The Florida Gators fell to the Kentucky Wildcats 26-16 in a lackluster performance on Saturday night. The Gators came into the game with momentum stemming from their electric 29-26 win over the Utah Utes to open the season.
Their SEC opener was the Mr. Hyde to last week’s Dr. Jekyll.
The game started out well for Florida, with the Gators’ defensive line giving Kentucky’s offense more than it could handle early on. The offense, on the other hand, struggled mightily. [autotag]Anthony Richardson[/autotag] struggled mightily after a breakthrough performance last week, including throwing a pick-six in the third quarter that the Orange and Blue couldn’t respond to.
Aside from some positive showing’s from freshman running back Trevor Etienne, the offense was nothing to write home for. Billy Napier had some questionable decisions late in the game. Down 23-16 in the fourth quarter, Napier chose to go for it on fourth down in Florida territory, twice. Both attempts were unsuccessful.
Needless to say, the Gator Nation wasn’t too thrilled with tonight’s performance.
Here is Twitter’s reaction to the Gators’ SEC loss to the Kentucky Wildcats.