The game didn’t start out so good for either team. The first quarter was a mess. On the opening drive for the Florida Gators, Feshman Quarterback Jacoby Brissett came in for one plat and completed a tough pass to red shirt junior Tight End Omarius Hines for what looked to be a 40 yard completion and a wonderfully executed play. Unfortunately Hines fumbled the ball and Vanderbilt recovered. It wasn’t just bad for the Gators though. Vanderbilt actually drove all the way down the field on the opening drive to miss a field goal. The Gators got the ball back and drove down the field to setup a Caleb Sturgis field goal, which he missed. At this point there was about a minute and a half of time left in the first quarter and thank god, because it was a bad one.  The rest of the game was defined by our running game. Senior tailback, Jeff Demps rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns which included a 52-yard touchdown run with 2:13 left in the fourth quarter.  He faked the Vanderbilt cornerback out so bad that his knees buckled and he fell to the floor as Demps cruised on by. It was great. This last score for the Gators put them up 26 – 14. The pesky Commodores wouldn’t go away though. Jordan Rogers, Vanderbilt Quarterback an younger brother of NFL great Aaron Rodgers, led his team 80 yards down the field to score a touchdown with 1:16 left to go making the game a little bit more exciting, for a couple of minutes. Vanderbilt attempted an onside kick that was recovered by the Gators and the rest is history.

John Brantley may have re-injured his ankle as he sat out the last couple of series in the game. Hopefully it’s not too serious because it is obvious we can’t win without him. Even though we had our rushing game going, he was the one that commanded the offense and steered the ship.