Finishing close football games seemed to be the Florida Gators’ forte for the first three weeks of SEC play.
Maybe it was luck, maybe it was mental toughness to stay in the game with time winding down, but whatever it was, it has been missing in recent weeks.
Four of Florida’s six games this season were decided by a single score.
The Gators relied on a last-second touchdown pass to avoid overtime with Tennessee, a Kentucky defensive breakdown and missed field goal to take away a one-point win in Lexington and even needed a huge Malik Davis touchdown run in the final minutes to keep the game out of reach against Vanderbilt.