Given a chance to really put Texas A&M in dire straits on a brisk Saturday in College Station — to go up 27-17 before halftime, and force the Aggies to attempt a second-half comeback — the Florida Gators blew it.
A three-and-out that lost a yard gave A&M the ball back with a few minutes left before intermission, and the Aggies responded beautifully, jaunting 74 yards — with Devon Achane and Haynes King making big — for a lead-stealing score. And when Florida failed to respond on its last possession of the period, sabotaging any attempt with a baffling delay of game penalty before the first play of the drive, it was Aggies 24, Gators 20 at the half.