COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 11 Florida welcomes favored, top-ranked Alabama to Swamp

  • Florida running back Dameon Pierce gets past South Florida safety Vincent Davis on a run on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)
    Florida running back Dameon Pierce gets past South Florida safety Vincent Davis on a run on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

    GAINESVILLE — Florida’s Dameon Pierce flashed an ear-to-ear grin as he contemplated his response.

    “How’s it feel to be such huge underdogs at home against top-ranked Alabama?”

    If anyone was going to say…