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8 ♦ The Red and Black « Thursday, November 8, 1990
SPORTS
FANFARE
Florida football coach Steve Spurrier, when asked what, If any
strengths, do the current Georgia team possess:
"The biggest thing they've got going for them is tradition"
The South’s Top Dog barks
Editors note: The following is Gene
Williams’ column that ran this
* n The Daily Alligator, the
University of Florida’s student
newspaper.
An open letter to the students
(and I do use the term loosely) of
the University of Florida:
My name is Gene Willimas and I
am the resident Georgia football
beat writer for The Red and Black
newspaper. We at Georgia have
been asked by your noble campus
newspaper to briefly extol the vir
tues of your institution and football
program. I have accepted, and will
inform you of a few things you may
not have realized about Florida.
Bill Arnspargor’s 1989 list of
things to do.
Change Florida Field from arti
ficial turf to grass.
So the cheerleaders will stop
complaining about the lack of a
place to graze on campus.
Erect a statue and rename
Florida Field.
Florida Field is such a boring
name. Why not build a statue afler
a person Florida players respect
and emulate? Someone like Pete
Rose or Jimmy the Greek.
Paint a symbol representing the
University on the 50-yard line.
This symbol can be a recruiting
tool and show the dedication that
Florida has to develop the student-
athlete to his or her fullest poten
tial. The symbol Florida chose was
an “F” — the average cumulative
GPA of the 1990 football team.
Teams that can easily be con
fused with the Florida Gators.
Notre Dame
Florida fans can proudly hold
their heads up and say that the Ga
tors have won just as many SEC ti
tles as the Fighting Irish — which
of course is ZERO.
Clemson
Beside the obvious similarity of
student IQ level, both Clemson and
Florida have orange helmets and
orange shirts. How sweet,
matching Garanimal outfits so the
players won’t forget to put them
on.
Vanderbilt
Whoa, big mistake on my part.
Vand/s diplomas are made of
parchment, not the construction
p.i *r Florida gives.
laces where Florida hasn’t
bt « n in awhile.
K Jcw Orleans
Does Florida know what state
New Orleans is in? New Orleans is
Gene
Williams
the place where the SEC champion
hosts the Sugar Bowl on January
1. You know, that’s the game
played in the Superdome that you
Gator fans watch every New Year’s
Day at home while hosting the
Sharp’s beer keg party.
Athens, Georgia
It’s a good thing too. Since
Georgia plays Florida in the Gator
Bowl each season, it gives you
Florida Btudents your only chance
all season to watch your Gators
play in a major bowl.
The UPI Top 25
Since UPI doesn’t recognize
teams that are on probation,
Florida hasn’t been included in a
long, long time.
Suggestions to improve Flor
ida’s football fortunes.
Drop Miami
Sorry, Florida already did that
to save themselves the embarrass
ment of losing to yet another in
state rival.
Move to Division 1-AA
Does Florida know
what state New
Orleans is in?
Since Florida played those major
college powerhouses Furman and
Akron, why not drop the SEC
schedule and FSU and play even
more 1-AA schools. If Florida
hasn’t won a conference title in all
of these years, maybe they should
give someone else a chance. They
couldn’t do any worse.
Drop football
Things Florida should do to
best enjoy the Georgia-Florida
game.
Demand to pay a lower ticket
price.
For the past three seasons,
Florida fans nave failed to stay in
their seats and watch the entire
fourth quarter of a Georgia -
Florida game. Might as well pre
pare for it again this season and
demand not to pay full price for a
ticket.
Bring a VCR.
Watch a tape of the Auburn
game because it will probably be
the last win you'll get to enjoy over
a big rival this season.
Bring a Georgia shirt.
When Georgia wins the game,
you can put on a Bulldog shirt and
enjoy the feeling of walking out of
the Gator Bowl a winner. Maybe
you'll even get your first date, if
you take off the horned-rimmed
glasses first.
I sincerely appreciate the oppor
tunity to ridicule your school in the
same manner the Bulldogs have
done to your Gators nine out of the
past 11 years. Tell Albert the Alli
gator I said ‘'hello" and that UGA V
is waiting for his first chance to
hike his leg on him.
Later Days,
Gene Williams — affectionately
known around these parts as The
South’s Top Dog.
Words from Alligator’s mouth
Editor’s note: In the quest for better relations be
tween Georgia and Florida, The Red and Black and
The Daily Alligator decided to swap column's re
garding the upcoming cocktail party in Jackson
ville. While the students at Florida are currently
reading an accurate and biting analysis of the
Florida program by our beloved Gene Williams,
Georgia students can see the game with a Florida
perspective through the pen of The Daily Alligator’s
Matt Adams.
Let’s be honest. You don’t like us and we don’t
like you.
The Georgia-Florida rivalry has produced fist
fights and arrests, thrown beer and hurt feelings. A
few years ago, Florida’s mascot was beat up by a
bunch of UGA-ly fans. Given the chance, some
Florida fans would return the gesture, but that
bulldog probably smells too bad to approach.
