“Tell all the rest of the Georgia bandwagon fans, the Gators are coming in late October.”
Former Florida Gators wide receiver and football analyst Chris Doering made an appearance on The Paul Finebaum show Friday afternoon. Doering pumped his chest and seemed to embody the phrase, “It’s great to be a Florida Gator.”
Coming off a monumental upset over the Tennessee Volunteers last Saturday, the Florida faithful feels back on top of the world. The defense is a force to be reckoned with and the running game has hit its stride.
“It’s a renewed kind of enthusiasm around this program because of the defense,” Doering said. “I thought Austin Armstrong did a great job of putting a plan together to attack Tennessee’s offense. There’s a lot of young players that are playing with a lot of energy and enthusiasm on that side of the ball. They did a great job of tackling in space.”
The Gators legend also held Graham Mertz in high regard.
“Graham Mertz has been the thing that I think I’m maybe most surprised about,” Doering said. “He’s done exactly what this coaching staff told us he was going to do and that’s come in be a great leader, be a great guy on the field in terms of getting them in and out of the right plays, and distributing the football.”
Watch Doering’s full tirade here.
The Florida Gators will rely on the home crowd again this week when the program hosts the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday at 7 p.m. EDT. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network+.
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