Posts tagged “college football”
Fight Songs
Are you looking for your favorite college fight song? Then this is the site for you. With the help of 30,000+ fightsong fans per month, this site remains the largest and most up to date fight song page on the web. link via Jason
Possible Sanctions
Documents released by the University of Alabama on Thursday concerning a recently concluded NCAA investigation into the Tide football program include a letter from Florida coach Steve Spurrier to Mike DuBose accusing the Tide coach and his staff of trying to buy off a recruit who had orally committed to the Gators.
Stupid Bowl Names
And now … from ESPN.com’s Bowl Projections page … the list of Funny Bowl Names: The GMAC Bowl … The Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl … The Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl … The Seattle Bowl … The Galleryfurniture.com Bowl … The Culligan Holiday Bowl … The Sylvania Alamo Bowl … The Crucial.com Humanitarian Bowl …
I get this question about once a day, whether it’s from a Florida fan or during a radio interview:
How did Florida lose to Auburn?
This week, the response is different. Instead of analyzing what happened to the Gators, I ask a question right back.
Does it really matter?
Think about it. If Florida had beaten Auburn, would the Gators be in any better shape?
Florida would still need to beat Tennessee to win the SEC East and a trip to Atlanta. Florida would still need to win these last two games to go to the Rose Bowl. If Florida was 10-0 right now and lost to Tennessee, the Gators would be out of the mix for Pasadena. If they beat the Vols and lost next week, the Gators would likely have been jumped in the BCS standings by Texas or Oregon or Nebraska.
So, in retrospect, the Auburn game may turn out to be the most meaningless game of the season.
And yet, the most meaningful.
There’s no question the loss was a wake-up call for Florida and put the team on edge for the rest of the season. If Florida was 10-0 right now, this would look like a set-up game.
Instead, it looks a lot like 1996.
Florida loses by three points on the road, but gets help to make it to the national championship game. Sound familiar?
All that’s left is to win twice. Despite the 18-point spread, it won’t be easy.
I mean, Tennessee has to win in Gainesville some time. Doesn’t it?
Vols fans are confident. According to some online chat rooms, they are planning to tear down the goalposts at The Swamp after they beat the Gators.
There’s not enough Jack Daniels in the world.
Pat Dooley
Warm in Gainesville
“I brought a fleece,” University of Tennessee student Lance Pasco said mockingly as the temperature rose to 85 degrees in Gainesville, Fl. “For God’s sake, why did I bring a fleece?”
Rematch!
Notes on the upcoming game
UF / UT
They are 18-point underdogs, the biggest spread against them since 1988. They have lost seven of the last eight games against the Gators and haven’t won in The Swamp since 1971, when Fulmer played guard for Tennessee and Steve Spurrier was a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. School officials have figured that it
Fowler on UF / UT
Chris Fowler: It’ll be nice in Gainesville, site of College GameDay for the sixth time. I’m not that hopeful, but it might be nice to watch a close game for a change. Far be it from me to whine about the amazing gig we GameDay guys have. But the score of the last two games
BCS
The data used in computing the BCS standings can be found by following these links: USA Today / ESPN poll AP poll Billingsley Report Dunkel Index Kenneth Massey NY Times David Rothman Jeff Sagarin Scripps-Howard Seattle Times