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Do the Florida Gators Stand a Chance Against the Rival Florida State Seminoles?

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.