All Auburn had to do was win one more game to secure at least partial ownership of the SEC Regular Season championship. To do so, they needed to knock off the ailing Gators, who were on a three game skid. Florida has been one of the enigmatic teams in the SEC, right alongside Kentucky, though certainly not to the level of the Wildcats. Florida, while being overshadowed by Kentucky, was a national powerhouse for the SEC. But since Billy Donovan left, the Gators haven’t been the same.
Yet it sure didn’t look that way Saturday against Auburn. Florida led by six at the break and though Auburn fought back from deficits as high as 14 at one point, the Gators knocked off No.