A car collided with Troy's defensive bus on its way to The Swamp on Saturday, and the bus kept on going up Interstate-75.
That was Troy's first mistake.
The Trojans' defense would make many more by the end of the night.
Led by an unstoppable first-half offensive showcase, No. 4 UF trashed its non-conference foe 59-31 on Saturday.
The Gators scored on all seven of their first-half possessions.
Troy?s defense appeared to be suffering from whiplash.
UF came out of its easy early schedule unscathed.
"I'm not disappointed at all," UF coach Urban Meyer said. "We're 2-0, man. A lot of teams around the country aren?t 2-0."
In their first two games, the Gators outscored their opponents 108-34.
The offense, led by sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow, looked unstoppable at its best and impressive at its worst.
Tebow completed 18-of-25 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns.
On special teams, the Gators blocked two punts.
Return specialist Brandon James, who was reportedly suspended for last week's game, shook off and side-stepped tacklers to huge gains.
Going into this week's highly anticipated showdown with Tennessee, UF (2-0) looks primed and prepared to defend The Swamp.
Well, except for that young, athletic defense that gave up 336 yards, but even Meyer was quick to defend the team's perceived weak link.
"(Co-defensive coordinators) Charlie Strong and Greg Mattison were ready to pull their hair out," Meyer said. "I'm not disappointed in the defense at all. I thought they played hard. … The secondary is still a concern."
Troy marched down the field for most of the second half, outscoring the Gators 24-3 before a late UF score.
The problems Meyer mentioned after last week's win, no push from the defensive tackles and miscues in the secondary, appeared again.
But the offense and special teams deserve some blame too.
Up 49-7 at the half, the Gators stumbled and gave up two touchdowns in the third quarter.
Normally sure-handed receiver Andre Caldwell fumbled on UF's first play of the second half for the Gators' first turnover.
Caldwell hurt an MCL late in the game and went in for an MRI afterwards. Meyer hoped Caldwell would be back next week.
Freshman Chris Rainey committed the second turnover, losing the ball on a kickoff return after Troy had cut the deficit to 49-17.
The Trojans made Rainey pay by marching 57 yards on nine plays for their third touchdown.
After an amazing first half, the Gators went scoreless on the first five possessions of the second half.
"I don?t think anybody was letting up or worried about what they were going to do after the game," Tebow said of the drop off. "It was mostly my fault. I?m the quarterback, and I?ve got to manage the offense and find a way to make first downs. I didn?t do that."
UF stopped Troy's momentum with a 32-yard Joey Ijjas field goal to open the fourth-quarter scoring.
Troy's offense stayed alive as Haugabook found Austin Silvoy, a former favorite target of Tebow's at Ponte Vedra Beach Nease High, for a 26-yard score.
But the dagger came on the Gators? following drive.
They went 80 yards on eight plays, culminating in a 16-yard touchdown run by Tebow.
"We made the decision on the last drive, we had to score," Meyer said. "We were on the headsets, thinking what do we have to do to score."
The first half belonged to the Gators as six different players tallied touchdowns œ Kestahn Moore, Tebow, Percy Harvin, Caldwell, Cornelius Ingram and Jarred Fayson.
It?s that kind of production that won?t be so easy to duplicate as the SEC season begins.
"That?s very exciting," Meyer said. "Obviously, that?s going to change. Reality sets in."
