The Florida Gators are back in the win column after a 38-14 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores on Homecoming weekend.
It didn’t matter that Florida was down its best rusher and a couple of starting linemen, among others. The Gators took care of Vandy with relative ease, which hopefully allows the fan base to exhale after last year’s fiasco in Nashville.
Graham Mertz was excellent (when he didn’t throw deep), and Montrell Johnson Jr. had the bounceback game he needed for Florida to put this away comfortably. A couple of freshmen from the wide receivers room stepped up with Caleb Douglas out for the foreseeable future as well.
Speaking of bouncing back, the front seven was excellent in containing Vanderbilt’s rushing attack, but the same can’t be said about the secondary and their coverage defense.
Here are five takeaways from Florida’s win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.