The 2007 Cocktail Party: A Gator Perspective

Ben Bussard puts Florida's loss to Georgia in perspective and surveys the future for the Gators and the Bulldogs.

by Ben Bussard (Scribe)

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Inexplicable.

That’s the first word that came to mind after watching the Florida Gators lose to the Georgia Bulldogs for only the third time in the last 18 meetings.

Sure, Tim Tebow wasn’t 100 percent and the Gator defense was riddled with injuries and inexperience, but how on earth did Florida lose to a Bulldog team led by the perpetual sleepwalker, Mark Richt?

It wasn’t the week off. It wasn’t the play of Matt Stafford or Knowshon Moreno. It wasn’t the habitual classlessness that UGA players and even head coach Mark Richt displayed throughout the evening.

No, none of that mattered on Saturday.

The only explanation for the Gators’ defeat in Jacksonville is sheer inevitability.

It was only a matter of time before the Florida defense played to their incapabilities and allowed an inferior offensive team to completely dominate and control the overall flow of the game.

It was only a matter of time before the Georgia offense relied solely on one running back in order to sustain a consistent running attack.

It was only a matter of time before Tim Tebow and the rest of the Gator offense looked human.

Most of all, it was only a matter of time before the Bulldogs won a game in Jacksonville when they weren’t expected to.

But how did they pull it off?

Bulldog fans will undoubtedly point to the premeditated post-touchdown celebration in the first quarter as the main reason for their team’s ultimate victory.

However, the 30-yards in penalties that arose from Richt’s seeming ingenuity led to a Gator touchdown and didn’t really spark anything other than a somewhat unenthused Florida squad.

Amid the constant showboating and mocked Gator chomps, the Bulldogs were somehow able to beat a more talented Gator team rather convincingly.

But how?

That same question has been asked repeatedly over the course of the 2007 college football season in regards to other upsets.

So maybe the same answer would suffice in the case of the Cocktail Party: nobody knows.

We can analyze the inefficiency of the Gator secondary and the Florida coaching staff until we are blue in the face, but that’s been the case all year for the Florida Gators.

Poor play calling, injuries, and youth have paralyzed the defending National Champs this year. Not to mention the amount of talent that was lost due to the NFL Draft and graduation.

Even with all of these problems, the Gators still entered the game as a heavy favorite but were unable to overcome their defensive ineptitude as they had done two weeks ago in Lexington against a much more potent Kentucky offense led by a Heisman Trophy candidate in Andre Woodson.

Something doesn’t quite add up.

The only thing that is certain about the 2007 Florida Gators is uncertainty.

Unlike last season when the offense would get a comfortable lead early and rely on the defense to hold onto that lead, this year’s Gator squad has simply had to outscore people a much more inconsistent gameplan.

Urban Meyer and the rest of the Gator coaching staff have had to live with the growing pains of an inexperienced group of players and have donned the proverbial target of a defending National Champion.

Nonetheless, Meyer and co. will have to get this train back on track in order to finish the season with a respectable record and a potential SEC Championship game appearance that is still a possibility with a little help from the likes of Auburn and Kentucky.

All in all, losing to the Bulldogs is never acceptable among Gator fans especially ones like me who live in the state of Georgia and have to be subjected to Bulldog nostalgia on a daily basis.

But in the grand scheme of things, what do Gator fans really have to complain about?

Is it the BCS National Championship slaughter of Ohio State?

Is it the back-to-back basketball National Championships?

Is it three consecutive SEC Basketball Tournament Championships and the 2006 SEC Football Championship?

Is it beating UGA only 15 out of the last 18 meetings instead of 16?

At the end of the day, the only thing that we have to complain about is imperfection. I can’t think of any program that wouldn’t happily trade places with the University of Florida and everything that Gator Nation has experienced over the last year and a half.

Bulldog fans can enjoy this victory as long as they want to and they can be happier than a pig in slop when they end the 2007 season at 9-3 with an appearance in the Capital One Bowl against some crappy Big 10 team that they’ll probably beat rather soundly.

And I’m sure that the UGA faithful don’t want to hear me gloat about what the Gators have done in a 15-month span which can only be dreamed of being accomplished in Athens over the next 15 generations.

But that’s exactly what I’m going to do because this 2007 version of the Cocktail Party needs to be put into perspective before I have to listen to any more Bulldog fans tell me how Mark Richt, Matt Stafford, and Knowshon Moreno could supplant the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost in the Bible.

Call it sour grapes or whatever metaphor you like, but the fact is that while schools like Georgia are satisfied with an SEC Championship every five or six years, the Florida Gators are much more concerned with Championships of the National variety and expect to win consecutive SEC Titles instead of occasional ones.

As I previously mentioned, enjoy it while you can Georgia fans because I can assure you that the temporary psychological advantage that might have been gained when the entire Bulldog team stormed the field after their first touchdown on Saturday is simply that: “temporary”.

This subdued and diluted “rivalry” between these two schools has now been reignited by Coach Richt’s condoning of unsportsmanlike conduct and I can only pray for Bulldog fans’ sake that Richt knew what he was doing when he hypocritically told his players to taunt the Florida Gators.

I can guarantee that Coach Meyer and the rest of the Florida players will not soon forget the sheer disrespect that was shown towards them on Saturday afternoon and I hope that the bulletin board material provided by the Bulldogs was worth winning one game.

