I'm sick and tired of hearing about Florida needing \"revenge\" against Georgia. Give me a break. Do you really have that big of an inferiority complex stretching back to the Dooley years that you've forgotten that we've beaten you three times in twenty years?
Aren't you the team whose coach admitted that he only ran up \"half a hundred between the hedges\" because it had never been done before? Does that sound sportsmanlike to you?
Did Charley Pell screw your program up so badly that you can't remember the last seven SEC titles and two national championships you have? That's two and none for us. How about the two Heisman trophy winners you have? That's none for us.
Shouldn't we want revenge for you ruining our 2002 national title hopes?
Or are you afraid? Are you Florida fans afraid that your little run on us is over, and that we just might be a program on the rise? Are you terrified because you haven't run roughshod over the SEC the way you did in the '90s? Do you wonder if 2006 was a fluke? Do you think maybe twilight is descending?
Look, I think the Cocktail Party on Saturday is a push. Either team could easily win this game, or I could see it ending 13-13 in regulation before an overtime or three. Neither one of us has actually beaten anybody. The only team either of us has played that's worth anything is Alabama, who beat us. Florida? You've beaten Tennessee. Big deal. You've beaten LSU. We scored more than you on them. You've beaten Hawai'i, who's not even as good this year as they were last year when we beat them to death in New Orleans.
Of course, you lost to Ole Miss...maybe you could justify that...I'll wait...
My point is that many people say that the intangibles are on Florida's side because you people are so angry about the celebration last year. I wonder...will that make you more likely to play focused and precise football? Or will that make you more uptight, more likely to overthrow, more likely to commit penalties? Will it make you, in fact, more likely to lose?
We'll find out tomorrow. But for the love of all that is good, please stop whining. You people are serious babies. You've been kicking our butts for twenty years. Learn to be a good loser, or all the crystal footballs in the world won't be worth squat.
Babies!
Red and Black, Win or Lose