Only in college football can a team win 66-21 and have everybody inspecting the undercarriage on Monday morning. But that is the nature of the beast, particularly around here, where the scars are still fresh and the patience is roughly the thickness of gas-station toilet paper.

DJ Coleman (33) intercepts an FAU pass (Photo by Chris Spears) Game one is in the books (Florida 66, Florida Atlantic 21), Campbell is on deck (Saturday, 5:30 p.m., SEC Network+) and the Gators are tied for No. 25 in the Coaches LBM top 25 poll. So, all is well on the Florida football front but down in Baton Rouge, LSU is starting to understand that hell hath no fury like a pissed off Greg Sankey. Here is a recap of Florida football, the polls, Sankey’s latest reaction to L

At stake is the conference’s right to enforce its own rules without a member school thumbing its nose, lawyering up and daring Commissioner Greg Sankey to do something about it. Now Sankey and the league have done something about it.

Offensive linemen congratulate Jadan Baugh after a TD (Photo by Chris Spears) It was Florida Atlantic, so let’s not get carried away here. After Saturday’s game with Campbell (5:30 p.m., SEC Network+), the schedule becomes infinitely more difficult, but that first game win did answer a sufficient number of questions to raise the levels of optimism significantly for the Florida Gators. Start with the fact the Gators went an entire game without having to punt. The Gators scored

“Man, he is a powerful, sudden, violent runner who can stick his foot in the ground,” said Sumrall. “On his long run, the most impressive part to me was the end, when he stops on a dime and makes two guys miss — and then the downfield blocking, too.”

There were several impressive achievements on the gridiron, not the least of which came from star running back Jadan Baugh. He reached a new plateau that even surprised him. Two grand in yardage.