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Football Thoughts on this Florida team......

The Gators are now 3-1 with Lagway starting, and that one loss could have easily been a win had it not been for his second-quarter injury against UGly. They were ahead 10-3 and moving the ball when DJ went out injured.

I couldn't imagine having the weight of the future of the program on my shoulders even with a veteran starter in front of me. Instead, it never seems like the moment is too big for him. For Lagway, it's nothing spectacular. It's part of the job.

"Just somebody gotta make the play. And why not me?" he said. "That's my thought process. Always want to be a game-changer, want to change the game. When the big plays arrive, I've got to make the play."

In his first collegiate season, he broke Florida's record for most passing yards in a game by a freshman
(456 versus Samford, which is also 9th all-time in program history). He also owns the program record for 40-yard passes in a single game (
5 - which he's done twice this season).

Did he win Saturday's game entirely on his own? No. Again, the offensive line played outstanding, skill positions made enough winning plays and the defense overcame a brutal third-down showing to hold LSU to 13 points, the lowest point-total allowed by the Gators against the Tigers since 2016.


"DJ's taken a role to where he understands that a part of the team is going to feed off his energy," edge rusher Tyreak Sapp said. "I push him, and the defensive guys push him. We rally around him as a defense because we want to let him know we got your back no matter what, little brother, we got your back."
 
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