Five takeaways from Florida’s shootout loss at LSU in Week 11

Florida’s defense was dominated by LSU and Jayden Daniels on Saturday in a 52-35 loss, but the offense kept the Gators in it until the fourth quarter.

Florida came up short in a shootout in Baton Rouge Saturday night, 52-35.

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels led the Tigers’ offense to over 700 yards of total offense. Daniels added to his Heisman resume with 372 passing yards and three touchdowns while adding another 234 yards and two scores on the ground. Florida defense was completely outclassed, but two early stops in the first quarter kept things closer than it should have been.

Slowly, the game began to slip away from the Gators, but Trevor Etienne, Graham Mertz and Ricky Pearsall did their best to keep the score close. Outmatched in all three phases of the game, Florida eventually crumbled and fell to 5-5 on the season.

Here’s what we learned from the loss.