It's great to be a Florida Gator

Two years ago and one day I last said this: It's great to be a Florida Gator!!!

Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators!

Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators!

Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators!

"...it's great...to be...a Flor-ida Ga-tor...yes it's great...to be...a Flor-ida Ga-tor...yes it's great..."

Just in case you're abysmally ignorant, the Gators (we) just won the national championship against the Sooners in an awesome fight.

On the BCS

The Hokies victory yesterday meant both of my teams may win their BCS bowls. Also, a note of analysis from the game showed me just how important defense is up against a good passing offense. Basically after losing Murray I think OU has a weake run option left, despite contrary assertions. After watching Cin give up 4 interceptions, I really think the Gators' D will win the game because Bradford hasn't been passing against such speedy defenders. The caveat is of course that Bradford's accuracy is much higher than Pike's and his wide outs are probably a lot better too. I also think that the OU defense won't contain our offense, and so we may have a pretty high score.

My prediction: Gators 45 - 27

The gods are smiling on me

They must be:

My healthy little boy is getting cuter and chubbier every day.

My candidate won the election. Change is coming.


My Gators won the SEC East. They should be ranked #3 today, and will likely be in the BCS Championship Game when they beat Alabama in the SEC Conference Championship. (Certainly so if Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma in two weeks.)

New IPCC report, politics & football

But it's all a hoax!!

As early as 2020, 75 million to 250 million people in Africa will suffer water shortages, residents of Asia's megacities will be at great risk of river and coastal flooding, Europeans can expect extensive species loss, and North Americans will experience longer and hotter heat waves and greater competition for water, the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says.

Keep your eye on this hot new item on Clinton supposedly having dirt on Obama.

Dammit, no SEC championship for UF, despite my prognostications else wise. Even if UT loses next week against UK and UGA loses against GT, it won't make a difference. The good news is, Tebow's Heisman talk is heating up. Also in good news, the Hokies are pounding on the 'Canes.

Buckeyes: Gator Bait!

I asked, and they answered -- meet the 2006 Men's NCAA I-A Basketball and Football national champions: the Florida Gators!

All the smack-talk about the crushing that we were going to receive, besides a little foresight by Lee Corso, made it so very fine. The stats don't lie, we made that little nut (the Buckeye) into Gator Bait and gobbled it down. OSU averaged over 400 yds offense per game, and we held them to 82 yards. They had never given up 41 points under "Mr. Sweater Vest" -- Jim Tressel.

The story in pictures, courtesy Gainesville.com and Gatorsports.com --

-- Leak humiliates Mr. Heisman, going 25/36 for 213 yds, 1TD, and 0 INT, against Smith's 4/14 for 35 yds, 0 TD, and 1 INT:

...and becomes the QB we'd all been waiting, and hoping, for in his very last game

-- the Gator defense crushes Troy Smith:

again...
and again...

-- touchdowns:

...the sole province of UF [almost], as Tebow demonstrates
...and Harvin

...and Baker -- another play-maker with a passing TD
...and don't forget Bubba with another passing TD

Heitland's resurrection from the dead:

...twice breaking his longest season field goal on the night it mattered most.

It was beautiful. I nearly cried myself to sleep with tears of joy. While others in the Gator Nation:

...felt like getting some exercise afterwards
...or just having a good time smack-dab in the middle of University Avenue

Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators!

Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators!

Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators! Go Gators!

"...it's great...to be...a Flor-ida Ga-tor...yes it's great...to be...a Flor-ida Ga-tor...yes it's great..."
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