Florida -3 vs. Georgia

But Skipper feels both are developing and capable of contributing more in the second half of the season.

He saw guys pressing.

With Harris under center, the Gators looked quite capable.

“It’s not good enough, and it’s obvious”, McElwain said.

Yet, here they are. Georgia isn’t a Playoff team in 2015, but Florida might be.

But we can play around with the endpoints and get completely different stats. With this team it’s always fun to see.

“I have to be a better running back, and this week everyone will see I will be a lot better running back than I was in the past game”, said Taylor, who was benched earlier this season for making a throat-slash gesture following a touchdown.

No. 11 Florida vs. Georgia at Jacksonville, Florida: The Gators (6-1, 4-1 SEC) already have a one-game lead over Georgia (5-2, 3-2) in the Eastern Division and would seize control of the race with a victory.

The down-the-road ramifications aren’t set in stone, but they’re pretty much in the cement mixer and ready to poured.

“He’s a great coach but a better guy”, Pruitt said.

At everything. Undefeated and one-loss SEC teams can dare to dream big.

And that’s assuming the Bulldogs don’t slip up along the way. Westgate now has the Gators favored by 2.5 points over the Bulldogs.

It’s never easy to play quarterback in the SEC.

Though Florida rolled to a 38-20 win in last season’s matchup, Mitchell was a bright spot for the Bulldogs, leading them with six catches for 55 yards. Treon Harris has taken over at QB for UF replacing the suspended Will Grier and he has completed 61 percent of his passes with four touchdowns. Since 2003, Georgia is only 4-3 when running for 150 or more yards against Florida; since 2009, Georgia’s 3-3 against Florida when compiling more than 120 rushing yards… and has done that every year. Here’s a scary thought for the Bulldogs: What if they can’t on Saturday?

“We all know what’s at stake”, sophomore slotback Brandon Powell said. We’re working very closely obviously with his family and him to put everything that we can into the NCAA.

The word most folks in the industry used to describe McElwain-to-Gainesville was “solid”.

As in doing everything today, tomorrow, etc., to be prepared for the next game. “I don’t think there’s a need to give all these what-ifs… because if you don’t do what you’re supposed to do, then you’re not going to be talking about it anyway”.

“Before you’d roll into a school and they really said, ‘You’ve got to show your ID.’ They didn’t know who the heck you were”, McElwain said.

That trio was scheduled to be at practice Monday and continue their tryout – wearing pads and in live-action situations – this week.

“I’ve been really fortunate to be around a few really great players”, Florida coach Jim McElwain said, “and the thing that really separates the great ones is that they don’t just wait for the games to perform”.

Georgia failed to score a touchdown in their last game against Missouri. They are averaging a league-worst 2.9 yards a carry in five SEC games and have just eight runs that gained 10 or more yards. And, oh, does McElwain talk about the details. Defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt on injured outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins (hip): “Jordan has practiced this week and looked good, so we’ll see how he does Saturday”. If they win the rest of their regular season games, what awaits them is a berth in the four-team college football playoff. “When you have a corner who’s that patient, talented and can run with you, it makes you definitely bring your A-game”.