Miami fans' troll job of Florida Football ignores a key detail
![Florida Gators tight end Keon Zipperer (9) makes a catch for a first down during the first half against the Eastern Washington Eagles at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Sunday, October 2, 2022. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]
Ncaa Football Florida Gators Vs Eastern Washington Eagles](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_5472,h_3078,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F213%2F01j4kvztvyvvyxt8ww9d.jpg "Florida Gators tight end Keon Zipperer (9) makes a catch for a first down during the first half against the Eastern Washington Eagles at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Sunday, October 2, 2022. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]
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As the season draws closer and closer for Florida Football, one of the common pieces of media the emerges this time of year are quick clips from practice. Often times these clips don't show anything too groundbreaking one way or the other but it is a reminder that real football is on the horizon.
So it seems silly when fans try to make statements of fact based on players going through a drill. It's even more ridiculous when factoring in where certain players are at with their training.
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Cam Parker of Gators Illustrated posted a video over the weekend of tight end Keon Zipperer going through a drill that ended with throwing a shoulder into a blocking shed. The rep was admittedly not great, but when factoring in that Zipperer is still recovering from an ACL tear his suffered last year and he is not expected to factor into Florida's depth chart for their opener against Miami.
But alas, leave it to the online trolls of the universe to take video of Florida's fifth-string tight end coming off ACL surgery as an indication of what the Gators will look like on August 31.
These boys are NOT ready for 8/31 😭😭pic.twitter.com/p1MYBnejz3
— Sidelines - Miami (@SSN_Miami) August 4, 2024
In case you are keeping score at home, Arlis Boardingham will be Florida's starting tight end on August 31, with Hayden Hansen expected to be the blocking tight end. Tony Livingston and Amir Jackson could also find their way onto the field in the opener.
But maybe this is why Miami is 12-13 under Mario Cristobal: they spend too much time scouting the fifth-string tight end and not enough on other things like when to take a knee.
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