In Gainesville, The Gators came in expecting a easy W in the win column. But if you were watching the game…Florida failed the test. Ole Miss scored early in the first putting them up 7-0 while Florida answered back with a field goal. Late in the game, Florida scored a touchdown with 3:28 to go and could have tied it up 31-31 but failed to due to a blocked extra point from the Rebels. There was some decisions in the game that Urban Meyer could have prevented. One, I know 4th and 3 is not that far to go for the first, but why go for it? Not try for the field goal? Let’s try not to be negative but you have to give your opponent some respect which look what happened in the run. Florida turned the ball over on 3 fumbles and it just absolutely hurt them. It seemed like Rebels quarterback never touched the ball. Snead lined up as a receiver while Ole Miss running back Eason and receiver Derek McCluster would be sent in motion to run the ball up the middle or around the end. That is about all what the Rebels did and Florida just never came prepared to stop it throughout the game. A HUGE play for Ole Miss was the 86 yard touchdown pass to shay Hodge on 3rd down. That really opened a gap in the 4th quarter.

A huge problem on the Gators side is the offensive lines blocking. Tebow did pass for 319 yards but could not be protected very much. Some few dropped passes from Riley Cooper and Aaron Hernandez could have turned into some big plays for Florida but could not of been made. Emmanuel Moody sprained his ankle and was taken out late in the game and the Gators could have used him on the 4th and shorts. Florida will drop from the NO. 4 spot and put them 1-1 in the SEC and 3-1 overall, but it is still early. Meyer kept mentioning some other things they could have prevented. Example he gave was fake punt that Ole Miss attempted and became successful from. Their are thousands of unhappy Gator fans after the loss today, but it’s only the 4th game. Coach Meyer said all he can do is watch some film and figure out what happened and what he can do to prevent this from happening again. Meyer and the Gators will have practice tomorrow and regroup for next Saturday. Florida will travel to Arkansas on October 10th at 12:30pm. Stats from todays game can be seen below.

PASSING: Gators- Tebow- 24/38 319 yards 1 TD
Ole Miss- Snead- 9/20 185 yards 2 TD 1 INT.

RUSHING: Gators- Harvin 10 car 82 yards, Moody 3 car 16 yards, Rainey 3 car 9 yards, James 1 car 9 yards, Tebow 15 car 7 yards, Moore 1 car 2 yards.

Ole Miss- McCluster 11 car 60 yards, Bolden 13 car 55 yards, Breaux 1 car 15 yards, Eason 6 car 13 yards, Davis 2 car 1 yard.

Receiving: Gators: Harvin 13 rec 186 yards, Hernandez 4 rec 52 yards, Murphy 4 rec 41 yards, Cooper 2 rec 28 yards, Moore 1 rec 12 yards.

Ole Miss: Hodge 3 rec 133 yards, Eason 2 rec 28 yards, McCluster 2 rec 28 yards, Cook 1 rec 4 yards, Wallace 1 rec 3 yards.