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  1. Urban Meyer is a great coach and Florida has an outstanding history, past and recent, of football success. They dominated the game formerly known as "the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" for 17 years beginning with the term of another great coach, Steve Spurrier. However, the current article is best viewed as a pained Florida fan coping with the unexpected and humiliating loss his team experienced this Saturday past. A few facts will illustrate the problems with this article. We will skip debate on the talent issue but will point out that Florida's starting QB played with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder and the coaches chose not to have him call his own number for rushing plays. Georgia's starter at RB (Knowshon Moreno) started because usual starter Thomas Brown was out entirely for an injury as was the third RB, Kregg Lumpkin. A few years back, Georgia's starting QB (D J Shockley) was out entirely but the game was still played and it still counted. Despite the statement of Florida's lofty interest in National Championships (of which Florida legitimately earned one last year), other records also count for something. Under Mark Richt (2001-2007), Richt has a record to date of 67-19 (source for all records is stassen.com). His only notable area of failure has been games against Florida (2-5 to date); but, the most recent encounter was a notable success. During this period, Florida s record is 55-21. Urban Meyer s record at Florida to date is 34-12. For the Meyer era, Mark Richt is 35-11. Meyer does hold the head-to-head advantage at 2-1. Richt has led UGA to the SEC Championship three times in seven years; Meyer has won once in three years. Florida will prosper under Coach Meyer and Georgia will prosper under Coach Richt. The Moral: Be careful about counting your chickens for the upcoming re-hatches with the Dawgs. After 17 lean years, it s on.

    1. Urban Meyer s record at Florida to date is 34-12.

      According to my recollection, his record is 27-7.

    2. and yes, I am a pained Florida fan, but who wouldn't be after losing to an inferior team?

      UGA prays that they'll see a day when they have just a fraction of the joy that I've experienced over the last 2 years.

      It's great to be a Florida Gator.

    3. Hello Mr. Bussard,
      It's Nice to know we will play in the capital one bowl. I wonder where the gaturds will be playing HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...Music City..Meineke Car Care ...Motor City....?

      As for the UGA celebration, Florida was called out & responded lethargicly. I enjoyed watching an assitant coach for UF order his players to celebrate & dance, though they looked extremely confused. It's great to be a gaturd being forced to dance & celebrate. By the way the sport of football was actually played before 1990, and Georgia leads this series 47-37-1.

      And your beloved Meyer is not so innocent - last year he put Georgia logos on the bottom of all the urinals in the UF locker room. At least Richts attempt to pump up his team didn't involve bodily fluids. Urban Meyer could not run a gay bar at the vatican or a Cat house on a troop train. He is going to kill Teabag with his one dimensional offense. Gators wear Jean Shorts!

  2. Correction: Mark Richt has led UGA to the SEC Championship Game three times with a record of 2-1.

  3. Owen don't come on are website and tell us pointless stuff to show all the gator fans. Because know one really cares. And don't count on Georgia to win every single year just because they beat us when we were banged up.And the Gators are just going to get alot better starting next year. SO IT'S NOT ON!

  4. great article- i live in Georgia and faced some ribbing today. Another fact to support your article- its big news whenever the Gators lose but when the Dogs loss its just another story. 3 losses for the Dogs is a great season, not for the Gators

  5. Sense you like stats Owen how many National Championship's has coach Richt won at UGA all these years coaching at UGA? How about I answer that for you sense your probally not going to type back. The answer Is ZERO! I have one more question for, And how many National Championship's did Urban Meyer win in two years? TWO. NOW WHICH STATS DO YOU THINK MATTER MORE!

    1. I gladly accept the correction to Coach Meyer's record: I incorrectly included the 2004 record of Ron Zook. Obviously, you meant to say that Florida has 2 national championships since Coach Meyer arrived which includes the one the basketball team won. If we want to start adding in other sports, let's not forget the record of Coach Suzanne Yoculan in Women's Gymnastics (which I won't offend anyone by quoting here). I mean to take nothing away from UF. But, anyone who posts on a fan site is asking for feedback and will get it. The truth is, Georgia has loads of talent and much of it is young guys like Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford. Tim Tebow (who should get a medal for his courageous performance trying to carry his team single-handedly and coming pretty close to pulling it off) is a great athelete and outstanding human being; but, our guy more than held his own on this Sunday. It's easy to say we're going to do this and we're going to do that, but you prove it on the field. Uf earned bragging rights for wining 15 times in 17 years. But for the past 4 years, UGA is 2-2 against UF, so I'm still saying it's on. This time next year we wil indeed see who's got the best stuff. If UF does to us what we did to them on Saturday, feel free to say you told me so. PS Why post anonymously? Signing up is free and only takes a minute.

    2. Ouch- I meant "on this Saturday," of course. I better knock off for the evening- all this celebrating has gotten me plum tuckered out and I'm starting to get careless. Later, Gators.

