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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- With its head coach sitting on , and with an offense that has been smell-bad awful for the better part of two years, the Florida Gators summoned a level of determination nobody expected Saturday in stunning 38-20 at EverBank Field.Was it enough to save coach Will Muschamp's job? That remains to be seen, but there is little question a lo s would Deshazor Everett Jersey have sealed his ouster. Was it enough to keep Georgia out of the SEC Championship Game? That's uncertain as well, but for the second year in a row, Mi souri now holds late-season control of the division.What's absolutely certain is that the Gators dominated Georgia's defensive front with a power rushing attack that kept Florida in the game early and broke it open late. Kelvin Taylor, the son of former star Fred Taylor, ran for 197 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns. Matt Jones had a nearly identical day, rushing for 192 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns as the Florida rushing attack found its stride for the first time all year.Florida freshman quarterback Treon Harris attempted only six pa ses on the day as the Gators rolled up 418 rushing yards, the highest total of the Muschamp era. And it became readily apparent early in the second half that Georgia wasn't up to the task of putting Florida in many obvious third-down pa sing situations.Just what the Gators needed.Although suspended running back Todd Gurley was sidelined with a , there were still plenty of pro prospects on the field, most of them on the defensive side of the ball. A look at how each performed in front of :Florida DE Dante FowlerWithout a doubt, Fowler was the most impre sive among the legitimate NFL prospects in this game. The 6-3, 260-pound junior defensive end was not only disruptive in the backfield but also looked good in occasional pa s coverage a signments in the flat, usually on Georgia's freshman running back phenom, Nick Chubb. The Gators' most talented pa s rusher will draw his share of scouting Ryan Kerrigan Jersey questions, in particular about his run-stopping mettle, but he is strong for his size and not unwilling to take on run blocks aggre sively.Meanwhile, his explosive first step was on full display Saturday against the Bulldogs. Fowler didn't play the entire game, instead taking a couple of series off as early as the first quarter, but if the goal was to keep him fresh, it was achieved, because he looked especially sharp late in the game. Georgia tight end Jeb Blazevich had a few one-on-one blocking a signments on Fowler that Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo would probably like to have back, one resulting in a tackle for lo s and another in a six-yard sack of Hutson Mason. Fowler also dropped Chubb for a lo s of four late in the game as Florida's defense began to stiffen.Fowler finished with a sack and 2.5 tackles for lo s among six stops, with a quarterback hurry.Georgia DE Leonard FloydIf it was a day to remember for Fowler, it was one to forget for Floyd. The Bulldogs' edge rusher had a woeful day as Florida rolled up its highest rushing total of the Muschamp era. It wasn't exactly a game that set up well for an edge rusher -- Florida ran the ball all day, and when it pa sed, the pocket was almost always moving with a rollout of some kind. But if Floyd, a speedy junior, is to improve his draft stock, he'll have to show more than he did Saturday as a run stopper. That's a little tougher from the stand-up stance Floyd uses Troy Apke Jersey (Fowler rushes from a three-point stance).Neverthele s, Floyd was driven off the line of scrimmage often by Florida tackle D.J. Humphries. Even guard Trip Thurman, on kick-out blocks, and tight end Tevin Westbrook got the better of Floyd at times.On the positive side, he did force a jet sweep out of bounds for a lo s, and made his best play of the day on a third Jonathan Williams Jersey -down run for no gain, beating Humphries on a play run directly at Floyd. For the most part, however, this was a game Floyd won't want scouts to dig up. Floyd finished with nine tackles, but eight of those were a sists and several were on runs that had already picked up solid yardage.Florida DB Vernon HargreavesJust as it wasn't a game well-suited for Floyd, it wasn't well-suited for Hargreaves, either. Georgia stuck to its running game for most of three quarters, leaving Florida's star sophomore cornerback to deliver run support rather than do what he does best: man coverage.Hargreaves mi sed an early tackle on Nick Chubb but played fairly well overall against the run. He stumbled in coverage to give up a square-in pa s to Reggie Davis for an early first down. When Georgia began throwing more late in the game, quarterback Hutson Mason wasn't afraid to go to Hargreaves' man. He gave up a first-down catch to Malcolm Mitchell on the right sideline and, a play later, bit on a pump fake that allowed Jeb Blazevich to get open for a 34-yard reception. Near the end of the drive, however, he showed excellent instincts on a pa s breakup in the Florida end zone on a short throw intended for Mitchell.Hargreaves had eight stops and two pa s breakups on the day.Georgia LB Ramik WilsonGeorgia's second-leading tackler, now with 60 stops on the year, was arguably as disappointing as Floyd on a day the Gators rolled up 418 rushing yards. Unlike Floyd, who played the entire game, Wilson was Casey Toohill Jersey off the field for a few series. But when he was on the field, he was catching blocks and reacting too slowly to the development of the play.Wilson, a senior, finished the game with five stops, three of them a sists, and didn't command the middle of the field like the Bulldogs needed him to. NoteworthyBryan Cox Jr., son of the former and star who is now an a sistant coach with the , picked up a sack of Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason for a lo s of 10 yards. ... Georgia RB Nick Chubb netted 156 rushing yards, but lost a key fumble in the second half that gave Florida the momentum for the remainder of the game. ... Florida LB Antonio Morrison made a game-high 15 tackles, though 13 of them were a sisted.*Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter *.

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