One of the greatest moments in Gator Football. The fact that it had as much to do with spite as achievement tells you all you need to know about today's game. The previous season had ended with the Gators destroying Florida State in the Sugar Bowl for their first National Championship...yet, I think this games has a stronger hold on the Gator imagination than the championship game.
In 1997, the Seminoles were ranked #1 in the nation. All they had to do was beat the Gators and they'd be in the National Championship game. The season had been a huge disappointment for the Gators. Not only had they lost to an unranked LSU team but, for first and only time during Steve Spurrier's tenure, they had lost to Georgia.
Spoiling the hated Seminoles' season was about all they had left....
It was my last night in Germany. I watched the game at my buddy's apartment in Patrick Henry Village. When Thomas intercepted the ball...I jumped on the floor and started breakdancing. One of the greatest games ever. I still get goosebumps every time, and it's a been a lotta times since 1997, I hear Sean McDonough yell..."Green is behind the defense!"
Still, my favorite moment of the clip is watching the FSU players cry on the sideline.
They're playin' again today...the Gators still have an outside chance at the National Championship but, I couldn't care less about that right now.
Just beat the ****** Seminoles.
Any minute now.
Not Nuremburg...just idiot Seminole fans.
3rd and 2
FIRST DOWN!
Move the chains again.
FIRST DOWN!
Stalled out at the end but they moved the ball pretty good.
Gators 3 - F$U 0
Old school in the orange britches...beat 'em like it's the 80's.
Come on Defense.
INTERCEPTION!!!!! GATOR BALL!!!!
Right now it looks very much like an SEC team playing the acc.
Keep it rollin'.
Beat 'em DOWN!!!
This is the only game on the schedule that still makes me sick to my stomach no matter what...this year I've got a four year old, who's obviously feeding of my excitement, jumping all over me.
Bad call...dadgummit.
How do you mess that up.
Back on offense.
End of the first quarter...Gotta be happy. The Gators are moving the ball.
Gators 3 - F$U 0
That was just freaking sloppy.
Stuffed like a turkey's a@@! Gator's ball.
Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
That's a catch fools.
BULL S***! Anyway...
Gators 6 - F$U 0
FUMBLE!!! GATOR BALL!!!
First and Goal!!!!
TOUCHDOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!
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INTERCEPTION!!!
Gator Ball.
They have got to watch these stupid penalties.
About all they're doin' on offense now is burnin' clock.
CRAP!!! CRAP!!! CRAP!!!
They've dug themselves a hole now.
3rd and goal...stop 'em b***es.
Timeout f$u...the Gators have done there best over the last 10 minutes to piss away everything they've done.
Unbelievable...flippin' Gators.
Gators 13 - f$u 10
All the momentum that they'd built up is gone. Let's see how they handle it.
There you go. F$U ball.
Gators 13 - f$u 17.
A clinic on how to piss away a game. I'm going to throw up now.
Good way to start climbing back but, I swear I thought that was gonna be picked off.
3rd and a mile...the kraut got to him again.
They look like the keystone cops now.
It's about to get stupid out of hand...watch.
A penalty of f$u...that's a novelty.
Great play...y'all come on. Do something.
Gators 13 - f$u 20.
It's still a one possession game but, the Gators with the ball has been an anti-possession.
FIRST DOWN!!! REED REED REED!!!
REED....R. E. E. D. 23 yard run to end the 3rd quarter. 15 minutes to go.
Gators 13 - f$u 20.
I just want to vomit. Just so y'all know.
It's like the specialize in wasted opportunities.
Gators 16 - f$u 20.
They have got to get the field possession under control here.
Tackle first...worry about a damn turnover second.
Gator Ball!!!! COme on Gators GET UP AND GO!!!
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!! GILLISSLEE!!!!
Gators 23 - f$u 20.
Poor Emanual probably won't know where he is until wednesday sometime.
Good stop. Come on y'all. Take that ball and shove it down the field.
Still wanting to get sick.
What a return...y'all come on. Just seven more points.
THE GATORS ARE BORN AGAIN HARD!!!!!!! TOUCHDOWN DUNBAR!!!!!!!
Gators 30 - f$u 20
Come on Defense...let's put this thing away.
Y'all put this thing away.
