After an underwhelming win against lowly Vanderbilt last week, Florida returns to The Swamp to take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Florida needs to win two of the next three games to clinch an SEC Championship Game berth. Meanwhile, Kentucky is 3-5 on the season and is coming off a sixty point loss to Alabama.
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Kentucky was trounced by Alabama 63-3 last weekend. It’s part of why the Tide sits atop the CFP rankings. Florida needs to handle business and beat the brakes off of the Wildcats to a similar tune to satisfy the eye test for the committee. Kentucky has lost three of their last four (with only a Vandy win in that stretch) and has seen three different quarterbacks take snaps in the last few weeks (Terry Wilson, Joey Gatewood, Beau Allen). The Wildcats do have a decent rushing attack and will hope to utilize the time of possession to keep the Gators’ offense off the field. Florida just has too much firepower and the #Trask4Heisman campaign should move forward without a hitch. Gators, 47-14.
I think after last week Florida will want to get off to a fast start and I believe they will especially with the return of Kyle Pitts on the offensive side of the ball. I think Florida cashes in a turnover and maybe 2 this game. I think Florida took last week lightly and definitely will not this week. I also think Vanderbilt has gotten better as the season has went on. Kyle Trask repeats for at least 4 touchdowns again this game. Kentucky scores some points but definitely not enough to stop this dominant offense in a home game. Florida wins 52-20.
The beginning of this game could be similar to the game against Vanderbilt. Mark Stoops always has his team ready to play in these games with the only blowout being 45-7 in 2016. I think Kentucky could make it competitive but that all depends on who is out with those 18 players unavailable. If Chris Rodriguez is out that’ll really put a hamper on the Wildcats trying to control the game and clock. Touchdown Terry Wilson might not be the same but he still has experience playing Florida in the Swamp. It’ll be close to start out but Florida will eventually pull away in this one. Especially since it’s one of the last two home games of the Florida football regular season. Florida 45-17.
Kentucky will be entering this game shorthanded to the tune of 18 players and 10 staff members. That kind of handicap would be difficult for any team to overcome. When we combine that massive blow to Kentucky’s depth chart with the fact that Florida is just more talented, and add in a healthy dose of bulletin board material from the Wildcats, regarding the strength of this Gators’ offense (wide receivers and tight ends) and we’ve got the makings for a good old fashioned blowout. I didn’t really believe the Gators would struggle with this one before, but now, I think they will be coming to make a statement. Gators win, 45-17.
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Florida and Kentucky are scheduled to kickoff from The Swamp at noon on Saturday. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN.
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