When the potential game-winning field goal attempt landed short of the crossbar Saturday in Kentucky, Florida’s football players exhaled a collective sigh of relief. For the second consecutive week, they’d escaped with a win.
Defensive tackle Taven Bryan noted he’d rather be dominating games than relying on the opposing kicker’s lack of leg strength or a last-second pass to survive heart-stopping thrillers, but he, his teammates and his coach agreed that there’s just something about this team and its ability to find ways to win.
“Even after all that,” coach Jim McElwain said in reference to the penalties, missed tackles and other miscues that nearly cost No.