First it was basketball, now football. The University of Florida is on a roll. Being an alumnus, it certainly makes up for the years I was there. Charlie Pell, Galen Hall, Norm Sloan.....the 80's were not a time of championships at the University of Florida. Back to I believe 1982 - Florida was doing quite well that year getting off to a nice start - looking forward to playing top ranked Georgia in the World's Largest Tailgate Party. Final - Georgia 44 Florida 0. Herschel Walker ran for 12,000 yards in the first half. I remember, I was there - we were in the end zone and all we could see was Herschel running right at us with 11 Florida players chasing him. Sort of like Teddy Ginn running back the opening kickoff for a TD. Fortunately 25 years have been good to Florida and that was all she wrote for Ohio State on that day. Georgia fared just a little better all those years ago. Well, it was worth the wait. Championships in both basketball and football and the number one Basketball team again! No reason they can't win again. Anything can happen in the tournament, but anything less than the final four is a huge failure. This team is deep, experienced, fearless, poised, well coached and humble. They play like a team, they feed off each other. Al Horford has elevated his game way beyond last year. Humphrey is money. Noah, Greene, and Brewer continue to be NBA prospects. No other team can match them at all positions. Some teams have better individual players, but not at every position. It's going to be some ride! Looking forward to it! Next thing you know, we'll be talking about going for 4 in a row - Tebow???? Top recruiting class???? Best coach in America???
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Two in a row - can it be 3?
First it was basketball, now football. The University of Florida is on a roll. Being an alumnus, it certainly makes up for the years I was there. Charlie Pell, Galen Hall, Norm Sloan.....the 80's were not a time of championships at the University of Florida. Back to I believe 1982 - Florida was doing quite well that year getting off to a nice start - looking forward to playing top ranked Georgia in the World's Largest Tailgate Party. Final - Georgia 44 Florida 0. Herschel Walker ran for 12,000 yards in the first half. I remember, I was there - we were in the end zone and all we could see was Herschel running right at us with 11 Florida players chasing him. Sort of like Teddy Ginn running back the opening kickoff for a TD. Fortunately 25 years have been good to Florida and that was all she wrote for Ohio State on that day. Georgia fared just a little better all those years ago. Well, it was worth the wait. Championships in both basketball and football and the number one Basketball team again! No reason they can't win again. Anything can happen in the tournament, but anything less than the final four is a huge failure. This team is deep, experienced, fearless, poised, well coached and humble. They play like a team, they feed off each other. Al Horford has elevated his game way beyond last year. Humphrey is money. Noah, Greene, and Brewer continue to be NBA prospects. No other team can match them at all positions. Some teams have better individual players, but not at every position. It's going to be some ride! Looking forward to it! Next thing you know, we'll be talking about going for 4 in a row - Tebow???? Top recruiting class???? Best coach in America???
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