But make no mistake: What happened in Columbia was worse than a speed bump. It was a public mugging. It was a betrayal of sorts. The question is: Who betrayed whom?

For an entire month Jon Sumrall had been warning that the Florida Gators would be exposed somewhere down the road if they didn’t change their ways. Somewhere down the road was Columbia, Missouri, where Saturday afternoon the 8th-ranked Gators (4-1, 2-1 SEC) took one of those leave no place on their body without a bruise beatings at the hands of the 25th-ranked Missouri Tigers (4-1, 1-1 SEC). Just a couple of days prior to this 45-17 mauling at Memorial Stadium one revised

Eli Drinkwitz spent all week saying tough teams stop the run. Missouri did it Saturday. Now Florida has six days to make sure South Carolina can't do it again.

Florida had been scoring 53.5 points and gaining 532.8 yards a game. Missouri held the Gators to 17 points, 325 yards and 42 rushing yards, and the numbers show where it went wrong.

Florida ran for 42 yards and gave up 340 through the air at Missouri, and few position groups escaped the red pen. Every unit's grade, with the numbers behind it.

Jon Sumrall said Missouri deserved it after a 45-17 rout ended Florida’s unbeaten start. The numbers, who was missing and what comes next with South Carolina.