Florida could be on a one-way track to being the next 2019 LSU😳
Florida is only four games into the Jon Sumrall era, but the Gators have already done enough to spark a pretty wild comparison.
Josh Pate recently suggested that if Florida has another dominant performance, people could start drawing parallels between the 2026 Gators and 2019 LSU. Florida is 4–0 and ranked No. 8 after blowing out No. 4 Ole Miss 52–28, a game where the Gators rushed for 302 yards and finished with 498 total yards.
The comparison obviously comes with a massive standard. LSU’s 2019 team went 15–0, won the national championship and featured Joe Burrow throwing for 5,671 yards and 60 touchdowns on his way to the Heisman Trophy.
Nobody is saying Florida has reached that level yet, but the Gators have gone from entering the season with plenty of questions to looking like a legitimate SEC contender. They’re 4–0 for the first time since 2019 and just handed a top-five opponent a 24-point loss in The Swamp.
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