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Florida vs. FSU, Tuesday Takeaways: On the Gators’ lead over the Seminoles, and a surprising Feleipe Franks stat

This is the sort of thing that gets you in trouble, as a person writing about sports: A declarative proclamation that sounds like a final judgment and doesn’t hedge with nods to nuance and context.

But damn, did it look like Florida has all but lapped FSU on Saturday.

Florida had 41 points, and would almost certainly have had 47 — its most ever in Tallahassee — had Dan Mullen opted for nearly automatic Evan McPherson field goals instead of going for it twice (and failing twice) on fourth down in the red zone. It could have had 50-plus points had those zero-point possessions turned into touchdowns.