That was simply a different team last night. In all facets.

[Swayin]

Dominant D-line play.

After a shaky start, great secondary play (the Darius Rush boundary corner blitz in the fourth quarter was just a thing of beauty)

Solid, solid LB play (shout out to Damani Staley for a helluva senior season)

How many out-and-out drops by receivers? Maybe 1? they knew they needed to be there for Andrew last night and they were. Josh Vann is back healthy and it showed.

The three-headed monster of Harris/White/Lloyd was simply ... insane. We haven't run the ball that hard, with that much passion, in a long time.

The most maligned unit on the team, the OL, was outstanding. The road graders tore open the UF d-line over and over and over. Mizzou has a well-documented inability to stop the run. We need to keep that as our focus.

1 penalty all $%^& night. 1! Incredibly well coached and focused team last night.

Coaching: Every coach on our staff won his matchup last night.

Finally, Brown. We hoped for a spark and he delivered. Poised, calm, not overwhelmed at all by the moment. Great presence in the pocket. Not super accurate, but made it work. MOST IMPORTANTLY: In my opinion the entire team rallied behind him. Jason was like a prism - he focused all the effort that his teammates were willing to put into that game and what resulted was an effort that was greater than the simple sum of our parts. Let's be honest - UF *has* better players. But we outplayed them. 

Every game can't be a feelgood game like last night, I get that. But the apathy that had been growing and reached as high a peak after the aTm game as I have seen in my 38 years as a fan (I think it was worse this past week than it was when we were 0-11) is gone. Removed. We know we are not going to win 'em all. Still, heartache and losses are ahead. But we now know what this team is capable of.

Can we keep it going?

 

[AikenGameFan]

I don't question our coaches, but I hope they let Jason keep the lead spot. Every time the pocket gave, he got out of the way. Case in point, the TD to Vann. When it got hot, he threw the ball out of bounds near a receiver so they could not call intentional. He just looked like a seasoned SEC QB. Really proud of him. 

 

[Homebrewcock]

It was a very different team and actually fun to watch.

 

[kingofnerf]

I don't question our coaches, but I hope they let Jason keep the lead spot. Every time the pocket gave, he got out of the way. Case in point, the TD to Vann. When it got hot, he threw the ball out of bounds near a receiver so they could not call intentional. He just looked like a seasoned SEC QB. Really proud of him. 

Spot on.  We have built up the QB position as a savior because the team as a whole has not been very good up to this point.

Last night proved that a QB doesn't have to be perfect if he has good teammates around him to catch him when he falls.

Brown was more athletic than Noland and made very good decisions.  He is just as athletic as Doty, but made better decisions and played better than Doty had until he went down with the injury.  Brown is also older and has more experience than Doty.  In fairness to Doty, though, that foot injury had to very painful for him the whole time he played.

If you listen to Shane's PG comments on the field, he didn't expect him to play as well as he did and that may be because he hasn't looked good enough in practice.

Regardless, the team was in rhythm with Brown under center. 

That quick turn-around move Brown showed while evading potential tacklers after the snap bought him enough time to salvage the play.  Sometimes that's all the edge a QB needs to make a good play.

Give him the starting job until he does something to lose it.