JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Inside EverBank Stadium, the emptiness was heavy.
The Gator Bowl between Mizzou and Virginia was sparsely attended: The official attendance was 31,802, the third-lowest total post-1960, aside from the COVID year. The upper bowl was closed off, and the lower bowl still had plenty of untouched teal seats.
Not only that, but the Tigers and Hoos didn’t inject the light crowd with much energy, as the game between an ACC and SEC team felt like a low-scoring Big Ten clash in December. Saturday’s game was the lowest-scoring Gator Bowl since 1983…