![]() ![]() Brenton Cox Jr., a senior who entered the game among the SEC leaders in quarterback pressures but with 0 sacks, finally picked up a sack (and 2 tackles for loss). The Gators’ list of great performances ranged from the veteran leaders to true freshmen. The Florida response, however, was not, as the Gators bowed up and forced several Eagles punts and a turnover in building a 52-3 lead before reserves conceded 2 touchdowns late. Maybe not on 2 Eastern Washington possessions, where Florida struggled to fit run gaps and allowed Eastern Washington to march into the Florida red zone on two occasions. For all of Florida’s warts - and there were some Sunday afternoon - the Gators appear potent on offense. On the day, the Florida offense gained 663 yards, just 1 week removed from compiling 596 yards against Tennessee. The Gators scored on 3 plays of 60 yards or more, including their first offensive play from scrimmage, where Anthony Richardson threw a strike to a streaking Justin Shorter.ĪNTHONY RICHARDSON TO JUSTIN SHORTER /akk6WaK4HGįlorida’s sophomore quarterback played just 2 1/2 quarters, but finished his day with 185 yards passing and 2 touchdowns and one spectacular 45-yard run on his only carry of the game. The Gators certainly did their part in granting the Thompson family’s wish, and leaving smiles on the faces of so many others who made the trip after a terrible week.įlorida routed overmatched Eastern Washington 52-17, looking stylish in the process. We just wanted to cheer and sing Tom Petty and feel good.” “But we felt like for a day at least, it would be nice not to think about what so many folks have lost. “We didn’t know how many fans would be here, what the mood would be, any of it,” Thompson said. They attend one Gators game a season, and in recent years, have chosen one against a lesser opponent, to make sure they can involve their young son. Thompson made the trip with his wife, 8-year old son and two teenage daughters. “We didn’t know what to expect, really,” Todd Thompson, of Clearwater, said from the bed of his F-150 Sunday morning, gathering coal for his grill. ![]() The insurance tab for Ian’s damage will be in the billions and the human cost, from the loss of lives to the loss of homes and fortunes, will be difficult to calculate.īut for one sun-splashed Sunday in The Swamp, there were smiles and joy. Cloud, just southeast of Orlando, the combinaton of rainwater and an already high Lake Tohopekaliga forced a Sunday evacuation, as floodwaters threatened homes days after the rains stopped. At least 44 people lost their lives, per the Florida Medical Examiner’s Commission. Over a million Floridians are still without power on Sunday afternoon, per the office of Florida governor Ron DeSantis. It will take the state of Florida, especially those in Southwest Florida and along Florida’s gulf coast and within the I-4 corridor, a long time to recover from the destruction brought by Ian. It’s a day for dads and sons and daughters.” But I planned to take my son to this game in June and nothing was going to stop that plan. “We will need a new roof on our home, and the one that was damaged by this storm we put in just 2 summers ago. “I have extended family in Fort Myers whose dream homes are now concrete slabs,” Davis said, soaking in a surreal Sunday morning tailgate scene from his usual post on campus by Library West, facing University Avenue. Tom Davis, of Cape Coral, felt the same way. We’ll worry about the rest of it tomorrow, you know?” But we had tickets, the weather looked perfect, and we just wanted to see the Gators play. “We lost power about 3 hours after the storm hit and didn’t have it when we left this morning. “It’s been a long week,” Kendra said Sunday morning. ![]()
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