GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- After losing to Missouri two weeks ago, there's a lot less on the line for Florida heading into this weekend's Georgia game.

Fifth-year senior Michael Taylor is 1-3 in his career against Georgia but hopes to notch a second win this weekend.

Sure, the Gators are still mathematically alive in the SEC East race, but they'd need a lot of help to get back into the picture. More than anything, though, the Gators are ready to return to their winning ways in the rivalry.

Seven scholarship seniors are in danger of finishing their career without a win against Georgia after Florida had won 18 of the previous 21 meetings in the series heading into the Will Muschamp era. The Gators are tired of coming up just short under his watch.

"I think that we’ve had three games that have come down to the last drive and we need to coach and play better in those situations," Muschamp said.

Players and coaches alike are tired of losing to one of their biggest rivals, and there's a palpable sense of growing frustration mixed with fleeting hope that things can still turn around this late in the season.

"Beat Georgia! Beat Georgia! Beat Georgia!" strength and conditioning coordinator Jeff Dillman shouted outside of the team's facilities on Tuesday.

With Muschamp likely on his way out, finding some way, any way to scratch out a win against the Bulldogs would be a huge feat.

"It's been rough. I mean, when you come to a school like Florida you want to win championships," senior Chaz Green said. "That's definitely the goal every year. We have passionate fans. When it doesn't go as planned at the beginning of the year, it's rough because they're so passionate. They want us to win. They're definitely loving us when we're winning.

"When we're on the other side of the ball, it's a little different. They come down and they want us to win. We've just got to pull close and just try to get this win, whatever we can to get this win vs. Georgia. That would be huge for the program."

Even a win probably won't save Muschamp's job, but it'd help leave a slightly less sour taste in the mouths of fans. They've had little to hang their hats on the last few years.

This one is about pride. The players know it.

"It is a big game, it impacts us as it does Muschamp too because he went there, so it's a big game for all of us," senior Michael Taylor said. "It's a border rivalry. You want to play good in this game."