2015 is already an excellent season for the Florida Gators, no matter the measure.
Saturday, the Gators looked positively mortal, pushed to overtime by 2-8 Florida Atlantic before pulling out a 20-14 overtime victory.
Was it ugly? Sure. But for a program that lost to FCS Georgia Southern in the Swamp two short years ago, it was a thing of beauty.
“They took it to us,” Florida coach Jim McElwain told SEC Network’s Laura Rutledge in a post-game interview on SEC Network. ‘We’ve got to get a lot better, and we have a week to get better to our next game.