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Gators Who Will Breakout in 2025

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by doctorg8r, Jul 5, 2025.

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  1. Jul 16, 2025 #21
    doctorg8r

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    I00% agree with you! The entire offense needs to breakout this season, and, then, the defense will be fine. I, especially, want to se see DJ compete for the Heisman ballot, because that will bode well for the Gators season!
     
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  2. Jul 16, 2025 #22
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    Both you guys are correct. What what ive seen is that we move the ball pretty well between the twenties but bog down in the redzone. Some of that may be attributed to to playcalling but a great redzone qb is needed no matter what plays are called and we've only had Trask in how every many seasons its been. Trask would get the job done, will DJ?
     
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  3. Jul 16, 2025 #23
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    Yep, I can't believe he gets overlooked like he does.
     
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  4. Jul 17, 2025 #24
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    Hopefully, Kahleil is back to form. No doubt, the question is how well he has recovered from that knee injury. With that knee, he probably will be further back in the rotation. We shall see.
     
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  5. Jul 17, 2025 #25
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    Yes he will!
     
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  6. Jul 17, 2025 #26
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    if DJ is as good as trask and he has wheels, oh shit this could be fun
     
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  7. Jul 17, 2025 #27
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    DJ not hobbled with a leg injury should automatically help out in the Redzone. I don’t necessarily disagree with plays but the predictability of them needs to loosen up. That’s the problem of always playing to the analytics. If you coach that way, it’s easy to coach against it.
     
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  8. Jul 17, 2025 #28
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    His legs will help for sure but throwing is where its at to be elite. Instead of throwing it to tulanes guy, make the td throw consistently.
     
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  9. Jul 18, 2025 #29
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    I don't know if DJ has a breakout year, but the media is predicting the Gators to finish 6th in the SEC. If that's as good as it gets, the Gators will not play as well as I am anticipating. Am I way off or is the media basing their prognastication on the past only?
     
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  10. Jul 18, 2025 #30
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    I completely understand the ranking. Honestly, I’m surprised they put us that high.
     
  11. Jul 18, 2025 #31
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    Its a tough schedule and those teams want to win too. 7 teams in the top 13 is rough.
     
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  12. Jul 20, 2025 #32
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    If the ranking is close to accurate, forget the Heisman, the playoff bid, forget future recruiting,
    If DJ has a breakout season, which I expect he will, then we only lose to Texas, LSU, and Georgia; also, we beat LIU, USF, Miami, TAMU, MSU, YUK, Ole' Miss, Tennessee, FSU for a 9-3 season. I doubt it goes exactly that way, though. I would not doubt the Gators have an off game to somebody and get a surprise win. So, no one accuses me of being off topic, I'm going to predict Jamari Lyons, Cormani McClain, and Aaron Gates have breakout seasons. To negate the jinx, I'm going to use the ski mantra, "Break a leg!"
     
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  13. Jul 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM #33
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    Can George Gumbs Jr and LJ McCray both have breakout years? A bigger question, should both be on the field at the same time (which would mean one plays a different position)?
     
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  14. Jul 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM #34
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    The staff picked Gumbs and McCray over Searcy and Pyburn directly they better hope they breakout.
     
  15. Jul 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM #35
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    I hope will be LJ McCray and Jamari Lyons.
     
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  16. Jul 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM #36
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    It’s more like Pyburn picked LSU over UF
     
  17. Jul 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM #37
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  18. Jul 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM #38
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    No UF didn’t come close to LSU’s money. We all would pick more money. That was a choice by UF.
     
  19. Jul 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM #39
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    Not disagreeing with that. Just that UFs position was market value …and he left.
     
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  20. Jul 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM #40
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    It was Market Value for a 3 man rotation. LSU gave him Starter money and any of us would have chosen the same if it were our choice.
     
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