  6. I believe Florida had a few unsportsmanlike penalties as well. Florida has disrespected several teams this year. In the LSU game Tim Tebow taunted the LSU crowd after scoring a touchdown. Florida is widley known as being a classless opponent. But all that aside. Georgia won the game. The above article says that UGA didn't win becuase of Mark Richt, Knowshon Moreno, or Matthew Stafford. No, they won becuase the entire UGA team outplayed Florida. Not becuase it was inevitable. Ask any Florida player if they think they lost becuase of "inevitablility". Using that as an excuse for Florida losing is more insulting to the Florida team then it is to Georgia, and a classless act itself. I find it kind of funny when some of these Florida fans talk about class. You have great teams and you have won Championships in Basketball the last 2 years and a National Championship in Football last year. But when you are outplayed by a better team, it's funny how you wine and complain and call it inevitable and start reminding everyone about what you once were.
    And by the way, I see that someone above states that Urban Meyer has won 2 National Champions. Not with Florida. His first years record was 9-3, his second year he won a Championship.
    Go Dogs!!

    1. The bottom line is that Georgia (as well as every other school in the country) wishes they could be Florida for just a day or two...that's why we're so hated. Envy is a sin.

  7. If you think that your Great Gators haven't taunted Georgia year after year you have all had your heads buried in that beach sand. It didn't just start this year. I have not missed a Ga/Fla game since 1974. It may not have been a whole team celebration but believe me this is not just a Ga. incident. Get over it boys and girls the score is in and the line that you take is "Wait until next year"!

    1. It's not a matter of taunting (every player in sports has taunted at one time or another), it's the blatant condoning of it by a head coach. The head coach is supposed to be a leader and send positive messages to his players about the "right" way to play. Whenever a coach partakes in the "taunting game," it's just a bad reflection on the program in general. When Wondy Pierre-Louis dove into the endzone, he was promptly chewed out by Charlie Strong and Urban Meyer and if the entire Gator team pulled a stunt like Richt did after the first TD, I would have been immensely disappointed. The only reason that Richt isn't being skewered for that decision is because UGA won the game. It's all about perception and I would love to have seen the reaction from UGA fans if they'd lost. I guess I'll just have to wait until next year when we start a new era of dominance.

  8. I guarantee that there is not one molecule of envy to be part of anything at Fla. Every school in the nation has a following and that my friend does not include envy but a love and a passion for their school.

    1. Hey, Cindy. We really should admit all those secret thoughts we have about wishing we were a Gator instead of a Dawg...except lying is wrong and CMR would disapprove. I wouldn't trade two yester years for one today, either. How sweet it is!

      PS Coach Richt issued a written apology to UF and the SEC for encouraging the controversial celebration that got a bit out of hand (but for which he was hardly skewered in the press. Lots of commentators followed the lead of Kirk Herbstreit on ESPN who called it "courageous."). It takes a real man (or woman) to admit when you are wrong. And he promised not to ever do it again. But I bet he was smiling when he signed the letter.

    2. So winning 2 Bball Ntl Championships and a football Ntl Championship in the same year isnt desired by any other university?

      Well I guess every other school's fanbase is just as easily satisfied as UGA's.

      COCKTAIL PARTY RECORD SINCE 1950:
      UF leads 32-23-2

      Im assuming that no one on this website is old enough to remember those victories under the Coolidge and Hoover administrations, right?

  9. I seriously doubt that the Gators would have lost if Tebow was a hundred percent, there were so many times when he got pressured and took the sack instead of running because of his shoulder. yea it's football and Georgia won fair and square on the field, but how much pride can you get by beating an injured riddled team? I mean, yea I can kick mike tyson's ass if he was crippled and blind but it's not really going to make me feel any better about myself.

    1. The health of one player and whether or not it was the factor that could have swayed a game one way or another is debatable. For the sake of debate let me take you back two years to the day that our all everything QB DJ Shockley was unable to face the Gators in our last SEC championship year. If it is understood by all Gators that Tim Tebow at 100% would have meant victory, than you should be prepared to admit that DJ playing in the game would have made the same difference in '05.

      In any case, doesn't the Uof F recruit enough 5 stars to put together quality backups rather than a team "riddled" with injuries. Good teams and fan bases do not make these kinds of excuses.

      And last of all, are you suggesting that because his shoulder was injured that he took a big hit on a sack on purpose rather than run away from one "...took the sack instaed of running because of his shoulder...", I believe you said. I don't think anyone anywhere on any side thinks that makes any sense.

  10. Excuses, excuses every team plays with injuries so get over it. As for me and my dawgs we don't have to say another word except: 42 to 30. Just smoke on that for 363 days......

  11. Hey Gator Fans,

    Overall Record in the series is 46-37-2 in Georgia's favor. If we are going to count years, why just go back 18 years. Go back the entire history. Until Spurrier, you Gators were perennial losers. You never even won an SEC Championship. You talk about basketball wins like Kentucky always does. What losers? Enjoy your National Championship from last year because all those little Florida Colleges like USF are stealing your recruits. By the way, did Tebow get a kiss from his buddy while he was crying about losing to Georgia?

  12. right......because loosing your starting running back and left without a viable running option up the middle isn't important to winning a game.....hey that makes sense. georgia is still garbage despite beating a banged up team......Teams like auburn and LSU are good teams that beat florida. And it's hilarious for you to gloat even though you got ripped by a crappy Tennessee team this year, why don't you go smoke on that lol. I really hope that Georgia gets to the SEC championship game and plays LSU.....that would be a joy to watch.

    and anyone who knows anything about college football knows that the team that wins championships are the ones that rely on the upper classmans, not young five star recruits. And teams are hard pressed to win when the person that creates 75 percent of their offense is reduced and no running game to alleviate the passing attack.

