Michigan beat Florida, 41-7, at the 2016 Citrus Bowl, the last time the two teams met. Now, the Gators are using that blowout loss as motivation for this year's season-opening rematch with the Wolverines on Sept. 2 at AT&T Stadium outside of Dallas.
Alligator File PhotoFred Johnson still thinks about it.
The stadium. The feeling. The way he refused to look up at the scoreboard as he walked to the locker room at halftime.
By the end, he had no choice. Flashed across the scoreboard were the numbers: 41-7.
“It’s time to go get payback,” he said on Tuesday.