True freshman running back Dameon Pierce has done some impressive things on the practice field and appears headed for playing time and carries this season.
He’s been even more impressive in the weight room. The 5-foot-10, 216-pound Pierce is squatting more weight than even some of the 300-pound offensive lineman.
Fred Johnson, a 6-6, 330-pound tackle, admits Pierce squats more than him.
“Definitely, I’m not squatting with him,” Johnson said. “He put 595 (pounds) on the bar and then hit it and came up like it was nothing. He’s just a strong little man.
“When I saw it I was looking straight up and I thought he just had like 315 on the bar. I looked left and said ‘Oh my God’ and just walked away. Then everybody went crazy and I knew he hit it, no need to tell me.”
Strong legs, of course, are huge for running backs. And Pierce obviously has them.
“Dameon Pierce got the strongest squat I’ve seen,” running back Jordan Scarlett said. “That man puts like five, six plates on each side and just lifts it like it’s 225 up and down, up and down. I was like ‘Yeah, that’s a strong kid’.”
Football Fan Day Details
UF is hosting its annual fan day in the Indoor Practice Facility from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
Autographs
Head Coach Dan Mullen and players will be available to sign autographs on the official 2018 Florida football schedule posters, which can be picked up Sunday’s event.
Music
WRUF – Country 103.7 The Gator will be on site to provide music.
Premium Open House
Fans interested in seats in the Evans Champions Club or Holloway Touchdown Terrace have an opportunity to tour the areas and speak with Gator Ticket Office representatives on site. The premium areas and representatives will be available from 12-2 p.m.
Tickets
The 2018 home schedule features home games against LSU, Kentucky, Missouri and South Carolina.
The quickest and most efficient way to order is online by visiting “My Account” under the Gator Ticket Office tab on FloridaGators.com. Fans may also call the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683 or visit the Ticket Office on the west side of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
UAA Guidelines for Fan Day
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*We thank you in advance for your understanding.
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I can’t wait to see this kid play. We are going to need more than 1 ball sometimes!
Don’t want no fan day.
Don’t want no fan day details.
Don’t want no guidelines for fan day.
Don’t want no autograph.
Don’t want to talk to nobody.
Don’t want no country music in my ear.
Don’t want no Gator Ticket Office.
Want to watch the Gators on TV in two weeks.
Sad that you feel that way. Go Gators.
You read it wrong. Double negative = positive.
A double negative (or multiple double negatives) = wrong (or way wrong).
Sly’s right….take out the double negatives in leland’s first line and it becomes “I want fan day” and same for the other six lines.
If the passing game doesn’t pan out early in the season, here’s a way we can take advantage of all these strong, quick running backs we have: put Jones at QB and rotate the running back group through the wishbone formation, with 3 backs running the triple option offense. When I was there, Doug Dickey had this humming like clockwork with Tony Green, Willie Wilder and Jimmy Dubose in the backfield with Don Gafney and then Jimmy Fisher at QB.
Only one wide receiver, but that was Wes Chandler, probably the most gifted receiver ever. Of course, we have just as many talented receivers as well this season, so this is probably not a good idea. I think Ga. Tech and Navy are about the only D1 programs running this. Maybe save it and then drop it on the ‘Noles at the end of the year. That would be fun. Can’t wait for September to get here.
Dan F. Georgia Tech, Army, and Navy run the more complicated Flexbone offensive schematic (not the basic wishbone formation from many years past) because they are not able to recruit the amount of talent and depth of talent that programs like Florida can year in and year out. And you cannot switch from one offensive schematic to another midseason with any amount of efficiency. Teams spend the spring and summer months installing and learning to run an offensive, and they need all that time to effectively compete on Saturdays. And, anyway, I doubt 90,000 plus would show up to watch Florida run the Flexbone offense.
Thanks Tampa, my suggestion was tongue in cheek, simply playing off the fact that UF seems to be deepest at the running back position and the comment about only “one ball”. I am confident that one of the QB’s, and the talented corp of receivers will both step up this season. By the way, the old wishbone was a lot of fun to watch, at least until your team fell behind. Of course, I think the stadium only held around 60,000 or so in my day, but it would still rock when Wilder or Green would take the pitch around the end and run 75 yards to pay dirt!
It was also called the “whoosh bone” back then because of the speed of Wilder and Green. Wilder had world class speed and Green wasn’t much slower. When Jimmy Dubose would run it inside, the fans would yell “Doooooooooo.” Great memories.
How many games or championships did those “whoosh bone” Gators win?
I got it the first time, Dan, and while I don’t know nuthin’ about Navy or Ga Tech, whichever one of youse guys was knockin’ Army — knock it off!
Of course you did, Gator 6. Your hindsight is definitely 20/20.
And besides that, I can tell you very accurately what happened a few minutes ago, too.
“6” ,Thanks for “getting” my attempt at some levity to all this serious discussion. I don’t think Tampa was knocking Army or Navy in his detailed response, as it was on the mark concerning the recruiting limitations, especially when it comes to the size of interior lineman at the academies. Correct me if I’m wrong Tampa (as I know you will), I believe that the Air Force Academy also ran a version of an option offense for quite some time. Like old girlfriends, in-vogue offenses tend have a brief burst of popularity and then fade into the sunset.
