The Gators and Cavaliers both have their backs to the wall now.
Elimination games are cool.
The Sword of Season's End that hangs over them is part of why the NCAA Tournament for men's basketball is so beloved, why Games 7 are so lionized, why college football's regular season feels like four months of bloodsport, why the NFL playoffs are so transfixing.
Florida and Virginia get to play such a game on Saturday, in which one team's months-long journey will culminate in a chance to play for a national championship — and the other team's months-long journey will just end.