  13. You Gatorbait fans are all funny. You lost. You aren't going to be national champs two years in a row. I doubt seriously that the other SEC schools want to be Florida for day. You have a lot of nerve saying that UGA is classless. Look at your ownhouse first from The Evil Genius to Meyer. Billy Donovan has more class than either of them. Whenever you lose (like to Auburn or LSU) it's always the other team's fault. Face it: you are just not as good as you thought you would be in 2007.

    Have fun at the Capital One Bowl against another Big 10 team that you can steamroller.

  14. Cindy you don't know what your talking about so go on another website and talk your shit! Enjoy this win because your not going to see another one against us for a while!

  15. Once again we have people come on here and talk shit! And stupid ass The Gators have won the most SEC championships and won the most national Championships In the SEC. AND WHER IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK GEORGIA IS GOING, NOT TO A GOOD BOWL GAME!

  16. Hello Genius,
    UGA is 2nd only to alabama in SEC championships & has as many National Championships as Florida. I will be selling tebow tears on my website if gaturds are interested.

  17. GO SHOW YOUR GAY ASS LOVE FOR YOUR SCHOOL SOMWHERE ELSE BECAUSE KNOW ONE WANTS TO HERE YOUR SHIT. WHY DO ALL YOU BITCHES COME ON HERE AND TALK SHIT JUST BECAUSE YOU GUYS WON. I CANT WAIT INTILL WE KICK YOUR RED NECKS ASSES NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WERE GOING TO BE GOING TO BE TALKING ALOT OF SHIT TO YOU GUYS JUST LIKE YOU GUYS ARE! AND HOW MANY RINGS DO YOU GUYS HAVE! NOT MANY SO STOP ACTING LIKE YOU GUYS WON SOMETHING BECAUSE REALLY YOU HAVE NOT WON SHIT!

  18. It looks like some gayturd fan forgot to take his medicine this morning.

    Anyhow, back to the Tebow Tears. I guess I am just going to purchase bottled water by the truckload, then have custom lables printed up so I can slap them on to create "Tebow Tears"!

    I love to drink your yummy sweet tears Timmy..... MMMMMM.... So yummy..... Your tears are so yummy and sweet.....

    Tim Tebow is a sheltered, square jawed, home schooled moron who wears JORTS.

  19. "The Gators have won the most SEC championships and won the most national Championships In the SEC"

    Really? So all those SEC and National Championships Bear Bryant won at Alabama must just be a figment of my imagination.

    Florida fans - not only ignorant but also delusional...

  20. YOUR RIGHT MY B! IFORGOT ABOUT THE TIME WHEN ALABAMA WON ALL THOSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 80MILLON YEARS AGO BUT I GUESS I WAS JUST LOOKING BACK TO THE YEARS IVE BEEN ON THIS EARTH. AND I THINK THE GATORS WON MORE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THEN GEORGIA HAS!

  21. HEY I KNOW THAT ITS JUST I WAS ONLY THINKING ABOUT THE YEARS IVE BEEN WATCHING FOOTBALL iT JUST GETS ME ALL PISSED OF WHEN EVERY TIME WE LOSE WE HAVE PEOPLE COME ON HERE AND RUB IT IN ARE FACES SO WHEN I GET PISSED OFF I START SAYING STUFF THAT MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE.

  22. You are right, if it didn't happen in your 13 year old lifespan, then it must not really matter. What size Jean Shorts do you wear and would you like a complementary bottle of "Tebow Tears"?

    Jean Shorts.

    Jean Shorts.

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  23. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b57/esiefkes/MISC/FloridaFan.jpg

  24. HEY WHY DO YOU GUYS PICK THE ONE PLAYER TO PICK ON WHO IS PROBALLY ONE OF THE MOST NICEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS YOU WOULD EVER MEET

  25. HEY WHY DO YOU GUYS PICK THE ONE PLAYER TO PICK ON WHO IS PROBALLY ONE OF THE MOST NICEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS YOU WOULD EVER MEET

  26. CORRECTION IM 15 YEARS OLD AND MY JEAN SIZE SHORTS IS 34X AND I WOULD LIKE THOSE TEARS OF YOURS SO I CAN SELL IT ON EBAY.

  27. "There is no crying in football"

  28. Please post the name of the street & the number on the door of your mobile home, I will gladly send you some.

  29. YOUR JUST FUCKING WEIRD ! TO BAD YOU WILL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS A PERSON AS TIM TEBOW. AND I THINK YOUR JUST MAD BECAUSE TEBOW WILL BE MAKING ALOT MORE MONEY THAN YOU WILL BE IN A FEW YEARS. AND HE WILL PROBALLY BE GETING ALOT MORE THAN YOU WITH ALL THAT MONEY HE IS GOING TO HAVE!

  30. WOW WE NEVER WON A SEC CHAMPIONSHIP! THAN HOW DO YOU THINK WE WENT TO 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WON TWO OF THEM! BEFORE YOU GO TO A NATIONAL CHAPMPIOSHIP YOU HAVE TO WIN YOUR CONFERENCE CHAMPIOSHIP, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THAT DUMBASS! AND THE LAST FEW YEARS THE GATORS HAD THE #1 RECRUITING CLASS IN THE NATION AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE BEST PROSPECTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN THIS YEAR! SO HOW ABOUT YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!

