One week after the Florida Gators were fiesty against Georgia and almost upset the No. 5 team in the country, the Gators took a trip to Lexington and did a complete 180. The juice and competitiveness Florida had in Jacksonville didn't travel up north as Florida fell to 3-6 on the season.
And it wasn't just that Florida lost to Kentucky; it was the margin they lost that hasn't been seen in decades in Gainesville.
Florida has a historic loss to Kentucky
Florida's 38-7 loss was so bad that it got DJ Lagway benched in the second half. It was also the first time since 1950 that the Gators had lost to Kentucky by at least 30 points.
So if you are 75 years old or older, then congratulations, you were alive the last time Florida lost this badly to the Wildcats. If you are younger than 75 years old, then you can claim you witnessed something for the first time in your life on Saturday.
The thing about this loss that was so jarring isn't just that it was to Kentucky, a program Florida once beat 31 straight times. It's that this particular Kentucky team isn't one of the scrapier Mark Stoops squads that had given Florida a problem in years past.
This particular squad was 3-5, had an anemic offense, and had the backdrop of Kentucky fans wanting Stoops gone. This game was also one year removed from Florida tearing apart the Wildcats in what was Lagway's official coming-out party.
And yet the complete 180 from not just last year but from last week led to a night where nothing got right, and it led to Florida making history.
But joining the 1917, 1949, and 1950 squads as the only teams to lose to Kentucky by at least 30 points probably isn't the kind of history Florida was hoping to make when it got on the plane for Lexington.