Usually when you get dirt on your face, someone is right there to wipe it off.
Florida’s football team had to do it to themselves. And the Gators know that dirt is going to be poured on them all through the second half of the season.
“Our only thing from Sunday until today was let’s wipe this dirt off,” said defensive lineman Tyreak Sapp. “Let’s get up off the mat, let’s get up out of the mud, clean this off and go back to work.”
Florida did just that in a 38-14 win over Vanderbilt as Billy Napier avoided becoming the first coach in school history to lose his first four games against Kentucky and Vanderbilt.
It was a muggy night that saw some fans grumbling at the offense (nobody suffers winning like Gator fans). The Sunday Hash takes a look back at a homecoming win.