  31. ARE YOU A PERFERT! IM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHERE I LIVE! AND YOU PROBALLY LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME, IMEAN YOU LIVE IN FUCKING GEORGIA!

  32. YOU CRIED WHEN YOOU COULDN'T MAKE YOUR SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM!

  33. FINALLY SOMEONE ON HERE KNOWS WHAT THERE TALKING ABOUT! DONT YOU LOVE IT HOW GEORGIA BEATS US ONE TIME IN AFEW YEARS AND THEY ACT LIKE THEY WON A NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP. ALL THEY DO IS TALK SHIT. BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT RED NECKS TALK SHIT BECAUSE THEY THINK THERE TUFF!

  34. Ben you are right on with your comments. As for the Dawg fans, enjoy your once-every-5-year football win over the Gators and all of those tennis and gymnastics titles. As Sports Illustrated said, you have a nice little regional program. The Gators will focus on the sports -- and championships -- that matter. Winning on a national level with class and integrity.

  35. CINDY JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! WE HAD HALF OF ARE NOT SO GOOD DEFENSE NOT FULLY HEALTHY! AND TEBOW WAS NOT EITHER! AND DONT SAY THAT IS IN EXCUSE BECAUSE HE WOULD OF RAN ALL OVER YOUR D LIKE HE DOES TO OTHER D'S ! AND EVERY TIME HE RUNS FOR ALOT OF YARDS WE WIN! WHATS THE MATTER YOUR NOT GOING TO TALK ANY SHIT ANYMORE!

  36. I DONT THINK YOU WERE WATCHING THE SAME GAME! THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY WON IS BECAUSE THEY TOOK ADVATANGE OF ARE BANGED UP D LINE AND RAN ALL OVER US WITH THE ONLY GOOD PLAYER ON THE TEAM! AND THE REASON WHY TEBOW TAUNTED THE LSU FANS IS BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING DEATH FREATS FROM THEM UP TILL THE GATORS PLAYED THEM! SO SHUT YOUR MOUTH BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT!

  37. GEORGIA FANS ARE GAY AS FUCK!

    GEORGIA SUCKS SO GET OVER
    THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER BE GOOD LIKE THEY USED TO BE!

  38. I love how UGA fans still cling to the overall record. Even those wins from the pre-Great Depression era when football was played in sweaters. And I love that 1942 National Championship reference...boy, those were the days, huh? Good ol Sinkwich

  39. You are all so pathetic! You keep using my name and telling me to shut up and I have not said anything but the truth. I have not referred to previous scores or records, not called anyone gay or cursed or insulted your family or anything like that. We won this game on the field on Sat. night not last year or 10 years ago. We played with injured players and Fla. did too. Folks ya'll need a problem or some medication if you are this worked up over a game. I am a proud graduate of The University of Georgia and I have alot of good friends that are graduates of Fla and many other of the SEC rivals but I respect them and their education. Which I really don't believe some of you have or at least don't act like it. Hey last time I was in Fla I saw alot of mobile homes too!

  40. What s pathetic is the way UF has lost the last 3 of 4 games! Whats the excuse for the other 2 losses? Could it be Florida got their ass kicked???

    1. combined score of those other 2 losses: 48-41

      ass kicked? I think not.

      We'll see what UGA can do with Auburn next week.

  41. not to mention, those loses were against a ron zook coached team....lol and you know what, gloat all you want, diss Tebow, it's all good because next year the underclassman will become upperclassman and then see how well you'll do then. And anyone who says that Georgia and Florida's injuries were on par with each other is lying to themselves. Tebow...the number one rusher on the team was hurt, hence no grind it out running game, which affected the passing. Please tell me who on Georgia that is as important healthy to the team as tebow is to florida? And lets disregard the fact that three starting D lineman was out....there's four starting, so your playing with three untested backup. I like to see Georgia even be in contention in a game with the type of injuries that Florida had on it's team.

  42. If Tebow is so badly injured what is Florida going to do against Vanderbilt. Georgia took advantage of Tebows injury & Vanderbilt will do the same. Tebow is basically the total offense of Florida and the rest of the team is centered around him. This is not a good idea, for example look at the Atlanta Falcons who centered the team around Michael Vick. Vick is done and the team has completely fallen apart. So why does Urban Meyer let tebow take so many punishing hits week after week? Tebow has carried the ball 138 times & 59 times more than Kestahn Moore the next leading rusher. What will Florida do if tebow gets hurt bad & will Florida fall apart?

  43. Florida is already starting to fall apart.....the defense is horrendous, and they werent that great to start with before the injuries. Florida should be a one loss team if the defense made two stops. And Tebow is the entire offense not because they want him to be, but because he has to be. They're not giving it to moore because he has trouble holding on to the ball, and they don't want to hand it to Harvin because they really want him as a wide out. So it's tebow who has to take the load. It sucks that the defense suck so much and that the offense relies so much on Tebow. Hopefully switching Harving to running back would work, but they are still loosing the power running play that was so successful with Tebow.

