What a finish! Most exciting I've seen since that blocked SC field goal. Although I prefer to win 50-0, I really enjoyed that one. Loved those fourth down conversions--never imagined they would work. Even the Tennessee trick plays were entertaining. I did feel sorry for the Tennessee fans getting their hearts ripped out after thinking they had the game won. However, I just keep in mind how they'd have been gloating and obnoxious if they'd won.
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 27, 2015, at 12:38 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dooley: Play for the ages > > > Florida Gators wide receiver Antonio Callaway (81) heads to the end zone for > the winning touchdown during the second half of the Gators' come from behind > 28-27 win against the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at > Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. Rob C. Witzel / Staff > photographer > > The Gainesville Sun > By Pat Dooley > Gainesville Sun sports columnist > Published: Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 10:09 p.m. > Last Modified: Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 10:56 p.m. > Before the game, Antonio Callaway told Jim McElwain he was going to score a > touchdown Saturday against Tennessee. He thought it would be on a punt > return. > > Instead, it came on a play that will be remembered as long as there are > Gators and Vols on this planet. > > Really, what just happened? > > Did Florida really win a game that looked over with 10 minutes to play? > > Did Florida really convert two fourth-and-longs on the drive that pulled them > within six points? > > Did the Gators turn a fourth-and-14 into one of the greatest plays in Gator > history? > > Did Butch Jones really not go for two up 12 points? > > Yep to all of the above. > > Antonio Callaway, meet your miracle. > > “He wanted to practice the chest-bump with me (before the game),” McElwain > said. “I can't get up that high anymore.” > > He's up pretty high right now. In a game filled with lows, Florida stole this > one. Tennessee fans were singing “Rocky Top” so loudly after they took a > two-touchdown lead, you thought their hearts were going to explode. > > Instead, they broke. > > Because Florida has its own version of Lindsay Scott now. > > “My whole life, I've never felt like that ever in a football game,” said UF > linebacker Jarrad Davis. > > Who has? > > OK, maybe Tennessee. > > But for Florida, this was a huge step forward. It won when it probably should > have lost instead of the other way around. > > And it looked so lost. > > Then something happened that didn't seem like a big deal at the time but will > have Tennessee fans burning up the sports talk phone lines this week. > > Jalen Hurd, a beast of a tailback who was carrying Gators on his back all > day, burst into the end zone to make it 26-14. The way Florida's offense had > looked in the second half, it didn't look good. > > But Jones gave Florida a break by kicking the extra point instead of going > for two. > > > All coaches have a chart that tells them when to go for one or two. Jones has > one. Either he had a faulty chart or faulty wiring in his brain. > > “We just felt at that stage of the game that we had great confidence in our > defense,” he said. “We felt comfortable with the decision.” > > It was -- to put it simply -- a boneheaded move. There is almost no benefit > in kicking the extra point there. > > Still, we couldn't possibly believe what we were about to see. > > Florida, which had gained only 172 yards since a first-quarter touchdown > drive, drove 86 yards for a touchdown, converting on fourth-and-7 and > fourth-and-8. > > We were calm, cool and collected,” said quarterback Will Grier. > > It was in the hurry-up that Grier seemed to be a different quarterback. But > when the defense held and Tennessee got the ball back, the drive looked as > dead as a raccoon on a Knoxville highway. A four-yard loss on a screen and > two incompletions set up fourth-and-14. > > And then, it happened. > > Grier barked out the play in the huddle. “Train Right Jill Big Ben In.” > Grier-to-Callaway. > > The memory of a lifetime for two guys playing their fourth college games. > > It was pretty awesome,” McElwain said. “We run it in practice all the time. I > don't think I've ever seen it go for a touchdown, but I'm glad it did.” > > The drama wasn't over. Florida thought it had won the game when Tennessee was > called for a penalty with three seconds left. The Gators poured onto the > field. Bryan Cox Jr. did a cartwheel in the middle of the field. > > “I'm pretty good at cartwheels,” he said. > > Instead, Jones used a timeout to avoid a clock runoff. Field goal, 55 yards. > No good. Celebration. McElwain had called a timeout because Florida had 12 > men on the field. When he talked about it later, he kept raising his eyebrows > up and down. He was the one who spotted it. > > Another try. Another miss. Bedlam. > > After the game, McElwain wondered out loud if the Gators deserved to win this > game. Doesn't matter if they did or not. > > They are somehow 4-0. > > That just happened. > > It was pretty cool, wasn't it?” McElwain asked. > > Yeah. > > It was pretty cool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Shane's iPad > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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