Not everyone is going to agree with this premise, but here goes anyway – the Alabama game wasn’t that big a deal for Florida.
Yes, Florida showed it can play with the No. 1 team in the country and the crowd was incredible. That big-game feel was something that used to happen around Gainesville all the time. I get all of that.
But this season is all about October.
And it starts Saturday. At Kentucky. At LSU. Against Georgia in Jacksonville. There’s no point mentioning the home game at Vanderbilt, except that it’s Homecoming.
This is the toughest month on the schedule and how Florida performs will define its season. Kentucky was a game that a lot of people pointed to this summer mainly because the last two times the Gators went to Lexington, they probably should have lost.
Somehow, they won those games and the road streak lives. You know that the crowd will be fired up. You can almost smell the bourbon from here.
So, let’s talk Kentucky:
KENTUCKY (4-0, 2-0 IN SEC)