  44. THE REASON WHY I SAID THOSE THINGS WAS BECAUSE YOU GAY DAWG FANS COME ON HERE WITH NO RESPECT AND TALK SHIT TO US AND RUB IT IN ARE FACES LIKE WERE NOTHING SO THERE CIDNY YOU DONT DESERVE ANY RESPECT BACK! DONT THINK YOU CAN SAY WHAT EVER YOU WANT AND NO ONE WILL SAY ANY THING BACK! SO I AM VERY SORRY THAT I EFENDED YOU AND SOMEHOW YOUR FAMILY! BUT NEXT TIME ACT LIKE YOU SAW YOUR TEAM WIN BEFORE! I HAVE ALOT OF RESPECT FOR ALL THE SEC TEAMS BECAUSE I FOR ONE THINK IT IS THE BEST CONFERENCE IN THE NATION! AND WHEN BOWLS GAMES COME AROUND I GO FOR ALL THE SEC TEAMS AND HOPE THEY WIN SO EVEYONE WHO WATCHES FOOTBALL CAN SEE THAT THE SEC IS THE BEST CONFERENCE! BUT NOW I DONT KNOW IF I WILL EVER GO FOR GEORGIA IN ANY GAMES BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU COME ON HERE AND SHOW NO RESPECT AT ALL! US GATOR FANS WERE ALREADY UPSET THAT WE LOSS TO A SHIT TEAM THAT WE ARE ALOT BETTER THAN AND THEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU RUB IT IN ARE FACES LIKE WERE NOTHING! SO ONCE AGAIN I AM SORRY FOR WHAT I SAID AND YOU GOT TO ADMIT YOU WOULD BE UPSET IF WE RUBED IT IN YOUR FACE IF WE WOULD OF WON!

  45. I KNOW RIGHT THEY KEEP ON BRINGING UP THE OVERALL RECORD BUT IN THIS DAY OF TIME FLORIDA HAS BEN DOMINATING GEORGIA SENSE THE BIG 90S.! BEN THIS IS YOUR ARTICLE AND THESE GORGIA FANS ARE ON HERE TALKING SO MUCH NONSENCE ME AND YOU SHOULD SHOW THESE GEORGIA FANS WHATS UP!

  46. DONT TRY TO COMPARE TEBOW TO A CONVICK WHO WAS ONLY GOOD AT RUNNING AND NOT GOOD AT THROWING. TEBOW CAN DO BOTH THAT WHAT MAKES HIM SO GOOD! AND GEORGIA WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH VANDERBILT THE ENTIRE GAME WHEN THEY PLAYED THEM! AND HOWGOOD DO YOU THINK GEROGIA WOULD OF DONE IF THERE GOOD RUNNING BACK WAS A LITTLE BANGED UP? THEY WOULDN'T OF DID SO GOOD NOW WOULD THEY! AND THERE IS ALOT OF OTHER GOOD PLAYERS ON THAT OFFENSE! ITS JUST THAT THEY ARE OUT OF SINK WHEN TEBOW IS NOT FULLY HEALTHY! SO STOP TRYING TO MAKE A POINT BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT!

  47. "It wasn t the play of Matt Stafford or Knowshon Moreno."

    Good statement Ben, They only combined for 405 yards & 6 touchdowns!

  48. ITS GETTING QUIET, THERES NO MORE GAY DAWG FANS ON HERE TALKING ANY MORE SHIT! IT WAS GETTING FUN THERE FOR A WHILE WHEN I WAS SHUTING ALL YOU GAY ASS DAWG FANS DOWN! AND MAKING YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT YOU REALY DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT! SO MAYBE YOU GUYS LEARNED A LESSON THIS WEEK TO NOT TALK SHIT OR THE GATOR FANS WILL COME AROUND AND SHUT YOU THE FUCK UP! P.S. GEORGIA SUCK BALLS AND THERE GOING TO LOSE THIS SATURDAY AND I WILL BE COLLECTING YOUR TEARS LIKE YOU FAGS SOMEHOW GOT TEBOW TEARS. SO WHEN YOU GUYS WATCH YOUR BELLOVED IT DAGS GO DOWN SATURDAY DONT BOTHER COMING ON THE ITERNET BECAUSE IM GOING TO BE ON THERE TALKING SO MUCH SHIT TO YOU GUYS SO YOU GUYS CAN FEEL HOW BAD IT SUCKS WHEN PEOPLE TALK SHIT TO YOU WHEN YOU GUYS LOSE! AND IM GOING TO DO THAT FOR EVER GAME YOU GUYS LOSE FOR HERE ON OUT! DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS STARTEDA FUCKING WAR!

  49. I have tebow tears & jean shorts for sale wanna buy some gayturd???????????GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS GAYTURDS

  50. Florida fans are sore whiney ass losers! Enjoy the UGA ass beating for the entire year!

  51. You are a fucking who makes no sense & cannot spell.......typical Florida fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  52. LOL...."You are a fucking who makes no sense & cannot spell.......typical Florida fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

    Wow, that's ironic...saying that Florida fans don't make sense while you, mr genius, calls us a "fucking." Pray tell what is this "fucking" you are talking about? And the twenty exclamation points at the end really drives that point home. Typical for a Georgia fan to be a dumb redneck that most likely has the hots for his sister.

