Rapid Reaction to Florida’s 55-0 win over Long Island

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 15 Florida scored the most points and produced the first shutout of the Billy Napier era in the 55-0 victory Saturday over Long Island. Vernell Brown III made the play of the game, DJ Lagway started followed by Tramell Jones Jr. as QB2 and several Gators made plays in all three phases.

After the season opener, I was joined by Gators Online’s Keith Niebuhr to break it all down. In the video below, we share our rapid reaction to Florida’s win against the Sharks.

Billy Napier opening statement

“The crowd was definitely a factor. Guys fed a off of it early and certainly a lot of positives out there tonight. I think there’s also some things we need to clean up, a little more crisp, a little more detail. Hats off to Ron Cooper and Long Island. Everybody a program that has some momentum and I think they’ve improved sense last year and I think Coach Cooper will have a good team this year, so. In general, a lot of positive. It’s been a long time since we’ve shut out an opponent in the swamp and I thought the defense got a score and I thought we tackled well. We flew around all night. Obviously a little bit of a slow start on offense but once we kind of identified their defense and settled in, a lot of good stuff, so. Good to see Tramell Jones get an opportunity to play and a lot of players that worked their butt off through the offseason and give us a look during the week and got a chance to get in there at the end of the game, so it’s a happy locker room right now.”

CLICK HERE to watch video from his postgame press conference and read the full transcript.

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