The Most Frustrating 31 Point Win Ever.

The Gators stumbled their way to a 38-7 victory over Arkansas on Saturday. The first half was almost unbearable to watch. There was a period when the Gators were flagged on 6 straight plays. Florida is used to being a heavy penalized team, but yesterday was just ridiculous. If not for a Michael Smith muffed punt return, the game could have easily been tied at the half. Even with that fumble, the Gators needed a Jeff Demps 36 yard touchdown run on first and 30 after two more Gator penalties.

Tim Tebow had a solid showing, despite his first interception in 204 pass attempts. Timmy distributed the ball better than he has all year. On the drive following his interception, Tebow put together the best drive of this short season, going 7 for 7 and hitting Harvin for a touchdown.

The major bright spot of the day was the Florida running game. Speedster Jeff Demps ran for two scores, while Rainey had his first 100 yard rushing game as a Gator. Rainey pulled off the best touchdown run of the year late in the third quarter. It was nice to have a running game outside of Harvin with the absence of Emmanuel Moody.

Here's the stats from the game:

FLORIDA PASSING
Tim Tebow 17-26 217 yards 2 tds 1 int
John Brantley II 2-3 19 yards

FLORIDA RUSHING
Chris Rainey 10 103 yards 1 td
Jeff Demps 7 103 yards 2 tds
Percy Harvin 6 37 yards
Tim Tebow 12 32 yards
Brandon James 2 4 yards

FLORIDA RECEIVING
Louis Murphy 5 70 yards
Carl Moore 2 39 yards
Percy Harvin 3 37 yards 1 td
Deonte Thompson 2 29 yards
Brandon James 3 24 yards 1 td
Aaron Hernandez 2 15 yards
Riley Cooper 1 15 yards
Jeff Demps 1 7 yards

FLORIDA INTERCEPTIONS
Joe Haden 1 24 yards

FLORIDA KICK RETURNS
Brandon James 2 48 yards

FLORIDA PUNT RETURNS
Brandon James 2 25 yards

FLORIDA KICKING
Jonathan Phillips 1/1

FLORIDA PUNTING
Chas Henry 3 46.o avg

Player of the Game

Chris Rainey - Running Back

Even though Jeff Demps had the same amount of rushing yards and 2 touchdowns compared to Rainey's one, I gotta go with Chris on this one. His touchdown run is probably the most electrifying play of the year for the Gators this season. Also, Demps' second touchdown run came in the closing minutes anyway. Hopefully this is the first of many 100 yard rushing games for the former Lakeland Dreadnaught.








The Gators are going to have to play 6079679 times better to beat LSU next week. The Tigers are too good of a football team for Florida to overcome so many penalties and miscues .