Things looked pretty good for Florida at one point in the 2016 SEC Championship Game. The Gators drove down the field and scored on the opening drive of the game, Austin Appleby finding Antonio Callaway to punch in an offensive touchdown on a defense that did not yield one in the month prior.
Florida’s defense stopped the Crimson Tide on their first offensive series, too. A fired-up Jarrad Davis came off the field after that three-and-out and hurled his helmet at Florida’s #GETTHEBALL whiteboard, appearing to crack it.
It may not have been a mirror, but Florida’s luck against Alabama resembled that of the last seven years from that moment until triple zeroes.