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Gators Online Show: Florida vs. Long Island Review

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Florida WR Vernell Brown III. (Photo by @GatorsFB/UAA Communications)

Welcome to the Gators Online Show! For episode 137, I’m joined by GO’s Keith Niebuhr to review Florida’s season-opening 55-0 win over the Long Island Sharks on Saturday night.

We open the show with our Week 1 superlatives, including a shutout by the defense and breakout performance from Vernell Brown III, who made the play of the game with his one-handed catch, became the third true freshman WR to start an opener in school history and set the freshman record for a WR in his starting debut.

We then share our reaction to Florida’s PFF grades against the Sharks, including quarterbacks DJ Lagway and Tramell Jones Jr. both grading out in the top five. We also give our takeaways from the snap counts on Saturday and the position battles that were decided on Saturday, including Jones winning the backup QB job.

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