Rapid Reaction to the Florida Gators' 33-14 loss to Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Led by a historic performance by Ray Davis, Kentucky handed the No. 22 Gators their third second loss in the series on Saturday.
The Wildcats whipped Florida with a 33-14 win, rushing for 329 yards — 280 by Davis, who scored four TDs — and holding UF to 69 rushing yards.
The Gators had a multitude of issues in their first SEC road game, including 10 penalties for 85 yards (four false starts) and another pick in UF territory.
In the video below, Gators Online shares our rapid reaction from Kroger Field to Florida’s demoralizing loss to the Wildcats.
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Gators Online Rapid Reaction
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Billy Napier opening statement
“OK guys, not a lot of positive to talk about today. I think hats off to Kentucky and coach Stoops, they were ready to play, and they flat out beat us. They were the more physical team, they controlled the line of scrimmage, the edges of the formations, they protected their quarterback, and we did not win the line of scrimmage, or the edges and they affected our quarterback. We had a handful of penalties that were obviously a factor, the early turnover was a factor and then just fundamentally, very disappointed in our team.
“I told the players I know one way to do this and that is to take complete ownership of it and I think, for me personally, as a leader, I have to do a better job for our team in all ways. You know, and, ultimately that’s my job, to have this football team ready to play and I’m going to take ownership of that because I know what we’re capable of. I do believe that we had a good week and we’re in the right frame of mind but when you put the ball down, we didn’t execute. We weren’t ready. And certainly, the way the game went early, we did our best to try to fight to get back in it but hats off to Kentucky. All parts of the game, they were more effective. I haven’t looked at the stat sheet yet, but I imagine that’s exactly what it says. Kentucky deserved to win today, the Gators did not. That’s my responsibility.
“I think we’ll be able to evaluate things technically a little bit more and talk Monday but, overall, we’ve got work to do to improve. One thing I do really believe in, is I believe in that group of kids in there. I think they want to have success. I think they’ve done a lot of quality work and I do think that these types of experiences present opportunity and I think, I’m very hopeful that there will be some good things to come of this, but we’ve got to take a good look in the mirror as an overall operation here and do a better job for the players. I’m sure the players will see things they can do better as well.”
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