Prior to Saturday night, South Carolina had never beaten Florida by more than 22 points in the sport of football.
But while a single point allowed the Gamecocks to establish a new program record in their 40-17 win over the Gators, it wasn’t nearly that close on the field.
South Carolina ran for 284 yards against a permissive Florida defense and got another 175 yards and two touchdowns through the air from Jason Brown — a little-known transfer from FCS St. Francis making his first FBS start — in a dominant performance that looked like a heavyweight doing whatever it wanted with a flyweight.