  53. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY YOU ARE A FUCKING WHO MAKES NO SENSE! SORRY MRS. TEACHER I MIGHT OF MISSED SPELLED A WORD BUT NEXT TIME I WILL USE SPELL CHECK AND CHECK MY WORDS TO SEE IF THEY ARE SPELLED RIGHT SENSE IT IS SUCH A PROBLEM FOR YOU. AND YOU JUST MADE IN ASS OUT OF YOUR SELF BECAUSE YOUR WHOLE FUCKING SENTENCE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE........ TYPICAL GEORGIA FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CONSIDER ME WHINEY OR JUST SHUTING YOU GEORGIA FANS DOWN! SO ENJOY THE ASS BEATING SATURDAY BITCH!

  55. YOU ARE REALLY FUCKING WIERD AND MAYBE THE REASON IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LIVE! AND WHATS WITH THE JEAN SHORTS PLEASE LET ME IN ON THAT GAY ASS JOKE THATS PROBABLY NOT FUNNY AT ALL! SEE YOU LATER FAGGOT FAGGOT FAGGOT FAGGOT FAGGOT FAGGOT FAGGOT

  56. NEXT TIME YOU REDNECKS TALK SHIT, WOULD YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF SENSE AND NOT MAKE IN ASS OUT OF YOURSELF LIKE ONE OF YOU GEORGIA FANS DID! AND TRY TO SAY MORE THINGS THEN JUST SAYING STUFF ABOUT TEBOW TEARS! AND I LOVE TO SEE YOU GAY DAWG FAN TRY TO STOOP UP TO MY LEVEL IN SMACK TALKING BECAUSE OF RIGHT NOW IM NOT SO IMPRESED!

  57. NEXT TIME YOU REDNECKS TALK SHIT, WOULD YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF SENSE AND NOT MAKE IN ASS OUT OF YOURSELF LIKE ONE OF YOU GEORGIA FANS DID! AND TRY TO SAY MORE THINGS THEN JUST SAYING STUFF ABOUT TEBOW TEARS! AND I LOVE TO SEE YOU GAY DAWG FANS TO TRY TO STOOP UP TO MY LEVEL IN SMACK TALKING BECAUSE OF RIGHT NOW IM NOT SO IMPRESED!

  58. I'll Try & "Stoop Up" To your level!! You must be a cuban FLorida fan because you can't type english!

  59. VANDERBILT WILL BE VICTORIOUS!! ENJOY 6 & 5 HOMO'S

  60. I DID THAT ON PURPOSE TO MAKE FUN OF YOU GEORGIA FANS BECAUSE THATS THE WAY YOU GUYS TYPE DUBASS!

  61. I WAS BORN IN CUBA BUT IM STLL 100% ENGLISH AND HOW ABOUT YOU TRY TO STOOP UP TO MY LEVEL BITCH!

  62. YA RIGHT VANDERBILT WILL GET KILLED SATURDAY! AND EVEN IF WE WIN OR LOSE ARE RECORD WOULD NOT BE 6 AND 5! WE ONLY PLAYED 8 GAMES JACKASS! ONCE AGAIN YOU GEORGIA FANS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOUR TALKING ABOUT!

  63. GEORGIA MIGHT NOT LOSE THIS SATURDAY BECAUSE THEIR PLAYING TROY BUT THEY WILL LOSE NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY PLAY AUBURN!

  64. I'll Try & "Stoop Up" To your level!! You are a cuban FLorida fan & you can't type english!

  65. I DON'T REALLY SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH TRY TO STOOP UP TO MY LEVEL BUT WHAT THE FUCK EVER! AND CAN YOU SAY MORE THAN JUST THAT OR ARE YOU JUST A BABY BACK BITCH! GEORGIA FANS ARE FUCKING GAY!

  66. Hello Cuban Gaytard,
    I believe you are trying, might I add very hard to use the word "STAND". You could also use the word STEP ! These are commonly used words & can be found in the dictionary. Please Cuban Gaytard pay better attention in your classes at the adult learning center. I will try & "STOOP" up to your level, but I am not a retard!

    1. Okay, I'm the most die-hard Gator that I know of, but I hope that this Cuban Gator fan isn't any older than 13 because his English is pretty bad and he's constantly perpetuating the most pointless comment list of any article I've ever written.

      When did this become a chat room?

  67. ok i really only came here to say one thing about all this.
    yes the gators had a "banged" up defense but that doesnt mean anything. we were down to only one RB. and its not that poor little tebow had a hurt RIGHT shoulder that shouldn't mean a thing seeing how he throws with his left. tebow also has never really played a tough defense this year. for the fact that u guys are just coming up with excuses about why you lost. just come to terms please and stop thinking of them because they are the stupidest ones i've ever heard. you want to know why you lost, because georiga actually showed up for this game and you didnt think they would. you were to cocky coming into the game thinking you were the best and that you beat us every year and for a matter of fact you never had a chance in that game after georgia scored the first touchdown.
    oh and that celebration to me was them making history for whats going to happen in the future.
    stop talking about the years past and the stats florida had against georiga in this huge rivalry.
    im sick and tired of all the gator fans saying the same things over and over again. you lost get over it. its football your suppost to play hurt and know about to still win.
    but we have bragging rights for the next year 42-30. thats all we got to say.
    oh and also ben, no one in the history of the SEC or for that fact the entire college football league wants to be the gators, stop thinking everyone is jealous because were not. ya'll just need to stop being so cocky and get over yourselfs because your really not the worlds greatest like you think you may be because all you have to shove in peoples faces is that you won the national championship.

