Consider the momentum halted. And in some corners of Gator Nation, you can consider the goodwill squandered.
After back-to-back feel-good victories, Florida suffered a brutal loss on the road to Vanderbilt last Saturday. In my opinion, the loss was more of a fluke than a sign of things to come, but anytime you lose as a two-touchdown favorite, questions will be asked.
For example: How did Florida’s offense go from rolling over Texas A&M and South Carolina to playing sour notes in Nashville? Well, Vanderbilt did some things schematically to limit Florida’s run game. This was not unexpected if you read the Vandy preview last week.