Game Preview, Taylor, Mack

On SportsHawaii.com, CoachKen has a great overview of both Florida and UH. Here's an excerpt:

Passing game: Tebow has worked all summer correcting some throwing motion problems and he has accomplished his mission. Numerous weapons. Percy Harvin most likely will not play. Of all the Gator receivers however the one I like the most is 6'5" Riley Cooper. Size, speed, hands and heart....a great combination. Lots of short passes early until they feel like they have discovered something. If they catch you in man coverage they will try to out run you deep. If they catch Hawaii in any kind of three deep, look for double fades on the outside and crossing patterns up the seam to freeze the safety.

From the thread, turns out receiver Rick Taylor is making the trip even though he was left off the travel roster due to injury. Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun has the details.

Taylor, a teammate of Tim Tebow and James Wilson at Nease, wasn't going to miss out on a chance to come back to his home state.

"Right after practice (Tuesday) and right before they left I told Coach McMackin that I would do whatever it took to make the trip. He knows how much it means to me."

So he told Taylor he could make the trip, but only if he paid his own way because he'd have to take a later flight.

"We had to check with compliance and make sure everything was OK," Taylor told me from the airport in Los Angeles. "They had to make sure how many could suit up for a road game.

"I'm excited. I think my parents might be more excited than I am. I used to go to a bunch of games there. I was a Seminole so I saw Florida-FSU there a bunch. I loved it. Nothing beats The Swamp."

Right on.

And this week's MidWeek cover story is a profile of Greg McMackin.