Where's the sick bag...they're lettin' down the field again.
SACKED YO A##!!!
4th and 26!! Do not let them convert this.
Gator Ball! We are 4 minutes from gettin' down like Cooter Brown.
FIRST DOWN!
They toyin' with 'em now.
Under 3 minutes.....
Gators 37 - f$u 20!!!!!
Garbage touchdown for f$u as the clock hits 0:00
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Put it in the BOOKS!
Gators 37 - f$u 26
The Party Never Stops..
If you watch the clip...listen to the sound of the hit during full speed. Sweetest sound in the world.
HaHahahahahaa hahhahahahhah
In 1997, the Seminoles were ranked #1 in the nation. All they had to do was beat the Gators and they'd be in the National Championship game. The season had been a huge disappointment for the Gators. Not only had they lost to an unranked LSU team but, for first and only time during Steve Spurrier's tenure, they had lost to Georgia.
Spoiling the hated Seminoles' season was about all they had left....
It was my last night in Germany. I watched the game at my buddy's apartment in Patrick Henry Village. When Thomas intercepted the ball...I jumped on the floor and started breakdancing. One of the greatest games ever. I still get goosebumps every time, and it's a been a lotta times since 1997, I hear Sean McDonough yell..."Green is behind the defense!"
Still, my favorite moment of the clip is watching the FSU players cry on the sideline.
They're playin' again today...the Gators still have an outside chance at the National Championship but, I couldn't care less about that right now.
Just beat the ****** Seminoles.
Any minute now.
Not Nuremburg...just idiot Seminole fans.
3rd and 2
FIRST DOWN!
Move the chains again.
FIRST DOWN!
Stalled out at the end but they moved the ball pretty good.
Gators 3 - F$U 0
Old school in the orange britches...beat 'em like it's the 80's.
Come on Defense.
Now we're cookin'...
Right now it looks very much like an SEC team playing the acc.
Keep it rollin'.
Beat 'em DOWN!!!
This is the only game on the schedule that still makes me sick to my stomach no matter what...this year I've got a four year old, who's obviously feeding of my excitement, jumping all over me.
Bad call...dadgummit.
How do you mess that up.
Back on offense.
End of the first quarter...Gotta be happy. The Gators are moving the ball.
Gators 3 - F$U 0
That was just freaking sloppy.
Stuffed like a turkey's a@@! Gator's ball.
Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
That's a catch fools.
BULL S***! Anyway...
Gators 6 - F$U 0
FUMBLE!!! GATOR BALL!!!
First and Goal!!!!
TOUCHDOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!
Gators 13 - F$U 0
Todd Blackledge "FSU is finding out what it's like to play an SEC team."
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! INTERCEPTION! GATOR BALL!!
Another sloppy series. This game should be 35 to nothin' by now.
Stop bein' goofy y'all...yer throwin' away points morons.
Come on y'all don't let 'em move the ball here.
This is some typical Gator crap right here...they gonna let 'em get a field goal.
TYPICAL...just TYPICAL CRAP.
Idiotic five minutes...to end the half.
End of half
Gators 13 - F$U 3
Here we go...the two quarters that matter.
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Gator Ball.
They have got to watch these stupid penalties.
About all they're doin' on offense now is burnin' clock.
CRAP!!! CRAP!!! CRAP!!!
They've dug themselves a hole now.
3rd and goal...stop 'em b***es.
Timeout f$u...the Gators have done there best over the last 10 minutes to piss away everything they've done.
Unbelievable...flippin' Gators.
Gators 13 - f$u 10
All the momentum that they'd built up is gone. Let's see how they handle it.
There you go. F$U ball.
Gators 13 - f$u 17.
A clinic on how to piss away a game. I'm going to throw up now.
Good way to start climbing back but, I swear I thought that was gonna be picked off.
3rd and a mile...the kraut got to him again.
They look like the keystone cops now.
It's about to get stupid out of hand...watch.
A penalty of f$u...that's a novelty.
Great play...y'all come on. Do something.
Gators 13 - f$u 20.
It's still a one possession game but, the Gators with the ball has been an anti-possession.
FIRST DOWN!!! REED REED REED!!!
REED....R. E. E. D. 23 yard run to end the 3rd quarter. 15 minutes to go.
Gators 13 - f$u 20.
I just want to vomit. Just so y'all know.
It's like the specialize in wasted opportunities.
Gators 16 - f$u 20.
They have got to get the field possession under control here.
Tackle first...worry about a damn turnover second.
Gator Ball!!!! COme on Gators GET UP AND GO!!!
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!! GILLISSLEE!!!!
Gators 23 - f$u 20.
Poor Emanual probably won't know where he is until wednesday sometime.
Good stop. Come on y'all. Take that ball and shove it down the field.
Still wanting to get sick.
What a return...y'all come on. Just seven more points.
THE GATORS ARE BORN AGAIN HARD!!!!!!! TOUCHDOWN DUNBAR!!!!!!!
Gators 30 - f$u 20
Come on Defense...let's put this thing away.
Y'all put this thing away.
Where's the sick bag...they're lettin' down the field again.
SACKED YO A##!!!
4th and 26!! Do not let them convert this.
Gator Ball! We are 4 minutes from gettin' down like Cooter Brown.
FIRST DOWN!
They toyin' with 'em now.
Under 3 minutes.....
Gators 37 - f$u 20!!!!!
Garbage touchdown for f$u as the clock hits 0:00
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Put it in the BOOKS!
Gators 37 - f$u 26
The Party Never Stops..
If you watch the clip...listen to the sound of the hit during full speed. Sweetest sound in the world.
HaHahahahahaa hahhahahahhah
So there were some words in there that I understood...come on the Gators...
ReplyDeleteThank you ma'am.
DeleteWe need all the help we can get today.
Beautiful clip there, pal. We'll see if they've found an offense or not. We might be relying on the defense to win the game (again). But a W's a W, says I.
ReplyDeleteThey've played against a lot better defenses this year than f$u...we'll see.
DeleteYou know what started the brawl in 97...idiot Seminoles were in that habit back then of trampling on the home teams logo before the game.
Classy Bobby...stay classy.
3rd and 31. Yeh, we need a challenge.
ReplyDeleteThat was just stoopid...throwin' points away.
ReplyDeletecan we NOT commit a penalty for one drive, offense or defense? JUST ONE?!?!?!?!?!
ReplyDelete[with the note that the most recent pass interference penalty was a botched call.]
just a SMALL amount of discipline, please.
things are not looking good. geez...
IT was a horrible call that was worth 3 points.
DeleteTypical bull shit with fsu and these acc refs.
DeleteThere's a reason they are not allowed back in FLorida field.
well, it was a hair-pulling game for about a quarter...but SEC defense (and a surprising appearance of an offense) made the clowns shut-up.
ReplyDeletestill needs to get these penalties under control though.
have a good weekend, buddy. can't believe i'm pulling for a California team, but i hate ND that much. i'll tune into that after my rebels put a whup-ass on some leg-humpers! (i hope)
:)
Best part...Martha just made some chocolate chip cookies and I can eat 'em. Didn't know if I'd have an appetite there for a little while.
DeleteShe's ready for the Egg Bowl. She was kinda tappin' her foot in here waitin' for those last seconds to tick off.
I didn't understand a word I'm afraid. But I liked looking at the pictures. Life was ever thus ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe last one is particularly hypnotic. :)
DeleteI was born and lived the first 13 years of my life in Tallahassee where Florida State University is. Everybody I knew was an obnoxious, insufferable Seminole fan...and yesterday the Gators hammered 'em.
I feel like ripping my shirt off now and swing it around the room.
:)
And the leg-humpers go down in miserable defeat. Man, if ND had just lost last night, it would've been a perfect day...at least we get to watch AL finally get some retribution for 1966. I hope it's 75-0 by halftime.
ReplyDeleteI'm worried though, E.F...My expectations for Rebel football next year are already too high...
You don't ever want to go too far out on a limb...but, I just don't see Notre Dame stayin' in that game. Even if it's Georgia.
DeleteOle Miss beat them like a rented mule. Hopefully, for State's sake, somebody's been out today taking all those "This is Our State" billboards down.
You should have heard Martha last night ripping apart Kiffin's play calling on the goal line...brutal.
DeleteI got banned on the FSU board this morning.