Todd McShay could barely contain himself. No sooner had the curtain dropped on the first full Saturday of college football than ESPN’s NFL Draft analyst proclaimed his excitement for a particular college football matchup this Saturday.
“After what we’ve seen tonight,” McShay tweeted, “I can’t wait to scout QB Anthony Richardson live next week vs. Kentucky. Richardson vs. UK QB Will Levis is the best QB scouting matchup of the first month of the CFB season.”
That’s right, Cats vs. Gators, 7 p.m. Saturday in Gainesville on ESPN. Is it too early to call it The Showdown in The Swamp? Of course not. Ranked 20th in the AP preseason poll, Kentucky opened with a 37-13 win over Miami (Ohio). Soon to be ranked, Florida opened with a 29-26 victory over visiting and seventh-ranked Utah. The last time UK and UF played each other as ranked foes was 2007 — UK was No. 8; Florida was No. 14.
