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Florida Football: Way-too-early 2019 game-by-game predictions

By Connor Muldowney

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 29: Lamical Perine #22 of the Florida Gators is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a fourth quarter rushing touchdown against the Michigan Wolverines during the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 29: Lamical Perine #22 of the Florida Gators is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a fourth quarter rushing touchdown against the Michigan Wolverines during the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /
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GAINESVILLE, FL – NOVEMBER 03: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators rushes for yardage during the game against the Missouri Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
GAINESVILLE, FL – NOVEMBER 03: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators rushes for yardage during the game against the Missouri Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

Say goodbye to Drew Lock, SEC fans. This has to be positive news for the rest of the league because Lock was the type of quarterback that could make an upset like this possible in games where Missouri didn’t really match up well.

Lock will be headed off to the NFL while Barry Odom will look to get the Tigers back to SEC East contention, which will be a tall task. By this point in the season, though, Missouri will be out of division title contention and will have to just hope to be bowl eligible.

Despite this game taking place away from Gainesville, Florida will need to end the conference season on a high note after losing out on a chance to capture a division title with a loss to Georgia. Still, a two-loss SEC regular season isn’t too shabby, right? Florida fans will be disappointed with another second-place finish in the division, but it’ll just set up an even more important 2020 campaign.

Back to this contest, though. Missouri won’t stand a chance against Florida’s rushing attack as the Gators will hit the ground running — literally — and keep it up all game long. Florida will get revenge for last year’s blowout Homecoming loss against the Tigers.

Final Score: Florida 34, Missouri 17 (9-2, 6-2 SEC)

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