Well, that was a football game.
Florida emerged victorious against FCS opponent Samford and avoided suffering its second loss against a team from the lower level of Division I since 1946, but it sure wasn’t pretty.
The Bulldogs may as well have been an SEC team, because they brutalized the UF defense harder than anyone else has this season. They totaled 530 yards of offense and scored 42 points in the first half alone, taking a seven-point lead into the break.
The Gators offense ultimately proved too much to overcome, outscoring Samford 35-10 in the second half en route to a 70-52 win that would have been much more acceptable if it came from coach Mike White‘s basketball team.
While UF’s 717 yards proved to be enough to get back to 5-5 on the season, it shouldn’t give the team much confidence heading into the final stretch of the season against Missouri and Florida State.
Here are the takeaways from Florida’s ugliest showing of the season.