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Thursday Thought: Florida was overdue for a loss to Kentucky — and is now worse for it

The Streak never should have reached 31 games.

The Kentucky Wildcats should’ve beaten the Florida Gators in 1993, when Chris Doering got a touchdown against an ill-timed Cover 2 coverage — succinctly explained by Steve Spurrier in the booth for last Saturday’s game — and the Gators escaped Lexington with a 24-20 win.

Kentucky maybe could’ve given Florida a better game in 1997 or 1998, when future No. 1 pick Tim Couch was the Wildcats’ QB, but those were Florida teams defending their first national title and rebounding from a loss to Tennessee en route to 10 wins, respectively, and Couch’s last year in Lexington saw the ‘Cats come to Gainesville.