From the eyes of a UF student: Getting antsy

I’m in the middle of an 11-hour football marathon. It started at noon today with the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and will end somewhere about 11 when the Dallas- Seattle game is over. Despite what should be a relaxing day of football and food, I’m getting anxious.

The national championship is now about 45 hours away, and I think I’ve read every consonant and every vowel that’s been written about the game. I am to the point now that I instinctively mute Kirk Herbstreit. It’s like a reflex. I listened to him talk for a month about how much Michigan deserved to be in the game instead of UF. For some reason, I haven’t heard that since their 32-18 loss on Jan. 1. If ESPN’s College GameDay makes a trip to Gainesville next year, I wouldn’t want to be him.

For now, I’ll walk around the house like an expectant father, checking the Internet every 10 minutes for any scrap of news I can find. This game can’t get here soon enough.