It was a sad night in the Swamp on Saturday as Florida football fell to the LSU Tigers, 45-35, in a game that once again exposed some significant shortcomings on this year’s edition of the Gators. The loss sunk the Orange and Blue to a 1-3 record in Southeastern Conference play while dropping its overall record to 4-3 more than halfway through the 2022 campaign.
Billy Napier’s boys really needed this one, but simply did not have enough to get past the visitors despite a solid offensive output by the home team. Untimely errors along with a defense that tended to break more than bend kept the Tigers’ offense on the field and enabled them to triumph in a shootout at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
The Gators Wire writing staff quickly convened after the end of the game to give its collective takes on what they saw on the field. Take a look below at how each interpreted the outcome of the troubling loss along with an outlook on what this means moving forward.