Jeremy Fowler Sentinel Staff Writer
GAINESVILLE — Welcome to the most boring game in the country, where the Florida Gators inflicted nothing but pain and touchdowns.
And to think Charleston Southern was trying to appreciate the scenery in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
“You can still feel the presence of the tradition of Florida even when they aren’t on the field,” said CSU linebacker Brad Sweatt, an Edgewater High School graduate, about the team’s pregame walk-through at the Swamp on Friday.
The Buccaneers‘ game experience wasn’t so idyllic in No. 1 Florida’s 62-3 blowout Saturday, partly because they didn’t have a stop watch.
The Gators’ game plan didn’t involve Tim Tebow under center or hardly even Tebow on the run.
Florida’s only objective was to rival Usain Bolt on the way to the end zone with playmakers.
Consider the first half:
Time of possession: 9:25
Offensive points: 35.
Points per offensive minute: 3.78.
For Tebow’s last home opener as a Gator, Florida threw up 385 offensive yards in the first 23 minutes. If the Gators didn’t pull their starters by the second quarter, they might have broken the school record for offensive yards in a game with 774.
Even fourth-stringers were involved in the offensive explosion after playmakers Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey and Riley Cooper and Aaron Hernandez had their way. Rainey took 13 seconds to finish a one-play, 76-yard scoring drive in the first quarter.
Receiver Cooper looks more lethal than lethargic after getting a chance to do more than block downfield. The senior led all receivers with 105 yards on five catches, even throwing up before making a catch after battling the flu all week.
“It feels good,” Cooper said. “I love getting catches.”
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