Hey Dan — I was just kidding too!
6, #Hooah
So is fan day Saturday or Sunday? You state both in the article. Please advise. Thx
Derek: Sorry for the confusion, as there is a Fan Day on Saturday for UF volleyball. Football Fan Day is Sunday.
Volleyball Fan Day
2 p.m. Saturday in Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center
Get the 2018 Gators to autograph your official Florida volleyball schedule poster (available at Saturday’s event) following the Orange & Blue Debut scrimmage.
Thank you very much!
And, here is to Aretha. You were and always will be the soul of my generation’s music. My you and your beautiful soul and voice RIP. We will miss you.
Two things about Aretha ;
Her first album was recorded at Muscle Shoals and the musicians were a bunch of northern Alabama hillbillies. If you haven’t heard Aretha’s version of the Stones Jumping Jack Flash, find it and listen to it. FABULOUS!!!
That is a lot of weight. I look forward to seeing him play. However, I would hope he is squatting far less when doing reps for workouts. As in all squatting, the patella should be tracking over the lateral aspect of the foot, and the spine should remain in a neutral position. With 600 lbs. on the bar, the margin for error and injury is narrow.
Thanks for the technical update on squatting form. Maybe you can join the staff as an asst strength and conditioning coach. What would posses someone to post this? Trying to impress someone?
TO GATOR 65: 👌🤣🐊🐊🐊🆗🆗🆗👍
To quote Bill Murray, in WHAT ABOUT BOB, “I emote! I emote!”.
Now if I can just remember why the hell I wanted to do this in the first place, I’d be just fine after spending so much money for Windows10 and all the malware!
PS: Eat your heart out, Rog!
I’m impressed! 🙂
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6 told you it was easy. 🐊 Go Gators
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By the way, 65, I would be very remiss if I failed to thank you for all the above and beyond help you gave me, to get me into the 21st century!
Glad I could help. Go Gators 🐊
6 have you found the football 🏈?
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Loved that movie!!!! Murray was a hoot in his better days.
So was Dan Akroid…..once in a while I’ll DVR Blues Brothers just to get a dose.
I would start with Dan Mullen spread offense if qb struggle go to wishbone.
With these stable running backs 400-600 yards rushing is doable . Then at the end of the game throw couple touchdown passes on tired and worn out defense to make the game interesting.
Go gator
I thought my razor was dull until I heard this conversation
We’re all just bouncing off the walls waiting for the next two weeks to pass. Next thing you know, we’ll all start an online bridge club league to pass the time away… 🙂
I’m in, but the first joker who bids “Two No Trump” is gonna have a fight on his hands!
Relax, Coach Mullen knows how to “run” a spread offense. I can understand why many are skeptical of seeing quick improvement. It’s been since Coach Mullen was the OC under Meyer that UF had a decent offense.
Make no mistake about it. The Gators need instant offense. Based on the personnel on hand and recent shifts in the line, that suggests the run will set up the pass this season.
The Gator defense is coming off a bad year. Having an offense that can dominate time of possession and limit their time on the field will only help them as they learn a new defense.
I’d be very surprised if there wasn’t quick improvement. Considering the coaching ability, or lack thereof, of the last two HC’s I believe that Dan Mullen can turn it around very quickly. It’s been done in the Gators past when Ray Graves took over from Bob Woodruff, when Steve Spurrier took over from Galen Hall/Gary Darnell and when urban Meyer followed Ron Zook. I don’t think that Mullen is going to have the most exciting teams but I truly believe they will be consistent winners.
That is absolutely the history of the Gators, oldman, with the right coach. And to everyone, except for a few with-holding judgement, there is no doubt that Dan Mullen is cut from the same cloth.
2 weeks to fine tune, and work on any weaknesses. Tick-tock, Gators! New offense, and a new & healthy (hope it stays that way) Gator ‘D’. And Gator Football will be ascending again, as opposed to the out of control spin that Gator Football was recently in. Go Gators! Just do it! Be that special group who ”brings back the Gator swag!”
GI, I’m entering the sleepless stage prematurely…..well, more like get up for a latrine break @ 0200, start thinking about the Gators while I’m trying to remember what the hell I’m standing there for, and then not be able to go back to sleep. Earliest onset yet, and that’s a whole lot of seasons. But 13 days and a wake up!
🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 < days to game day. Just Do It Gators!
I’m still trying to finalize my Game Day menu for Sept 1. So many choices. Of course there will be Ms. Rog’s awesome green onion and bacon dip, Little Rog Jr’s party cheeseball is on the menu….but what else. So much to do, so little time.
Yumerkins, Rog. I’m afraid for me it’s going to be air popped popcorn this year, no salt, no butter, and ice tea….but maybe if the lovely Gator-3 is out shopping, I’ll sneak in a 6×60 La Gloria Cubano before she gets home. If, as Daz says, we’re doing all the plastering!
So much sodium, so little to enjoy!
My God, can one imagine the anxiety, perhaps a touch of fear, that Charleston Southern must feel not knowing whether it’s Franks or Trask? Holy s**t!
Back to the article. If the kid is stacked at like of scrimmage looks like he should be able to power his way forward and maybe win some of those battles.