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Rapid Reaction to Florida's 34-20 loss to Georgia

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Florida Gators quarterback DJ Lagway (2) is tackled against the Georgia Bulldogs during the first half at EverBank Stadium. (Melina Myers-Imagn Images)

JACKSONVILLE — The Florida Gators came up short on Saturday in their upset bid against No. 2 Georgia, tying the game midway through the fourth quarter before collapsing late in their 34-20 loss. UF also lost three starters to injury.

Quarterback DJ Lagway was carted off the field with a “significant” hamstring injury and starting cornerbacks Devin Moore and Dijon Johnson also left the game with injuries. Former UF running back Trevor Etienne got hurt for Georgia too.

UGA quarterback Carson Beck overcame three interceptions with 309 passing yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score. Florida backup QB Aidan Warner finished with 66 yards and an interception on 7 of 22 passing.

In the video above, Gators Online shares our rapid reaction to Florida’s loss to the Bulldogs.

Billy Napier on the Florida Gators loss to Georgia

“I’m extremely proud of our team. I think throughout this entire year the character of this group has showed up. I think it’s a tough group and I do think that I’m proud of the way think executed in the game today, the effort in which they played, and the pride in which they took in representing Florida and competing.

You know, I do think that the objective today was to come here and put fanatical effort on the field. We wanted to ramp up the intensity. We wanted to play with better effort. We wanted to out-finish, out-compete, out-hustle, out-physical, and we knew there would be poise and composure needed.

We knew there would be momentum in the game that would challenge the resiliency of the team. Certainly that was the case. We felt like we understood the mission and we felt like we had the men to do it. This group is very unified. I think its unity is powerful, and I do think in the last couple weeks this group has start to believe that they can play with anybody and beat anybody.

Obviously there is a bunch of football here that could be done better. I was proud of a lot of the players that stepped up. We went into the game with some injuries. We had some injuries throughout the game. But I do think the players that had opportunities really stepped up and did a great job for the team.

You know, I’m proud of our team. Proud to be associated with that group in there. Obviously came up a little bit short today, but I do think the game kind of went the way we wanted it to. We made it ugly at times, but I do think we had our team in position at times to win the game.”

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