It was a long night that produced both optimism and frustration in Orlando, Florida. Miami looked new, though not necessarily in an ideal way. Their two freshman tackles looked new, their quarterback’s internal clock looked new and the lack of discipline was disappointing.
We’ll start with the good – Miami won’t see another defense in the regular season that looks like Florida’s. Miami’s receivers struggled to consistently get open against this lockdown group of Florida Gator cornerbacks. But there were moments here and there where Jeff Thomas looked explosive, K.J. Osborn looked sure-handed and Brevin Jordan ate up the middle of the Gator’s defense.