GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Eleven minutes and 31 seconds remained in Saturday’s fourth quarter. Florida running back Dameon Pierce had just crossed the goal line to put the Gators up 31-3 over the visiting college football team from the Volunteer State.
Over the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium loudspeakers blared the late rock and roll great and Gainesville native Tom Petty’s classic “Free Fallin.”
In the wake of Tennessee’s eventual 34-3 loss to the nation’s No. 9 team, could any song better describe the Big Orange football program four games into this 2019 season?
“Our best players have got to play good, OK?” second-year Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt said after this one. “At some point you’ve got to take the bull by the horns and say ‘Let’s go!'”
Or get gored if you don’t.