From the eyes of a UF student: The day after

I’m sitting back on “The Couch” right now, as I’ve dubbed it. It’s the one I sat on last night, as UF dominated “the” Ohio State University. I guess it’s starting to set in, but I’m still waiting to wake up in a cold sweat.

Campus was buzzing today. I heard at least six people on their cell phones talking about the game. I was on campus for about four hours, but most of my day was spent watching the ESPN gurus eat pounds and pounds of crow. In one day, the Gators went from a lucky, undeserving, future whipping boy to easily the best team in the country. Apparently the experts make a living at spinning all the misstatements they make. It was nice to see a constant stream of orange and blue on the tube, though.

I’ve had fewer than 24 hours to ponder last night’s outcome, and it’s still hard to believe what happened. I tried to give credit to my blue and orange boxers (a gift from my FSU Seminole girlfriend, by the way), but I think that’s a stretch. I also thought it could be because I didn’t get a ticket to the game, which is probably more credible.

A bumper sticker I saw a few years ago probably describes it better than I ever could:

“God must be a Gator, because the sun is orange and the sky is blue.”