One of the two teams that took the field in The Swamp on Saturday was coming off an entire half without a first down and a defensive meltdown.
That team, Missouri, made the Florida Gators look like that fate had befallen them, and sprinted past the Gators into their beautiful new orange end zones.
Missouri’s Drew Lock threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns, the Tigers ran for another 223 yards and two scores on the ground, and Florida’s offense looked largely listless in a 38-17 loss that dashes any hopes of a 10-win regular season for the Gators and likely dims any aspirations of making a big-time bowl game.