JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Florida receiver David Nelson stared across the field, saw all the Georgia players jumping up and down, hooting and hollering after a touchdown and thought, "Here we go again."

"Seeing them do that kind of brought back the memory, just hit us hard," Nelson said.

The top-ranked Gators responded pretty much the same way they did last season — by pounding the Bulldogs. Tim Tebow accounted for four touchdowns, A.J. Jones had two huge interceptions and Florida beat the Bulldogs 41-17 Saturday for its 17th win in the last 20 meetings between the Southeastern Conference rivals.

The Gators (8-0, 6-0) played their most well-rounded game in weeks and extended the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games. They also clinched the SEC East and a spot in the conference title game when Tennessee beat South Carolina on Saturday night.

The Bulldogs (4-4, 3-3) lost for the third time in four games. This one hurt more than the others. Georgia spent the last 12 months stewing about last year's 49-10 loss, a game in which Florida coach Urban Meyer called two timeouts in the final 44 seconds to prolong their misery.

This time, Georgia had a team-wide celebration following Joe Cox's 26-yard TD pass to Aron White that cut Florida's lead to 14-10 in the second quarter. In 2007, the Bulldogs used a similar celebration — an end-zone stomp that drew flags and Florida's ire — to propel them to a rare victory in the series.

Florida responded by taking a 24-10 into halftime, with Tebow scoring a record-breaking touchdown, and essentially put the game out of reach on the opening possession of the second half. Tebow broke Herschel Walker's SEC record for rushing TDs late in the first half. Tebow ran mostly untouched for a 23-yard score — the 50th of his career — with 1:32 left in the first half. He broke the mark in his hometown, and maybe more fittingly, against Walker's Bulldogs.

"Breaking Herschel's record means a lot," Tebow said. "Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Herschel Walker, it's extremely humbling and a little bit breathtaking because it's Herschel Walker. How am I going to be in the same league as Herschel Walker? I still can't understand it. It's pretty cool and it's really special."