It wasn’t the game Florida’s players hoped it would be.
The confident bunch of Gators predicted a blowout. It wasn’t.
UF’s hyped-up secondary was supposed to incapacitate redshirt freshman Miami quarterback Jarren Williams, who was making his first start. It didn’t.
And yet, despite trailing for a large portion of the game, Florida found itself on top when the clock hit zero. A quick fourth quarter drive for UF orchestrated by redshirt junior quarterback Feleipe Franks — as well as 10 sacks from its ferocious pass rush— made sure of that.
The No. 8 Gators defeated the ‘Canes 24-20, earning their first victory in the intermittent in-state rivalry series since 2008.