Louisville at Florida (01/02/2013)

Away:  Louisville [5-7 ATS]
Home:  Florida [7-5 ATS]

Game Time: 8:30 PM
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Recent Meetings:
10/24/92 - LOU 17 vs. FLA 31

Team Leaders:

Louisville:
Passing: Teddy Bridgewater (3452)
Rushing: Jeremy Wright (740)
Receiving: DeVante Parker (712)

Florida:
Passing: Jeff Driskel (1465)
Rushing: Mike Gillislee (1104)
Receiving: Jordan Reed (552)

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LOOK AT THEIR LAST THREE GAMES. 

Last three games, UL Lafayette, Jacksonville State, and FSU. Scoring in the 20's (and late at that) against ULL and JSU is supposed to give me confidence in their offensive improvement?

I may be a contrarian here, but I think the Gator offense is going to get unleashed in this game...they have a month to prepare...in the first year of pease at OC.   I think this extra time will serve to be Boise like in the prep...Muschamp's D is going to play lights out from start to finish.   I think Lou surprised a lot of people by defeating Rutgers.   

I think Fla has a bit of chip on its shoulders for losing to UGA and sneaking into the BCS after UGA's near loss to Bama.   I also think the C Strong angle will motivate Muschamp and his Gators to focus, and play hard and use a dominating performance as a springboard to the spring and next season...

I'll take Florida -13 - Superior D, Superior schedule, Superior talent, and Uber Motivation...maturing O under Jeff Driskell's leadership...I smell a good ole Will Muschamp blowout...

Prediction

Florida 45

Louisville 10

combato - so you think louisville's D is demonstrative of the D's faced by this Florida Offense during the season...If I recall, FIU and other bottom 20 teams gave Lou good games this year.

Teddy Bridgewater is going to run for his life.   With Pease as Fla OC's, they have the coaching ability and you know Driskell and the weapons on O, with a month to prepare, will be ready to bust out against a suspect Lou D.   If Fla were playing OU or another premium team, I could buy your perspective.    I think Fla will run the ball down their throats, interject the pass, and play shutdown D with several turnovers.  Sure, Strong is a good coach and I commend him for staying at Lou.  But, Muschamp is an aggresive SOB who is probably not proud on how the regular season ended.  This is a spotlight game for Muschamp his Fla program.  They made progress this year, but Muschamp wants to take it to the next level.

Call me a square if you like, but I think Florida is going to dominate in the Superdome from start to finish...Lou will get 7-10 additional points in the 4th, but Fla will cover this otherwise lofty spread...and I think the sharps believe that as well...

Flor  24

Loui  21