In case you were thinking of putting a lot of stock into the result of a matchup between a Florida Gators team that emptied its tank against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship Game and an Oklahoma Sooners team that has only rounded into form recently, most of Florida’s best players making the entirely rational and thoroughly defensible choice to not play in the 2020 Cotton Bowl should help you:
This is another meaningless exhibition in a season comprised of them.
Florida’s stream of opt-outs began with Kyle Pitts doing the obvious just a day after the bowl itself was announced.