It’s a game full of ugly, nasty gestures and
bleeding raw emotion — and one of the best things
about college football.
There’s an exhilaration that comes with such
passionate disgust. Hell, I hate Georgia so much I
even know the melody of your fight song, “I’ve Been
Working on the Railroad.”
However, in my attempts to write a scintillating
column to compete with the excitement of Ray
GofFs current football powerhouse, I put emotions
aside and leafed through Georgia’s media guide to
try to discover which Georgia player presents the
Gators’ toughest challenge.
It took some searching, but I eventually found a
worthy opponent.
John Kasay.
He’s a fine place kicker. Too bad we’ll only get to
see him perform once this year — unless he adds
punting to his repertoire.
Other than or John, I couldn’t find anyone to
mention other than that guy who got busted for
selling cocaine. I won’t go into that — I’m not a
cruel man.
But since stellar Georgia athletes seem absent
this year, maybe history itself presents a challenge.
For 58 years, Florida fans have been meeting their
Georgia counterparts for a weekend tryst in Jack
sonville.
In 36 of those years, Florida fans have left the
Gator Bowl disheartened and disillusioned — al
ways with earfuls of pleasantries from humble and
polite Georgia fans, noble and happy in victory.
Georgia has beaten Florida with superior teams,
inferior teams and some teams that didn’t even de
serve to be on the same field with the Gators.
Maybe the players got too drunk at the parties the
night before —or maybe the Gators just didn’t take
the Bulldogs seriously.
But whatever the reason — no matter how well
the season progressed for Georgia — the Dawgs in
evitably leave Jacksonville with a win.
Maybe you think, it’ll happen again this year?
Don’t kid yourself. We’re loaded. And we’re due.
Florida has the conference’s best offense, de
fense, its top-rated passer, its interception leader
and three running backs who could start anywhere
in the nation.
Georgia doesn’t have Vince Dooley.
To be fair, the Gators don’t have much of a
punting game, but heck, with Georgia’s defense we
probably won’t need it.
So instead of cheap shots (they'd just be too easy)
about the threatened loss of academic accredita
tion, assorted alleged felonies by players and the
rumors (gasp, shudder) of recruiting violations. Ill
just give Georgia fans some advice.
Drive to Jacksonville, start drinking and enjoy
the pre-game festivities. Yell “hunker down,” (what
does that mean, anyway?) a whole bunch before
kickoff. Let it all (including beer guts) hang out.
But save some booze for after the game.Youll
need a beer to cry in.
Florida 28 Georgia 0
And have a nice, long drive back to Athens.
Veteran Dogs reminisce about the 1980 Gator slaughter
By MATTHEW BROWN
Sports Writer
November 8, 1980. For some, a
typical Saturday afternoon. But
not to Georgia Bulldog fans.
On this day in Jacksonville, 10
years ago today, coach Vince
Dooley brought his 8-0 Georgia
squad to the Gator Bowl to take on
Charley Pell and the 6-1 Florida
Gators. This particular game not
only had bearing on the South-
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national picture as well.
By the day’s end, the phrase
“Belue to Scott” became engraved
in to the memories of faithful
Georgia fans forever.
Georgia Bulldog faithful will cel
ebrate the 10th anniversary of the
legendary Buck Belue to Lindsay
Scott 93-yard touchdown pass this
weekend, when Georgia and
Florida renew their hated rivalry
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outdoor cocktail party in Jackson
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Georgia came into the game
ranked No. 4 in the nation and first
in the SEC (4-0), while the Gators
posted a No. 20 ranking and were
second in the conference (3-1).
The first three quarters of the
game belonged to the Dogs, who
held a commanding 20-10 lead
going into the fourth quarter. But
things began to fall apart. Florida
struck for 11 unanswered points
and went ahead 21-20 with time
running out. Then, the miracle
happened.
Following a Gator punt that
went to the Georgia nine-yard line,
the Bulldogs were faced with a
third down and 12 situation. Only
1:23 remained.
On a play designed just to get a
first down, Buck Belue called an
18-yard pass pattern with Scott,
the primary reciever.
“We had a linebacker between
us, so I hnd to direct him to an open
spot,” said Belue, who was 7-16 for
145 yards passing on the day. “I
pointed at an area for him to stop
and when he did, the linebacker
kept moving, leaving him wide
open.”
What resulted set the Georgia
record for the longest touchdown
pass of 93 yards. It put the Bull
dogs ahead for good, 26-21.
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Veteran Georgia radio man
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transpired in front of the 68,528
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“Florida was stacked up on the
line to stop Herschel (Walker). If it
weren’t for a little nudging, half
block by Nat Hudson on a pass
rusher three feet from Buck, he
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The win propelled the Bulldogs
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By January 2, the Bulldogs were
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Those involved have fond mem
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“I have never been in an earth
quake before, but this came close,”
said Belue. " The ground shook
that day.”
“It was my chance to contribute
something positive to the ball
club,” said Scott, who had two re
ceptions in the game for 114 yards.
‘That was the personality of that
team. Someone different came
through all year. My time was in
Jacksonville.”
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