Gators keep settling for field goals in their annual rivalry showdown.

Article and Photo by the University Of Florida.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is hanging with top-ranked Florida State in their annual rivalry showdown, but the Gators keep settling for field goals.
They made the first four, but have missed the last two.
Meanwhile, Seminoles money kicker Robert Arguayo's 37-yard field goal with 3:37 remaining has put FSU up 24-19 in their rivalry game Saturday at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Austin's Hardin's fourth field goal of the game, a 32-yarder early in the third quarter, pulled UF within 24-19, but FSU quarterback Jameis Winston, shaking off three first-quarter interceptions, threw a pair of second-quarter touchdown passes to tight end Nick O'Leary to rally the Seminoles to help rally the Seminoles from an early 9-0 deficit.
Hardin isn't the only member of the UF special teams with significant contributions tonight. The Gators got a huge lift just before intermission their punt coverage team it stormed FSU's Cason Beatty and smothered him while in his kicking motion, thwarting the kick, forcing a loose ball and taking over at the Seminoles 15-yard line.
On first down, freshman quarterback Treon Harris threw a perfect wheel-route pass to tight end Clay Burton for a 15-yard touchdown with 47 seconds to go before halftime. Burton, with the first touchdown of his career, was being covered by 275-pound defensive end Mario Edwards, who had no chance.
That play, along with Hardin's field goal to open the second half, accounted for UF's 10 straight points to pull the Gators back within two.
Florida had a great chance to retake the lead late in the third quarter when defensive back Brian Poole made his second interception of the game and his 27-yard return gave the ball at the FSU 33. But two plays later, wideout Latroy Pittman was called for holding, then got a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty arguing the call. The play cost UF 25 yards in field position and eventually Hardin missed a 52-yard field goal just wide to the right.
FSU attempted a fake punt on the next possession, but linebacker Alex Anzalone was there to thwart it and giving the ball back to the Gators.
Demarcus Robinson's spectacular leaping, toe-tipping reception gained 41 yards to the FSU 25. From there, though, it was a penalty, a negative-yardage run and a 42-yard attempt by Hardin that was again wide right and not even close.
Another chance, another missed opportunity.
The Gators' defense got it done early, but its offensive counterpart couldn't take advantage of turnovers and field position. Instead, Hardin kicked field goals of 52, 39 and 43 yards for a 9-0 Florida lead.
Field goals, though, don't hold up well against an offense as explosive as the Seminoles.
Sure enough, FSU turned the game -- and all the momentum -- just after Winston's third pick gave the Gators a first down at the Seminoles 9. Instead of padding the score and going up 12-0 or 16-0, Harris' short pass to Tevin Westbrook bounced off the tight end's shoulder pads and into the arms of FSU linebacker Terrance Smith at the 6-yard line.
Smith went 96 yards for a game-altering touchdown.
After a Seminoles defensive stop, Winston drove his team 93 yards in 12 plays, hitting O'Leary on third-and-goal to give FSU its first lead of the game.
The Gators could not mount anything offensively on the ensuing series and Winston again took advantage. Aided by a 15-yard unsportsman conduct on freshman defensive lineman Gerald Willis -- who wasn't even playing and yet threw a forearm at Winston after a scramble play carried him into UF's sideline -- Winston finished an eight-play, 83-yard drive with a 6-yard TD pass to O'Leary.