Excerpted from: Mike Bianchi | SPORTS COMMENTARY
October 28, 2007
Now, all those neophyte, nouveau riche Florida football fans know what this game is all about.
For almost two decades, they thought Florida-Georgia was simply about touchdown dances and end zone prances. They thought it was about winning conference titles and setting themselves up for national championships. They thought Jacksonville was a place where all their fantasies came true and that 'G' on Georgia's helmet stood for \"Godsend.\"
Now, they know different.
Finally, the rev is back in this rivalry.
At long last, the Georgia Bulldogs came to the \"Cocktail Party\" and served the Florida Gators a glass of humility, poured over cracked ice and broken dreams. Just like those Herschelesque days of yesteryear, the Bulldogs steamrolled Florida 42-30 and in the process crushed just about every goal the Gators hoped to attain this season.
The SEC title is all but gone.
Tim Tebow's Heisman campaign is on life support.
And, no, Gator fans, a three-loss team cannot win the national title.
Asked how it felt to lose to Georgia, Tebow just shook his head, grimaced and nearly broke into tears.
\"It hurts,\" the UF sophomore said. \"A lot.\"
\"This feels awful,\" Florida Coach Urban Meyer said after his first loss to Georgia.
Hey, fellas, welcome to the real Florida-Georgia. Contrary to what you might have thought, this rivalry is not all gumdrops and lollipops.
Now you know what all those old-time Gators are talking about when they tell you those gruesome horror stories about losing to Georgia 75-0 and 51-0 and 44-0.
And now you know what it feels like to have your own version of \"Fourth-and-Dumb.\" Can you believe on fourth-and-2 from the Georgia 25 early in the fourth quarter, the Gators actually called a double reverse that resulted in a broken play and 3-yard loss?
And now you know what it feels like to see a red-and-black No. 24 running away from your defense. Except this No. 24 wasn't named Lindsay Scott. He was named Knowshon Moreno, and he ran for 188 yards and three touchdowns Saturday. And somewhere legendary Georgia radio voice Larry Munson screamed hoarsely, \"Run, Knowshon, Run.\"
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And that's why Richt ordered his team to celebrate after the first touchdown Saturday, even if it meant getting a penalty. He wanted to change the culture, drum up some passion. \"The definition of insanity,\" Richt said afterward, \"is that if you keep doing what you've been doing, you'll keep getting what you've been getting.
