12 things that went right for Florida football in 2023

It wasn’t all bad. Am I right or am I right?

There were moments and there were thrills. There was hope and there were times when the fans were standing on their heads.

But the national college football media is having fun again at the expense of the Florida football program.

They keep swinging at the low-hanging fruit provided by the program that used to be a national power and is now mired with a third straight losing season.

What is this, Nebraska?

The Dooley’s Dozen wants to take it easy on the boys by giving you the 12 things that went right with Florida football this season. Don’t worry, the 12 things that went wrong are right around the corner.

They played hard throughout a tough season

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We all know what it looks like when a team isn’t playing hard because we saw in full blossom at the end of the 2021 season. Most of the mistakes (and there was a load of them) came on sins of commission where guys just have to play smarter.

But they never gave up.

Because it’s still about talent

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When you add in some bad injuries that really hurt the team and a real lack of depth, the one thing you could not question was effort. I’m not saying every player went hard on every play, but getting a struggling team to play as hard as they did at the end of the season showed me something.

They showed us what Tre Wilson can do

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We figured that one of the freshmen receivers would step up, but I don’t think any of us thought Wilson could be that dynamic. If they can hold on to him, Wilson could be the next great Florida receiver after catching 61 passes and six touchdowns as a freshman.

You’ll always have Tennessee

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What a night that was. Again, we were fooled into thinking Florida was back and it was the one time…

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Author : Gators Wire

Publish date : 2023-12-14 12:00:41

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