Jon Sumrall's Comments Will be Why Florida is Great One Day

Florida was able to come away with an impressive win in Jon Sumrall's first game, but I think when it takes on teams similar to Florida Atlantic, there are many other things we have to consider. For one, Florida was expected to win this game with relative ease and did just that. It won 66-21 and completely dominated it on both sides of the football in terms of how it looked. 

However, I don't think it's unfair to say that the defense should have been a bit better against a team like Florida Atlantic, as the Gators allowed 396 total yards and 4.4 yards per play. 

That isn't exactly great when we consider that Florida Atlantic threw the football 52 times, and the fact that Florida finished with 624 yards and nearly 300 rushing yards, but I don't think it's crazy to say that Florida shouldn't have given up this many points and throughout parts of the game, it just didn't do what it had to do on that side of the football. 

Sumrall also had similar comments, adding that he wasn't even upset about how his team played in terms of effort, but thought that the IQ on the defensive side of things could have been better.

“The biggest thing was situational awareness and football IQ. If it’s third-and-1, we can’t play nine yards off at corner. That comes with teaching. I thought we were maybe past that, but we can’t forget that all those little details matter.

“I thought we played hard when I watched it. It wasn’t like the guys didn’t give good effort. But, as a whole, it was awareness of play sequencing, tempo, how to handle tempo, how to communicate when we’re facing tempo, when to challenge, when to play off and when to disguise certain coverage looks. There’s a give and take,” Sumrall said, per Gators Wire.

The one thing I love about Sumrall, and I think most Gators fans are going to eventually get very used to, is the fact that he doesn't beat around the bush. His team can win 45-0, and he's not going to come out and say that it played well if it didn't do so. 

That's a lot different than what we've seen in the past for Florida, but I think that's the right way to look at this thing. Guys have to be held accountable in this program, and that wasn't the case in years past. I'm glad a lot of changes are happening, and I'm even more excited to see how that looks against better competition.