Florida football found itself trying to cling to a slim fourth quarter lead in its Sept. 6 matchup against USF at The Swamp.

But some questionable clock management proved costly as the Florida Gators lost 18-16 to the Bulls on a 20-yard Nico Gramatica field goal as time expired in the fourth quarter.

First, Florida had a chance to close out the game on offense with 2:52 remaining, but quarterback DJ Lagway chose to throw the ball rather than run it on first down, calling an audible off a run play. The attempted screen pass to wide receiver Vernell Brown III fell incomplete.

"It's definitely frustrating," Lagway said. "I feel like I put that on me. I feel I threw a pass when I shouldn't have. Yeah, I've got to be a better situational expert on that in four-minute mode, and I've go

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