Rapid Reaction to the Gators’ loss at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Florida Gators fell to 2-4 on the season Saturday with their 34-17 loss at No. 5 Texas A&M. UF was 1-for-10 on third down and the Aggies scored 13 points off turnovers.
After the game, I was joined by Gators Online’s Keith Niebuhr to break it all down. In the video above, we share our rapid reaction to the Florida Gators’ loss to the Aggies.
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Billy Napier on the Gators’ 34-17 loss to the Aggies
“First of all, hats off to Texas A&M. They played a heck of a game and they got a really good football team. Well rounded team, good in all parts. I think our kids early on defense started a little bit slow, offensively we started fast and then we kind of settled in on defense and struggled to generate many points from that point forward on offense. I do think, look, 74 rushing yards to 183, three turnovers to one, and then really 13 points off of turnovers. Third down was big, we were 1-10 and I think they were 9-17. In general, we didn’t sack their guy and then obviously we struggled to protect DJ [Lagway] at times, especially late. The kids played extremely hard in the game. I think once we settled in on defense I thought the effort was there. In general, we dug a little bit of a hole and we had trouble getting out of it, and then it became a two-score game late. I think Texas A&M’s got a good team. I think coach Elko and his staff do a really good job. There was a great atmosphere in there tonight. We got a lot of respect for how they play the game and our kids battled their ass off tonight, but I think in general, the parts of football that you have to do to win, we did not do and they did.”
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