Florida Orange & Blue Game - Game Thread

[Ben McLeish]

Blue has it 1st and 10 at their own 45 with 0:14 remaining.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Denson wraps up and takes down Webb.

 

[Ben McLeish]

Mertz with a nice pass over the middle to Dike for the first down. They have it at the opposing 37 with 0:07 remaining.

 

[Ben McLeish]

Mertz passes to Arlis Boardingham over the middle of the field to the 19-yard line. They quickly spike it with 0:02 seconds remaining. Trey Smack will attempt the game-winning kick.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Oh please. They are setting this up for the Blue to win. I can see why the Orange is pissed.

 

[Ben McLeish]

Smack hits it to give the Blue team the win! 19-17.

 

[Joseph Torviso]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1779230572667339063

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Spring games are all in fun though. Hell, Mullen brought former players off the sidelines to score points.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Yes, there were some nice individual performances (Howard, Nunnery, Baugh, and Burke come to mind), but other than reaffirming that Eugene Wilson is a menace, nothing concrete was learned about the 2024 version of Florida football today. Nothing good, nothing bad.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Post game offensive and defensive box: