COLUMBIA, S.C. — Florida played its worst game of the year, appearing to follow a recipe for back-to-back losses precisely.
Bad weather forcing the team to rely more on the run game? Check. Missing two of the best defensive players in the country in edge rushers Jonathan Greenard and Jabari Zuniga? Check. Allowing over 200 yards rushing to the Gamecocks? You bet that’s a check.
And yet, when the clock hit zero, the Gators’ fourth quarter comeback held. They left Columbia, South Carolina, with a 38-27 win.
It was the kind of game that UF teams of old would have dropped.