Orangesmokey
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Jumping the wall of the 1998 Florida game...was 20 rows up in the endzone where overtime was played...dead center of the crossbar.
Then the 1998 Arkansas game.
37 years old and been to more games than I can count since I was 4....just can't remember any other games in person that had more emotional energy nor more on the line than those 2 games.
Looking at this list makes me so sad what we've been the last decadeWins below are best. Losses/ties are some of most memorable.
85 Auburn
85 Ga Tech (6-6 tie)
86 Sugar Bowl Miami
86 Army (lost on blocked punt recovered for TD at end of game)
89 Auburn (Cobb Webb)
90 Auburn (tie)
90 Florida (45-3)
90 Bama (9-6) loss
90 Notre Dame (Rocket) loss
91 Florida loss - first visit to swamp
95 Bama 41-14
96 Citrus (Ohio St)
96 Bama
98 Florida
98 Arky
99 Fiesta (FSU)
04 Florida
06 Cal
1996
Wuerffel 4 TDs
Manning 4 INTs
for me, it was 2002.
the crowd that day wanted (and expected a blowout). spurrier was gone. tennessee beat florida the year before and, in truth, dominated the 2000 game despite losing. but, you could tell the stadium wanted revenge. that stadium wanted a chance to run up the score. losing was unthinkable.
florida had just gotten drilled by miami. game was at neyland and tennessee was ranked in the top 10, probably top 5 entering the day (don't recall the ranking).
took my father to the game. he'd never been to tennessee. we both expected a loss and to add insult to injury, we were going to/did get soaked by the rain.
it was 24-0 at the half. i heard language that day the would have made a sailor blush. it's a shame i couldn't write any of it down.
my father and i were happy and enjoyed something that we hadn't seen in years.....an unexpected win. we'd gotten used to being such heavy favorites, i forgot what it was like to be an underdog.
but, i never saw that many angry people leave a stadium. there is a difference between disappointment, shock and anger. that crowd was as ticked off as any crowd i had ever seen.
because of 2002 tennessee, 2002 georgia, and 2004 fsu, i can't really be too disrespectful of the zooker.
89 Auburn.............CobbWebb
Last game ever for UT at Legion Field.......97??
97 SEC champ game vs Auburn
1996
Wuerffel 4 TDs
Manning 4 INTs
I remember back then when Gator fans said Wawful would be a king once he went pro....and Manning would be a bum because he mentally couldn't win big games....which team is that guy playing on now? How about Tebow too? How about Manning winning that Super Bowl ring against that other Florida QB....what was his name.....Picksman? No Grossman...knew it had a bad sound to it...he just throws more picks than completions that guy :yes:
Looking at this list makes me so sad what we've been the last decade
Do you really think you are making a gator fan angry by naming players who didn't have good pro careers, but lit up Tennessee while in college?
Why don't you make fun of Brandon James and Alex Brown while you are at it?