Big Ten meets SEC, and it ain't pretty
The game is over and here’s the headline: Wow, it wasn’t really a game.
Call me biased because I went to Tennessee. Fine. But it was clear early on that the guys from the Big Ten just didn’t know what they were in for. A season spent blowing out weak teams doesn’t prepare you like the SEC gauntlet does.
I was on the field after the game. My assignment from Times-Union sports writers Mike DiRocco and Garry Smits (see their stories in today’s paper) was to talk to as many defensive players as possible about how the Gators seemed to so easily shut down OSU QB and Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith.
Their answers varied but there was a common denominator: Smith simply hadn’t faced SEC caliber competition. “He tried to keep a smile on his face but after a while you could see he was rattled,” Gator defensive end Jarvis Moss told a group of reporters. “And pretty soon he wasn’t smiling no more.”
As I write this I’m sitting on a bus that’s hauling reporters and photographers back to their hotels, and my cell phone is ringing off the hook. First Coast Gator fans who complained about arrogant Buckeye fans earlier today are letting me know how good it feels to prove them wrong.
Michelle Nixon, a Jacksonville fitness consultant who had great seats for the game, was the first to call. “From the git-go I told everyone: Ohio State, there’s no defense. I’m telling you we’re unstoppable.”
Hey, I’m a Vols fan so there's no argument from me on that. And while I'm impressed at the Gators' victory, I'm even happier to remember they beat Tennessee by only 1 point.
Congrats, Gator Nation. Savor the victory.
Jeff
Call me biased because I went to Tennessee. Fine. But it was clear early on that the guys from the Big Ten just didn’t know what they were in for. A season spent blowing out weak teams doesn’t prepare you like the SEC gauntlet does.
I was on the field after the game. My assignment from Times-Union sports writers Mike DiRocco and Garry Smits (see their stories in today’s paper) was to talk to as many defensive players as possible about how the Gators seemed to so easily shut down OSU QB and Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith.
Their answers varied but there was a common denominator: Smith simply hadn’t faced SEC caliber competition. “He tried to keep a smile on his face but after a while you could see he was rattled,” Gator defensive end Jarvis Moss told a group of reporters. “And pretty soon he wasn’t smiling no more.”
As I write this I’m sitting on a bus that’s hauling reporters and photographers back to their hotels, and my cell phone is ringing off the hook. First Coast Gator fans who complained about arrogant Buckeye fans earlier today are letting me know how good it feels to prove them wrong.
Michelle Nixon, a Jacksonville fitness consultant who had great seats for the game, was the first to call. “From the git-go I told everyone: Ohio State, there’s no defense. I’m telling you we’re unstoppable.”
Hey, I’m a Vols fan so there's no argument from me on that. And while I'm impressed at the Gators' victory, I'm even happier to remember they beat Tennessee by only 1 point.
Congrats, Gator Nation. Savor the victory.
Jeff
posted by Jeff at
1:24 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Jeff what happened to your UT boys when PSU smacked them down. This was one game and yes Florida deserved to win and won convincingly. But this does not prove anything when it comes to SEC vs Big Ten. Arkansas also lost to Wiscy so I guess it was BT 2 little SEC 1. You know OSU beat PSU 28-7 so comparing scores like you lost to UF by 1 doesn't mean a thing because PSU beat you by 10 so I guess that means OSU would have beat you by 31 if you use that logic. Celebrate a great win for UF but don't blow it out of proportion
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