Let’s start with this. It is very easy to over-analyze spring games in college football.
That being said, it took a while for the Orange and Blue Game to give the Gator Nation a better feeling about the offense. After a slow start, the Gators offenses finally got things going.
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At the end of the first quarter, the score was 3-0 Blue.
The Gators' first touchdown came on a pass to Lawrence Wright, who played at UF from 1993-1996. He snuck onto the field to catch a pass from Kyle Trask to give the Blue a 10-0 lead.
The Orange team found their first touchdown in the second quarter on a 60-yard run by quarterback Feleipe Franks. In a real game, Franks would have been tackled at least once on the run. But it’s a spring game, so the touchdown stood.
Franks then added to the Orange team’s offense, capping a drive with a short touchdown run.
That seemed to ignite Trask, who led a drive that was capped by Jordan Scarlett touchdown run to give the Blue the lead once again, at 17-14.
Franks, then threw a touchdown pass to a “sneak-on” alumni player, Travis McGriff, who played wide receiver from 1995-1998 at Florida. McGriff walked in for a touchdown. Former Gator Doug Johnson, who played from 1996-1999, was supposed to throw the pass, but Franks didn't thrown him the ball, and instead and tossed the touchdown.
Freshman quarterback Emory Jones threw a touchdown pass to R.J. Raymond, who kept his feet despite being knocked nearly to the ground, to give Orange a 28-24 halftime lead. Many of the regulars didn’t play in the second half. By the time the dust settled, Orange won 35-30.
I took three things away from the Gators’ spring game: