Florida 31 @ Florida State 31 (November 26, 1994)
The Choke at Doak
Not many regular season games merit their own Wikipedia entry. That alone should be enough to tell you how significant this game is in Florida history.
Some people might argue that a tie game doesn’t belong on a list of losses. Those people are morons. When you’ve got arguably the most dominating offense in the country, and a defense that’s only allowing an average of sixteen points per game, and you’re winning by FOUR TOUCHDOWNS with less than 14 minutes to go over your biggest rival on their field, and you find yourself looking at a scoreboard that reads 31-31 as time expires … well, I can guarantee you that the other team considers it a win. So you’re sure as hell going to consider it a loss.
Words cannot describe the frustration of watching the Seminoles score twenty-eight unanswered fourth-quarter points while the Gators simply couldn’t manage to grind down the clock at all. Florida managed to gain only 44 offensive yards in the final quarter of play, while the defense uncharacteristically allowed Florida State scoring drives of 84 yards, 60 yards, 73 yards, and 60 yards, the last of which came after a — you guessed it — Danny Wuerffel interception.
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RE: “Losing Sucks”………………..yeah, but it builds character
I keep thinking that if I don’t think about it or read about it…then maybe it will feel like it did not happen….it didn’t happen…..only thinking about the 22 in a row…..the feeling all season that we were #1 and could take it all again……but like you said, we were raised Red Sox fans…..and while “losing sucks”….to some degree…….we are used to disappointment……………..man………that sucked.
Good list but I would have included the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame in 1992. We had no answer for “The Bus” at all.
Yikes!!!!! I am sure the Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee fans would love to read this. I would rather forget these as well as the losses we had to Georgia in the 1980′s. GOOOOOO GATORS!
Yeah I remember watching that game in January 1996 playing our first national championship game against Nebraska. Out of the times that we’ve lost, I’m not sure I felt more pain in defeat than I did that night. Yeah we’ve had our butts kicked before but, not as thouroughly as that evening. It hurts to watch your team just get run over. I was in the 8th grade and I wanted to sit and support my boys till the end but my dad said I had to go to bed for school the next morning lol.