Improbably, despite a first half Georgia head coach Kirby Smart later said he thought the his just-deceased legendary predecessor Vince Dooley would be proud of, the Florida Gators had a chance to go into halftime in far better standing in Jacksonville on Saturday than they did a year ago, when a trio of Anthony Richardson turnovers turned a 3-0 edge into a 24-0 lead in a three-minute blur that changed the picture of that game completely.
This time, Richardson didn’t self-combust, simply taking part in more sputtering at the end of a half full of it, and Florida went three-and-out down 21-3, then conceded a touchdown just before halftime to go down 28-3.