The second longest touchdown in school history... Didn't Chris Collinsworth throw the longest?
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: November 19, 2016 at 8:22:29 PM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: Gators earn stunning W > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dooley: Gators earn stunning W > > > Florida head coach Jim McElwain walks on the field before an NCAA college > football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP > Photo/Gerald Herbert) > > The Associated Press > By Pat Dooley > Gainesville Sun Sports Columnist > Published: Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 6:44 p.m. > Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 6:44 p.m. > BATON ROUGE, La. — In the same south end zone where they just had to defend > their manhood one last time, Florida players were now enjoying a celebration > that could be felt all the way back in Gainesville. > > David Sharpe and Lamical Perine were waving oversized flags. Cece Jefferson > was hugging Gator fans at the fence. Austin Appleby tossed his wristbands > into the orange and blue crowd. > > And they sang. > > Boy, did they sing. > > “... the orange and blue VICTOOOOORIOUS!” > > This was more than a victory over a team that Florida's players, fans, > coaches and just about everybody not an LSU fan felt disrespected UF, right > up to the skirmish on the field before the game. > > So much more. > > “To win the East on a goal-line stand, crazy,” said Caleb Brantley. “It's the > greatest feeling in the world.” > > They were having their fun Saturday afternoon for so many reasons. It wasn't > just that they won. It was the way they won. It wasn't just that they won the > East. It was that they did it by going on the road and beating an LSU team > that accused them of being scared. > > “We were terrified of them boys,” said Jalen Tabor with a straight face. “I > guess out of fear, we just fought back.” > > You can understand why this team celebrated this win with so much gusto. The > game was taken from them and put in someone else's backyard. And then the > people who took it added insults to the injury. > > Seriously, I don't think I've seen a happier Florida football team and I > covered three national championship games. > > “It feels sooo good,” said Jefferson. “I love these guys.” > > There was a lot of love being passed around after a fistfight came down to > one last punch. Florida punched harder, stopping Derrius Guice just short of > what would have been a stadium-rattling touchdown. > > You remember Guice. The guy who said the Gators “can't run no more.” Oh, they > were running. All around your end zone as LSU fans grumpily stormed the exits. > > Hey, Joe Alleva. How's that two-for-one deal looking now? > > “It just shocks me that somebody would question the Gators,” Florida coach > Jim McElwain said. “The way I look at it, they got what they deserved. And it > should have been worse.” > > This was a huge win for McElwain because of what it means. You certainly > could question some of the calls in the game — like the pivoting pitch on > third-and-inches at the goal line and not going for the jugular after the > fumbled kickoff return. > > Heck, even he questioned that pitch. > > “We were denting them pretty good,” McElwain said. “And we should have kept > denting them.” > > But all I know is that he has won the East in each of his first two years and > the last guy to win two in a row was on the phone minutes after the game in a > pretty dang good mood. > > Who in the Gator Nation wasn't? > > The head coach certainly was, lecturing us after the game about his football > team and even making sure the people back home know how to go up I-75. > > “I'm happy for Gator fans who don't think we're very good, but all we do is > end up back in Atlanta,” McElwain said. > > Meanwhile in Knoxville, people were being talked off ledges. And In Baton > Rouge, that loud thud you heard was Tiger fans jumping off the Ed Orgeron > bandwagon. > > On the final play, Guice ran the wrong way. This was after LSU called timeout > to set it up. > > That goes on your resume, bro. > > Because of a defense that learned how to move on to the next play, Florida is > going to Atlanta. Because of the second longest touchdown pass in school > history, Florida is going to Atlanta. Because of a kicker who shook off a > rough week and a swirling wind, Florida is going to Atlanta. > > And because of a running back who has emerged from a four-pack to become a > 100-yards-a-game machine, an offensive line that overcame injuries and > questions about their effectiveness, defenders like Marcell Harris and David > Reese who combined for 23 tackles, Florida's season has been extended a week. > > Considering the two home games they lost, that feels like justice. > > The Gators, too, got what they deserved. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. And follow > at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > 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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