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NFL Week 8 Picks: Division Showdowns Will Deliver Big in Prime-Time Games

October 29, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

For the last few years, the only thing the Georgia Bulldogs felt when they came down to Jacksonville to face the Florida Gators was the boot on their behind when the Florida Gators kicked their butts. 
It wasn't pleasant, heightened by 2010's crushing overtime loss that would have made any red-clad man cry. 
At first, it wasn't any different. The Georgia offense went from pretty inept to even more inept, matched only by a punting game that was meant to be modeled by NOT kicking the ball to Jeff Demps.
When Demps blew past the special teams players and celebrated in the end zone, the Florida fans went crazy, and the score was 17-3.
But this wasn't the old Georgia team. That team probably would have sunk at 17-3. Their defense livened up. The offense finally livened up, carrying an awful kicking game in Blair Walsh on its back all the way to take a 24-20 lead.
The rally was highlighted by Aaron Murray's 4th-and-6 touchdown to Tavarres King for a 14...

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