich acting as a QB spy. Let's see how that went:
Brutal. Let's see it again:
Delightfully brutal.
7. Invisibility Cloak, Now In Larger Sizes
Should they have called the "don't guard the 6'4" wideout" play, Wilton?
Agreed.
6. Dreaded Missile
There was too much good from Devin Bush to limit this to one GIF. Sack number one:
Sack number two:
Picking his way through traffic for a third-down TFL:
Can anyone block him?
I didn't think so.
5. Wild Thing
You make my heart sing:
You make everything... groovy:
Wild Thing.
4. Hammered
The corner on this play wanted absolutely no part of getting hit up high by Khalid Hill:
The defensive end on this play wasn't given a choice:
3. Rudely Discarded
The pursuit by Lawrence Marshall is excellent, but the real highlight is Josh Metellus shedding a block with such force he literally tosses the receiver two yards away from the play. Marshall then wrecks the same guy and dives on the ball for good measure.
2. Bears On The Loose
Man, I can't imagine seeing anything more impressive than a strongside defensive end making a tackle on a wide receiver screen.
[puts hand to ear] I'm getting word that... oh dear god:
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
FRAMES OF THE GAME: SEALED WITH A HIT
I have no idea what the left tackle was doing but Chase Winovich sure knew how to take advantage:
A replay? Sure, that sounds delightful.
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September 6th, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
Aside from catching the ball and redzone action, is the view from those field-level suites any good? I have to imagine people end up watching most of the game on TV in the suites behind the benches.
September 6th, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^
September 6th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
Doesn't Gary get 1/2 sack on that one?
September 6th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
Florida goes up and throws down 56 points this weekend is best of all worlds for us.
September 6th, 2017 at 4:33 PM ^
Gary and Bush comin' atcha!
September 6th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
Ouch...
Thrown to the ground. Gets up and tries to reorient himself. Gets knocked over. Sees the other team recover the fumble right in front of him.
September 6th, 2017 at 5:21 PM ^
The Hurst WR screen tackle is probably the most ridiculous thing I've seen a DT do since Suh nearly won Nebraska the Big 12 basically by himself.
September 6th, 2017 at 6:02 PM ^
September 6th, 2017 at 6:19 PM ^
Picked Rudley discarded because it made me spew my drink, but a close runner up was "Two Guys, A spy, and QB about to die" because I'm sure that play along with "Sealed With a Hit" will be seen by Gator OL for years and years to come.
September 6th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
I'm pretty sure either Ivey thought he had help inside from the guard, who doesn't really block anyone, or was just covering up for it on camera. These are the perils of having a new offensive line coach in game one against this defense, I guess.
September 6th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
September 6th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
71 grabs 63's arm right after getting blown by and points at the QB, as if to say "watch this".
September 7th, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
I think you mean 73 grabs 61's arm.
September 6th, 2017 at 10:43 PM ^
September 6th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
"Hammered - Defensive End" was the one that made me go "whooaahaha," so it got my vote. Many deserving gifs, though.
September 7th, 2017 at 1:24 AM ^
September 7th, 2017 at 7:20 AM ^
Three guys try to stop Gary which opens up the rest of the destruction.
September 7th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
While getting held/facemasked. That kid is no kid, he's a man, baby.
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