FLORIDA FOOTBALL: FOOD FOR A MAN'S SOUL
A Magical Weekend for Gator Athletics
The Hoops Gators knocked off #2 Michigan State, while Tebow’s Swamp Legacy concluded with yet another pasting of the worthless Seminoles of Florida State… all within 24 hours of each other.
In terms of schadenfreude, could this have been written any more sweetly? ESPN College Gameday dropped by, not because of the enormity of the game — FSU stinks, after all — but the significance of Tim Tebow’s final game in the Swamp. The parallel storyline, Bobby Bowden’s coaching legacy, was necessarily weak in the modern sense thanks to Bowden’s lack of accomplishments in the last 8 years of his career.
FSU’s ship is sinking. HMS Bowden is taking on water faster than Jimbo Fisher can bail it out. Meanwhile, the Gators are two games away from a historic accomplishment, and Tebow’s legacy as the greatest player in college football history is nearly cemented.
Good times, ladies and gentlemen. A halcyon era of Gator dominance… a masterful meld of coaching and players to produce an unprecedented string of success against Florida’s rivals.
But enough on the 6-6 Nolies, who don’t feature a single player on the roster who know the taste of victory over the Gators.
You want to talk about Gator Greats? Sure, Tebow’s one, but many of the Gator Greats of ‘09 play on defense. Brandon Spikes. Carlos Dunlap. Ryan Stamper. Joe Haden. A.J. Jones. While UF enjoyed a field day against FSU’s swiss-cheese offense, against better competition, our defense has carried the day. Thank you, boys. You may have walked through that tunnel for the last time, but you will not be forgotten.
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Don’t forget Florida taking care of business against Rutgers after the quick turnaround - when the threes are falling, this is a really fine-looking team (a fifteen point victory despite only getting two at the line.)
By peachy on 11.28.09 11:09 pm
FSU’s points scored vs UF in the Urban Meyer era: 7, 14, 12, 15, and 10.
That’s an astounding 11.6 ppg average. How the mighty have fallen, indeed.
By Chas on 11.29.09 8:49 am
“In terms of schadenfreude, could this have been written any more sweetly? ESPN College Gameday dropped by, not because of the enormity of the game” … not sure “schadenfreude” and “enormity” are the words you want, but i applaud the sentiment, and am humbled by the play of the gators, both roundball and football, this weekend.
By 76gator on 11.29.09 12:02 pm
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth in Tallahassee over the next weeks as the Noles wrestle with their societal dilemma; has our deliverer now become our destroyer!
Bowden was quoted yesterday as saying; “I need to go home and do some soul searching.” Well Bobby, how about this; “I have become death.”
By Bull Gator on 11.29.09 12:08 pm
And BTW; I have not seen it posted here so let me go on record as saying; I did not like the uniforms that our kids wore yesterday.
The helmet, maybe, but the jerseys and pants were totally unacceptable, and, perhaps more importantly, pathetically un-Gator!
Why change what we are known by!
By Bull Gator on 11.29.09 2:12 pm
I think most if not all of Gator Nation was nonplussed by the Nike Pro Combat uniform. I’d really rather not see our tradition change. The throwback unis for one game were kind of cool… marketing gimmicks are not.
By Gatorpilot on 11.29.09 3:04 pm
The unis looked like assless chaps. Awful.
By urbanisagod on 12.02.09 6:58 pm
So, show of hands…who’s excited about Jimbo Fisher? I was almost worried they’d let him go and find someone who could beat Meyer.
By This Guy on 12.03.09 12:10 pm
Urbanisagod, All chaps are assless. And sometimes the cowboys who wear them. As an old cowboy, of many, many years ago, I used to worry that’s what happened to me. Then I realized it was just old age. Not that that’s any better!
This Guy, Who is Jimbo Fisher? He’s never done us any harm.
By Bull Gator on 12.03.09 1:20 pm
never done any harm? i guess the ass beatings in 2002 and 2004 don’t count.
By CMT on 12.03.09 6:33 pm
Actually, I was referring to his tenure at FSU. You are correct in that while he was at LSU, we did lose in 2002 and 2004 (and also 2005), although I don’t accept a 21-24 loss (2004) as an “ass beating.”
By Bull Gator on 12.04.09 12:02 pm
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