That 56-10 Florida win over Hawaii Saturday at the Swamp in Gainesville likely suited most Gators, but not all. So many of the Florida allegiance would have preferred 56-0, which they can argue it should have been, surely could have been.

It matters today. It won’t tomorrow. The reality is that clearly these 2008 Gators are pretty doggone good, or seem to be. Hawaii made a dozen costly errors - point providing errors. Florida largely felt that the officials misadministered the yards-lost infractions.

These Gators of Coach Urban Meyer are fast, very fast. They’ve got a couple of world-class burners who start quickly and speed across the field at an impressive breakaway pace. The look back suggests these Gators are deep, hungry, and already just dandy in the eyes of those who saw them with that 56-10 blowout (that should have been 56-0) over a Hawaiian team that will win some games. Hawaiians aren’t going to turn the ball over that many times again this year.

And by the way, some of those turnovers were forced by a Florida defense that may be better than thought.

So, even the crankiest of Gators had to leave that envied, marvelous Swamp facility with at least some of these thoughts:

The Gators are okay, not bad. Are they ready for Miami, then Tennessee? Against Miami they’ll face a talented Tampa Plant product named Robert Marve, whose dad could play the heck out of this game. His son can, too. Against Tennessee, they’ll be playing a team that wants to beat them as badly as Miami, Auburn, Georgia and Florida State does. Can Florida beat Miami and/or Tennessee?  Sure, each or both, but not with the game they played against Hawaii. Think Hawaii could beat Miami or Tennessee? Humph.

The Gators do have that speed, both as a team and individually. They have a dandy offensive line, a far better defense than even “Two Bits” Edmondson could have hoped for. The punt game is acceptable. The kickoff game is not (as with the Buccaneers). Field goal game? Uncertain. The passing game with quarterback Tim Tebow is fine because he is always such a threat to run, and often does. The running game needs one back with size. Their stars are fine, but small. And, those backs and receivers, along with solid tight ends of range and size certainly make the game easier for quarterback Tebow.

Tebow is so big and strong he seems unlikely to be injured, but stuff happens.  You can hear the opposing cornerbacks of about 175 pounds whispering oh, no, . . . when he pulls the ball down, tucks it against his 6-3, 265-pound Christian body and heads straight at them like a truck he will probably one day endorse.

A television commentator offered after the Gator game that Tebow had a good day, but not a great day, considering his repeating candidacy for the Heisman. He’s probably right. Although, this young man seems absolutely genuine when he says his winning the Heisman the first time was only as important to him as much it was to the University of Florida. He seems so selfless.

After the win over Hawaii, he did not just wave to his 90,000-plus fans at the dressed-up, renovated Swamp, steamy and hot after a lousy pre-game drenching, but he ran around the west side of the stadium slapping each hand held there for him to anoint.

Good man, Tebow, and a good team it looks like. A good record is likely.

Now, if only Meyer can find somebody among the 50,000 students there who can kick off into the end zone of The Swamp…

Babaloo.