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New Visual Evidence Proves Florida Was Robbed When USF Clearly Dropped Crucial Interception

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One single play does not define the outcome of a college football game but Florida lost to South Florida by two points. New visual evidence shows the Gators were robbed of a potential scoring drive on a dropped interception.

That ultimately proved to be the difference between a win and a loss.

James Chenault was credited with a pick because the college football officials could not overturn the call on the field. However, the ball very clearly hit the ground.

USF beat Florida fair and square.

The Bulls out-gained the Gators in total offense. They were more efficient on third and fourth downs. They committed less turnovers and penalties.

Everybody outside of Gainesville was thrilled to see the (18.5-point !!) underdogs win on the road. These kinds of early-season upsets are a large part of what makes college football so fun.

On the flip side, Florida fans are calling for head coach Billy Napier to be fired.

Their dream season is already spoiled. Their preseason top-15 ranking was fraudulent.

Although the season is not lost, yet, this crushing defeat does not bode well for the SEC gauntlet.

The Gators threw an interception that wasn’t an interception.

Quarterback D.J. Lagway threw a deep pass over the middle as the Gators were approaching midfield during the third quarter. It was picked off by defensive back James Chenault.

Or was it?!

The ruling on the field was an interception. The call on the field stood upon further review.

There was not indisputable evidence to overturn the ruling. The grainy video did not provide a good enough look to take the interception off of the board even though it looked like the ball hit the ground.

Sure enough, Chenault did not field the ball cleanly. A sideline photographer captured the perfect angle.

Florida fans used the still photo as evidence of the referees’ vendetta against them.

“I wasn’t lying when I said the refs were actively planning to take us out,” said @MatttyV_30.

“Refs f—– us so hard,” said @Chase17__.

I don’t know about all of that.

What I do know is that the Gators were driving at a crucial point early in the second half when this interception that wasn’t an interception occurred. If they were instead able to score on that drive, the entire game looks completely different. Even a field goal would’ve proved to be the difference. And yet.