Florida struggles as Alabama rolls to win
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Sep. 20, 2014TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Florida had its opportunities against No. 3 Alabama on Saturday.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Florida had its opportunities against No. 3 Alabama on Saturday.
Editor's note: in light of the Jameis Winston suspension, the Florida State-Clemson line is in fact FSU -15.5
Florida learned a lot about itself against Kentucky.
The matchup between Florida and Alabama on Saturday will feature the Southeastern Conference’s leading receiver, a member of the Biletnikoff Award watch list and one of the nation’s most potent deep-route threats.
Dante Fowler can’t rush the quarterback by himself.
Jameis Winston doesn’t care.
If you listen to Las Vegas, the Gators have little shot against the Crimson Tide Saturday.
UF offensive coordinator Kurt Roper remembers the last time a team he coached played against Alabama.
Florida’s offensive line was inconsistent in its 36-30 triple-overtime win against Kentucky on Saturday.
Defensive end Dominique Easley secured his first interception as a Patriot on Sunday when New England beat the Minnesota Vikings 30-7.
Quarterback Jeff Driskel was not ready to play when he stepped onto the field for the first non-garbage time snap of his career.
Forget everything said about Georgia being the new frontrunner to win the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division. South Carolina — two weeks after being walloped by Texas A&M at home — pulled out a gutsy 38-35 win at home to stay alive in the SEC East race.
The Gators’ secondary couldn’t decide what it wanted to be Saturday night.
Fans buzzed about Demarcus Robinson following Florida’s 36-30 triple overtime victory over Kentucky.
When Florida took to the field for its Southeastern Conference opener against Kentucky on Saturday, it looked nothing like the team that showed up against Eastern Michigan one week earlier.
What the SEC Network is trying to do is akin to attempting to launch a food truck that sells specialty burgers in the parking lot of a McDonald’s that’s run by your father.
The question of “what if?” will haunt Kentucky (2-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) fans for years to come.
The Gator Nation has been smiling all week following Florida’s 65-0 extravaganza against Eastern Michigan Saturday. But as any offensive line coach would say: the offense is only as good as the execution along the front five.
At the start of the season, Florida had three running backs listed as the possible starters for its season opener against Eastern Michigan — Matt Jones, Kelvin Taylor and Mack Brown.
Kentucky running back Jojo Kemp — who grew up fewer than two hours from Gainesville — said he will have a cheering section of more than 50 people in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium when the Wildcats visit the Gators on Saturday.