After Graham Mertz opened Saturday’s game going 9 for 9 with 70 yards and a touchdown, things quickly fell apart for the Gators on both sides of the ball. The lack of physicality in the trenches proved that there’s still a significant gap between these two teams. The Gators gave up a total of eight tackles for loss on top of four sacks and two forced fumbles. Matching Georgia’s physicality needed to be the biggest priority, and this team failed to do that for 60 minutes straight.
Despite the issues offensively, wide receiver Eugene Wilson set a UF freshman record with a career-high 11 receptions, breaking the previous tie set between himself, Reidel Anthony and Jabar Gaffney with eight apiece.