For the Florida Gators, this 2020 season was always going to come down to the question that loomed over it if the Gators rose as high as they could:
Was this team as good as the Alabama Crimson Tide? Could it beat the Tide, if need be?
The answers provided on Saturday night in Atlanta, in a classic SEC Championship Game, were the least satisfying possible: Maybe, just maybe, Florida was in actuality a match for this Alabama team — but no, the Gators could not beat them, falling 52-46 in a game of almost and nearly.