I hold a grudge.. and I wasnt even born yet! TIME TO BBQ SOME MORE TIGER!
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > ************ > > I’m so glad someone has brought this issue to light. I’ve been up nights > struggling with this loss since that game.**** > > Join me, all you who still hold a grudge after 1966, as we finally try to > defeat those pesky Tigers!**** > > Let’s see, I was 12 at the time. I remember it well; I watched the Sugar > Bowl right after the Bozo/Ranger Hal show.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI**** > > Real Estate Broker**** > > Bob Parks Realty**** > > ****1517 Hunt Club Blvd******** > > ****Gallatin** **TN** **37066******** > > Phone: 615-826-4040**** > > Fax: 615-822-2027**** > > ****Mobile****: 615-972-4239**** > > ** ** > > **** > > *Florida looks to avenge 1966 Sugar Bowl loss to Missouri***** > > by Jason Lieser**** > > This Saturday’s game between No. 8 Florida and ****Missouri**** at Ben > Hill Griffin Stadium (12 p.m., ESPN2) will be the programs’ second meeting. > The only other time they played was in the 1966 Sugar Bowl, which must go > down as one of the most bizarre losses in ****Florida**** history.**** > > Current ****Florida**** coach Will Muschamp was not even alive yet, so > obviously the Gators aren’t *really *looking for revenge. The Gators > entered the game unranked against No. 6 Missouri, and the Tigers ripped > them with a 20-0 start. Then it got weird.**** > > Florida QB Steve Spurrier threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in > the fourth quarter, but the Gators went for two-point conversions each time > and failed on all of them. They lost 20-18.**** > > Spurrier, now the coach at South Carolina, put up big numbers that day, > completing 27 of 45 attempts for 352 yards and had two touchdown passes > against one interception.**** > > He still sounded mad when he was asked today what he remembered about the > game.**** > > “I remember we got beat,” he said. “It was a game they dominated until > the end of the third quarter, then we started throwing every down and our > defense just stopped them about every time and we went down and scored > three times. For some reason one of the coaches persuaded our head coach > Ray Graves to go for two, so we kept going for two and didn’t make one.*** > * > > “I think our extra-point kicker could’ve made them. It was a little > unusual.”**** > > ** ** > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
