Well. Quite a game. I have seen a couple collapses like this; Miami in 2003 (I was at the game) and 1994 at FSU.
This was different. In 1994, we were the underdogs. To be frank, we had been outplayed and were lucky to be ahead as we were. I always had the felling that FSU would come back, and just hoped our lead was large enough. In 2003, we were evenly matched until our QB was knocked out of the game. In comes true freshman Chris Leak. He played o.k., but it was clear that the staff had to greatly limit the playbook due to his inexperience. Plus, our coach was Ron Zook. Still, we would have won but for a dropped 2 point conversion that was wide open (that would have allowed a FG at the end instead of forcing us to go for the TD). Here, we had a good team, good coaches, the same QB all game and the teams seemed evenly matched. I never felt that we were “lucky” to be up like we were (unlike 1994). Our defense looked ferocious in the first half, and that goal line stand was the stuff of legends. Then, what happened? I am still waiting an explanation that makes sense. “Adjustments” my fanny. Either we had some crucial injuries, or some UT assistant broke our signals. It sure looked like UT’s defense knew every play in the second half before it happened. We must have had a tell. If not the signals (those stupid signs), then our alignments telegraphed the plays. UT had all week to study our plays, and looked lost in the first half. In 15 minutes of halftime, they somehow made adjustments that they couldn’t figure out for entire week beforehand? That makes no sense. What does make sense is a grad student upstairs mapping our alignments, signals, and figuring out the plays. He tells the staff at the half, and we see a remarkable turnaround. -Zeb -- -- 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. 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.
