Florida 27, Georgia 3: Gators devour Dawgs with running game, predatory defense

Kim Klement-USA TODAY SportsThe Gators have been working on their masterpiece. And the restoration is proceeding apace.

For the second straight year, Florida scored a dominant win over Georgia.

More importantly: For the first time since 2009, the Gators survived their game against Georgia with their chances of winning the SEC East entirely intact.

That's what the Gators' 27-3 win over the Dawgs guarantees. That's the picture Florida painted in broad, bright strokes on Saturday.

It wasn't always pretty, especially early on: Treon Harris struggled mightily in the first quarter, and the Gators didn't get going on offense until the second quarter, despite a gift of a special teams touchdown on a…