I spent the first 13 years of my life in Tallahassee...10 minutes from the campus of florida State. You won't find a bigger bunch of fair-weather, front running, losers on the planet.
We were at the game in 2007. When I say we...I mean me, Martha and, though we didn't know it at the time...the Boy. He's been a Gator since the womb.
We went through a bushel of raw oysters before the game...which might explain some of The Boy's wacky behavior. That's me shucking'... just before we headed to the stadium and I...allegedly...placed myself in the middle of brawl so I could take a swing at one of these f$u clowns.
I just haaaaaaaaaate f$u...that's all.
On your a*** b....!!
I can hear they've brought their 75 tubas with 'em.
Brantley...GO AWAY!!
I don't care about the personal foul...hit him again.
Gators 0 - dirt bags 7
Get Brantley out of there.
The defense is stout...maybe they can score.
First Down!
JOHN BRANTLY IS A MORON! GET HIM OUT!!!!!!!
Way to go John you jerk...0 - 14
Interception number three...can we please put this precious jack-ass on the bench??
You can't ask anything more of the defense...
Great...downed on the one. Now maybe brantly can get the pick six he's been trying for all night.
Thank goodness for these freshmen.
There you go.
There you don't go...this is pathetic.
As bad as the offense has looked the defense has been lights out. Brantly's the only reason the crimenoles have scored.
See you John...china doll.
That looks bad. Just an extremely dangerous game...at least he moved his arms.
The Boy is very concerned about the injury. After we told him an ambulance was taking the player away...he wanted to know if the poleese were going to show up. I told him the poleese were always on hand when f$u comes to town.
Another three and out...f$u has less than 40 yards of offense. But thanks to Brantly they have 14 points.
Defense moved 'em backwards again.
The defense is ferocious...offense is....not.
WIIIIDE LEFT...loser.
Usual cheap crap from the crimenoles.
If the defense doesn't score we're done for.
Did you see that...a first down.
Stuffed 'em again...too bad you don't get points for defense.
First down...
Hammond has to catch that.
Brisset is going to be a great quarterback but...for now he's still a freshman.
Gators 0 - f$u 21 without moving the ball at all.
We've got an SEC defense and a SCAC offense...only if they were a SCAC offense they'd be making smarter decisions.
12 plays of negative yards by the Gators.
There goes Rainey. The Boy is adamant that he needs to go to the hospital too.
The crimenoles still have less than 100 yards in the game. Geez
Gators stoned 'em. Backed 'em up 12 yards but, now what? The offense couldn't move the ball against Messer Park Pee Wee.
punt
It's something at least. Maybe they can get three and not get shut out for the first time since 88.
Looks like they might score exactly the same way f$u has...turnover and penalties.
What a catch...TOUCHDOWN.
Gators 7 - f$u 21.
Onside attempt...nope.
Body slam 'im again.
Especially if they're too stupid to leave it alone.
One more snap...
That was disgusting.
I don't really understand this, but Go Gators!
ReplyDeleteMy mom was cheering for Rutgers today. It didn't end well for her. :(
Thanks...they need all the help they can get today.
ReplyDeleteI've got a Gator/Rutgers story from when I was a kid. One of these days I'll tell it.
oysters??? For a game??? You live rich e.f... at Motherwell its a greasy Scotch pie n peas plus a sip of Bovril...
ReplyDeleteMind you, oysters might be hard to eat when you're wearing your artic fleece gloves and happed up like an Eskimo...
I don't understand much beyond individual words e.f. - but it sounds good to me...
The Florida Gators have two rivals.
ReplyDeleteOne is the Georgia Bulldogs. They are by far the more historic rival and the one that really matters in the grand scheme. They are a traditional power from SEC after all.
The other is Florida State "University" ...there's nothing historic about them...just a tacky bunch of clowns. There's nothing here but sheer nastiness and dislike.*
I was born in Tallahassee...home of Florida State and grew up there as a Gator fan. So, on top of everything else I have a personal scars about this game. This was just a game post...usually Allen, and Mazes are the only one's who participate and they already know the background stuff.
As for the oysters...well, we were in North Florida and while they don't give them away there they aren't an outrageous luxury...except in taste.
In the SEC, it's just how things are done. The SEC is famous for it's tailgating. Of course, when it comes to that, Florida can't hold a candle to Ole Miss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxJz9TrDM-o
*I hesitate to use the word hate...considering I'm talking to someone from Glasgow. It isn't quite that bad...but, the game does carry a degree of nastiness that you don't find anywhere else on the schedule.
I should point out...I guess...the Gators lost Saturday night. In case that didn't come through.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a terrible year...but they're rebuilding.
Success is always sweeter when it follows a coupla defeats...
ReplyDeleteMotherwell game was a 0-0 draw - and in this house, that counts as a success...
Its all becoming clearer e.f. Honest. It is...lol
We'll have you in fine shape by the time next season rolls around...you'll be up at 3 in the morning, high on bourbon...hollering at the tv.
ReplyDeleteThe difficulty I have with team sports these days - and may be I'm over-romanticising here a misremembered half-glass full past - is that the connection between the players and the region has gradually been eroded. It's probably no coincidence that this severance - this local connection - came into decline right about the time that corporate-sponsored globalisation was on the rise. In sports as in war, I guess, its hard to pick sides if you have to check on whose payroll your fellow "player" is on. On the other hand, just because you're my neighbour, doesn't automatically mean I take your side, but there's a certain favorable presumption that if you grew up in same neighbourhood, there's the grounds which binds rather than divides. And may be the corollary to this is that the winning matters, but it isn't everything, rather that you feel part - belong - to something shared other than a shirt, badge or logo? You just can't put a dollar on somethings without the sense that it's a synthetic attachment.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when did wearing tight sports shorts become the manly thing to do?
Man, the older I get, the more I grouch from the couch.
I think you're dead on...that's exactly why a typical SEC stadium has about 20,000 more seats than an professional football stadium.
ReplyDeleteThere's always this talk when trying to explain the passion for college football in The South..and of course it must be examined and explained as a mater of anthropological necessity..."well they don't have any professional sports down there." That's bull sh**....look at the NFL map and compare the attendance.
Who cares about a bunch of mercenaries that don't stay in town long enough to sign a six month lease?
College football teams are a matter of local and state identity and pride. That especially the case down here...where regional identity is stronger than any phoney nationalism. These teams are a thread of loyalty that has run through generations since the 1880's in some cases.
The tight shorts...I don't know man. I don't own any...if that helps.
Great reaad
ReplyDeleteHello mate, great blog post
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