| Saturday, September 10 | College Football Week 2 Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| Point Spread: | Florida Gators -6 vs Kentucky Wildcats |
| Total: | o/u 51.5 Points |
| Location: | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida |
| Game Time: | 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| TV: | ESPN |
We're talking about the Gators, who responded to adversity in the new Billy Napier era a lot better than the later stages of the preceding Dan Mullen regime, and found a way to gut-out a tense win over a top-10 Utah side the way Mullen's Florida would probably not have been ab le to do a year ago.
Unlike Mullen, who unwittingly contributed to the downfall of last year's Gators by waffling between QBs Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson, there are no such controversies now as Jones has moved to Arizona State and Richardson looks the second coming of Cam Newton after mesmerizing a good Utes defense in the Swamp.
More satisfying, perhaps, for Napier was the defense making the game-saving play on a last-second interception by LB Amari Burney. That sort of intensity and effort in Gainesville might be hard to recreate this week, but maybe not, depending on how good the Gators’ memory is. The unraveling of Florida’s 2021 season started after an early-October loss to Kentucky.