    1. I guess youre right Becki, Tebow non-throwing shoulder has absolutely no effect whatsoever on his style of play because he has always a pocket passer. That's the biggest crock I've heard yet. Saying that his shoulder had no effect on his RUNNING of the football is preposterous. And by the way, I never mentioned that any other schools wants TO BE Florida, I simply meant that we're in a very enviable position right now.

      Gainesville, FLA=Titletown, USA

  68. WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON BEN, AND MAYBE YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND MY COMMENTS IF YOU WOULD READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS THE GEORGIA FANS HAVE BEEN MAKING! AND IF YOU WERE A DIE HARD GATOR FAN THEN WHY DON'T YOU STICK UP FOR YOUR TEAM WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THEM DOWN! I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME, IM NOT JUST GOING TO SIT BACK AND LET PEOPLE SAY WHAT EVER THEY WANT ABOUT THE GATORS! SO BEN YOU ARE NOT THAT MUCH OF A DIE HARD FAN LIKE YOU THINK YOU ARE! AND THE ONLY PERSON I THOUGHT WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANY GRAP TO ME DOES! AND CAN WE GET OFF OF THIS GAME AND JUST FOCUS ON THE REST OF THE SEASON!

  69. BEN YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOUR ENGLISH BECAUSE IN YOUR LAST COMMENT YOU TYPED DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE!

  70. BECKI DON'T EVER WATCH FOOTBALL AGAIN BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT! AND DON'T BE MAD JUST BECAUSE YOUR DAWGS MIGHT NOT EVER WIN ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIP,
    AND THAT YOUR GOING TO SEE THE GATORS BRING JOY TO FLORIDA WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO WIN A FEW MORE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP'S DOWN THE ROAD! IT'S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!

  71. Cuban GayTard: Allow me to "STOOP" up and try and communicate with you more efficiently.

    Ok, here goes -

    Viva' Georgia! Futbol' de Georgia es numero uno!

    Fidel Castro hizo a sus padres salta en un tubo y un flotador internos a los E.E.U.U.. CVAN LOS PERROS!

    GO DAWGS! (For those of you who can read, speak, and type proper english)

  72. youve got to be kidding me saying i dont know anything about football.explain that to me? i never even brought up anything about georgia winning the national championships but thats all you guys really have to shove in everyones faces.

  73. oh and ben i never said it had no effect on his playing abilities. your putting words in my month. but it shouldn't be that big of an effect when its the shoulder he doesnt throw on. yes he runs the ball and blocks with that shoulder and im sure it hurt him even more after all those sacks.

    oh and i guess you dont remember writing this....
    " The bottom line is that Georgia (as well as every other school in the country) wishes they could be Florida for just a day or two...that's why we're so hated. Envy is a sin. "

    you might want to read over what you right before you try to tell me that im lying.

    -becki

  74. ALL YOU GEORGIA FANS HAVE BEEN SHOVING IT IN ARE FACES FOR THE PAST WEEK WHEN GEORGIA BEAT US. AND BE HONEST, DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK GEORGIA IS A BETTER TEAM THEN US OR DO YOU THINK THAT GEORGIA SHOWED UP TO PLAY FOR THAT GAME AND WE DIDN'T! BECAUSE WE BLEW OUT TROY AND VANDERBILT AND GEORGIA HAD A HARD TIME BEATING BOTH OF THEM! BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT GEORGIA WON AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT EVEN IF WE DID HAVE A BANGED UP TEAM! AND THE CELEBRATION GEORGIA DID I THOUGHT WAS PROBALLY THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN OUT OF A FOOTBALL GAME! AND I HOPE THAT THE CELEBRATION MAKES A TRADITON FOR THIS BIG RIVALRY WHERE WHO EVER SCORES FIRST THERE TEAM EMPTYS THE BENCHES AND CELEBRATES IN THE ENDZONE!

  75. HOW ABOUT YOU LOOK UP WHAT STOOP MEANS BEFORE YOU TALK SHIT! HOW IN THE HELL DID GEORGIA ALMOST LOSE TO TROY WHEN WE BEAT THEM BY 28 POINTS. AND THE GAY DAWGS ALMOST LOST TO VANDERBILT WHEN WE BEAT THEM BY 27 POINTS. SO NOW YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT GEORGIA JUST CAME TO PLAY AGAINST FLORIDA AND WE DIDN'T COME TO AGAINST THEM! SO THAT MEANS FLORDIA IS BETTER THEN GEORGIA! GO GATORS!

  76. GEORGIA IS FUCKING GARBAGE!

  77. Guys, I don't think it's cool to any Georgia or Florida fans to make unsportsmanlike comments, gay slurs and junk like this. We should all be above this. As a Georgia fan, I have tremendous respect for the Florida Gators and was happy to see them destroy Ohio State for the national title. Georgia played a great game against Florida but we certainly have not played consistently well this year ... we've got alot of work to do. Also, I was not happy about a my Bulldogs celebrating in the end zone because it did not reflect well on us and I despised our lineman, #77 doing that dance and taunting the Gators. The Dawgs need to forget everything else and hunker down game by game if we expect to win!

  78. marc is the gaytor. he may be benedict arnold. does 44-0 or 21 out of 25 ring a bell? or minus 18 yards rushing? coe on marc, hate a gaytor and a teboy.

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