Ron: Florida Gators vs. South Carolina Gamecocks

[SlideRuleEra]

In this Saturday's (American) football game, please see if you can get Florida to take it easy on the Gamecocks. Coach Steve Spurrier's team is having a really BAD year!

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[BigH]

No one can be having a worse year than the Cornell Big Red . . .

 

[SlideRuleEra]

BigH - Must be a lot of bad football luck going around this year.

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[BigH]

Hey all. I can now state with certainty that Cornell has broken their winless streak and have a 1 game winning streak in tow - we beat Columbia 30-27 to capture the Empire State Bowl! Hey OldestGuy -

Far above Cayuga's waters,
With its waves of blue,
Stands our noble Alma Mater,
Glorious to view.

Refrain
Lift the chorus, speed it onward,
Loud her praises tell;
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater!
Hail, all hail, Cornell!

Far above the busy humming
Of the bustling town,
Reared against the arch of heaven,
Looks she proudly down.

Refrain

 

[JAE]

BigH - I don't know. We Iowa State Cyclone fans are pretty low right now in the Big 12.

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[SlideRuleEra]

South Carolina 23
Florida 20
...in overtime.

Maybe football games really are just luck.

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[BigH]

Another interesting game was the Notre Dame vs Northwestern. I actually got to watch it (up at 0430h to start) but had to go to work before it ended - with ND up and no way Northwestern could win. Then I read that NW actually did win so luckily I had a chance to watch a replay. Talk about stupidity - with 1'30" left, NW had no time outs and ND could have just kneeled three times - but they ran the ball and the runner fumbled! NW ball and they went down and their kicker who had never kicked a field goal in the season until this game over 30 yards hit a 46 yarder to tie it (he had a 31 yarder earlier in the game). OT and ND field goal kicker - one of the most accurate in the country missed his second of the game. NW's guy, then proceeding to kick a 45 yard one to win in OT - WAY TO GO NORTHWESTERN! (A little hint - I can't stand Notre Dame winning!)

But it was a good game!

 

[Ron]

SRE.....not the "year of the Gator"!! Sorry I missed your post.

I never worry too much about Spurrier. He can have a mediocre year then come back and be a title contender. He moans and whines a lot, but he's a hell of a coach!

My son goes to FSU. I'm amazed at how many times they have rebounded in the games this season....should have lost a couple at least......and then there's Jameis Winston!

Who knows....maybe the Gators will do it on Saturday against FSU!

 

[SlideRuleEra]

Ron - No worry. Its been a while since I logged onto ET. Last week Spurrier announced that he would coach for 3 more years. He will be seventy in the spring.

I see that Florida made a respectable showing against FSU this year.

As for the Gamecocks... the famous "Chicken Curse" is still alive and well.

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[BigH]

I had a chance to watch Ohio State vs Wisconsin . . . had a terrific football induced headache (don't worry, I make up many times over with work to counter the 4 hours spent watching the game). I was happy indeed! Now bring on 'Bama!