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Gator Football Recap: Kentucky Wildcats Game

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The No. 1 UF Gators have managed to take Kentucky down with 41 to 7 in Lexington.

Still the top ranked college team in football, the Gator football team has managed to improve their score to an overall 4 and 0 and a SEC 2 and 0 after claiming a beautiful 41 to 7 victory against Kentucky this past Saturday evening. The game was held at the Commonwealth Stadium which is located in Lexington Kentucky. The Gators maintained a spark that came about following a first quarter that was record breaking, as they jumped into a quick and beautiful 31 to 0 lead, having amassed a total of 223 offense yards.

The Gators were led to victory by the senior quarterback, Tim Tebow from St. Augustine, Florida, who managed to finish the night with five of ten for a total of 103 years and a touchdown pass. He surpassed the previous season high mark for rushing yardage that he held by tallying 79 yards. He managed to finish the game out with 16 carries, 123 yards and two touchdowns, which marked the first 100 yard long rushing performance for a Gator during this season. He has been propelled into the second place mark in the SEC's record book for all time rushing touchdowns as well.

The Gator offense managed to go right to work, and they managed to make scores on the first five of their drives. The Gator defense on the other hand forced Kentucky into five different three and out situations with their first five possessions of the game.

The second drive of Florida's game began with an excellent field position, beginning on the 36 yard line on the Kentucky side, and they held the Wildcats into a quick three and out. With 7:11 left to play within the first quarter of the game, Florida already had a 10 and 0 advantage over the Wildcats.

The Gators defense managed to hold the Wildcats without a single first down until there was only 8:48 remaining within the first half, but the Wildcats eventually managed to cut into the Gators' lead at the end of the first half, bringing the score to 31 to 7.

In the second half, Florida got its first points with only 3:49 remaining in the third quarter, when Sturgis kicked a 32 yard long field goal, giving Florida a 34 to 7 advantage. By the final stanza, and with only 6:39 remaining on the clock, the Gators managed to launch themselves into a 41 to 7 lead over Kentucky.

The Gators are returning to action in a few weeks on October 10, as they are traveling to Baton Rouge, Louisiana so that they can go up against the LSU Tigers.

Photo Credits: Chris Breeze

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Game Preview: Kentucky Wildcats vs Gators

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The Florida Gators will be continuing the SEC action when they go to Lexington in Kentucky on September 26 to visit the Wildcats. Kick off is slated to begin at 6 o'clock pm, and the entire game is going to be broadcast over ESPN 2.

The wildcats, in the meantime, are trying to learn from their past mistakes against the gators.

Rich Brooks is not really sure what it is going to take for Kentucky to upset the Gators, who are currently top ranked. The Gators are coming to the Commonwealth Stadium in Kentucky this upcoming Saturday.

What he does know, however, is what it is not going to take, which is another poor performance that is similar to the one that they exhibited in their comeback win of 31 to 27 against their arch-rivals Louisville over this past weekend. According to Brooks, during that came they gave up too many really big plays for his liking.

Playing against Louisville, the Wildcats managed to rally twice during the second half, allowing them to overcome three turnovers in the third quarter as well as a barrage of long-yard plays that were orchestrated by the offense of Louisville.

According to the coach, these turnovers are absolutely inexcusable. It is not normal for the turnover battle to be lost and the game to still be won, according to Brooks. If you keep making big mistakes, then you are not going to win any game. You definitely are not going to win against the team that is currently no. 1 in the entire country.

Brooks has said that he is working on a game plan to help him with Florida that is going to minimize the amount of turnovers as well as big plays. He wants his team to be able to focus on the things that they do fundamentally well with. He added that the ability for Tennessee to handle the explosive offense of Florida over the weekend was not going to be the basis for the game plan that Kentucky was planning for the upcoming game.

Right now Florida is facing a flu outbreak among many of its players. Brooks acknowledged this and mentioned that the mention of his team's health was also currently a concern leading up to the game on Saturday. He said that Antwane Glenn the sophomore defensive tackle was excused from practice on Sunday after he began to show symptoms resembling the flu. Glenn is going to be isolated from the rest of the team and they are currently working on testing him for H1N1, at least if his symptoms begin to get worse. With the swine flu, this is about more than player simply getting the flu because swine flu could turn it into serious business and a cause for real concern.

Photo Credits: Chris Breeze

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