Samford football spring game 2013

The Carl E. Miller Press Box was added in Future plans call for expanded. The athletics department is building its capital campaign efforts to raise funds to further assure Samford athletes of the finest playing facilities possible. Welch will be good, but the rest of the Samford ground game will be held down while the Furman offense improves as the game goes on. Bet on college football with BetMGM. Four charged federally in killing of LAPD officer who was shot while house-hunting.

Click to expand. Replay Video. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. This will be the 11th straight season that the Bulldogs are facing an SEC or ACC opponent and they have lost the previous 10 matchups of such. The Bulldogs faced the Gators head coach Dan Mullen when he was at Mississippi State in , Samford had yards of offense in a loss. The Bulldogs offense leads the Southern Conference and is 12th at the FCS level in red zone efficiency, scoring on Their 45 trips to the redzone have led to 30 touchdowns and 10 field goals.

Six of the first nine games for Samford have been decided by one possession and they carry a record of in those matchups. His numbers are not record-breaking, but he has been the most consistent and productive quarterback in the conference. A big game against the Gators can spotlight himself to the voters of the award and boost his resume against his competition.

What can the Gator defense expect from the Bulldogs offense? The Bulldogs run an air-raid offense and Hatcher is an offensive mastermind that has carved up a Mullen-led team before. Another aspect to pay attention to is if Hatcher will play mind games with newly-promoted Christian Robinson becoming the play-caller and defensive coordinator for the first time in his career.

Caulfield said that the Bulldogs will come out motivated to play but the Swamp will be an issue. Samford has not played in an environment like Ben Hill Griffin Stadium since when they visited Auburn.

That was two years ago, and this is a completely different team with freshman and sophomores getting their first experience in an SEC environment. Can the Samford defense slow down the Gator offense? As said earlier, Samford gives up the most passing yards per game in their conference and the rush defense is not much better.

The Gators have plenty of opportunities to move the ball and score at will on the Samford defense and the stats support that notion with two opponents scoring 50 or more points and four opponents scoring over 40 points.

This should be a remedy as the Gator offense looks to get back on track after their second-worst performance of the season. Does Samford have a realistic chance to pull off the upset? Top Headlines Gators' defensive woes persist vs. Whitlow plows his way into the end zone for a 1-yard TD Samford WR wide open for the TD Youngstown State's Mitchell recovers the fumble and scores Samford Georgia Sanford Stadium -.

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