Special teams are special again at Florida as Vernell Brown III excites the crowd on ab business as usual kind of night for the Gators. By Loren Meadows GatorBaitMedia.com Football Analyst, Host of The Gator Lowdown with Loren Meadows Time for Baugh and Philo to take this show on the road (Chris Spears photo) What We Thought: The Florida Gators defensive unite was taken to task last week by Coach John Sumrall for a lack than stellar effort that saw FAU gain over 400 yards of

Vernell Brown III supplied three touchdowns against Campbell. His postgame comments and Jon Sumrall’s assessment frame Florida’s next test at Auburn.

The Gators need to heed Jon Sumrall’s mandate: Stay planted. In a few days their feet will be standing in the hostile confines of Auburn.

Dallas Wilson (6) gathers in a pass (UAA Photo) Ultimately, winning is what matters most not the aesthetics. The Florida Gators got their win Saturday night at The Swamp, but to call the 52-3 beatdown of the Campbell Camels anything more than expected would be sugar coating, something Jon Sumrall refused to do when he addressed the media in the south end zone meeting room of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. “What's on my mind is how do we get this team better because where we ar

Brown took back-to-back punts — 64 yards, then 70 — straight to the house, the kind of double-dip that hasn’t happened for the Gators since a guy named Jacquez Green did it back in 1996. Throw in a 14-yard catch-and-run touchdown, and Brown had himself a three-touchdown afternoon and 219 punt-return yards by halftime — the second-most in a single SEC game, ever.

The real evaluation starts next week at Auburn, where this defense opens SEC play on the road for the first time in this series since 2011.