FloridaGatorforLife
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is no longer Gator bait.
It’s a long way from making up for all the grief that Florida has dished out to Ohio State over the last year, but the Buckeyes got a tiny measure of revenge Saturday with a 62-49 victory over the Gators.
It was a rematch of the schools in last year’s national championship games in basketball and football. The Gators won those matchups handily.
Ohio State figured it owed Florida. After all, the Gators didn’t just beat the Buckeyes twice last year on the court — 86-60 in Gainesville in the regular season and 84-75 in the national title game in Atlanta — but also put a 41-14 beatdown on the football team in last January’s national championship game in Glendale, Ariz.
Florida came in averaging 83 points but never came close to getting untracked offensively as Ohio State’s defense set the tempo throughout.
The place was primed for some payback, with a capacity crowd lustily booing the Gators at every opportunity. Several fans in the Ohio State student section wore crude, self-scrawled T-shirts with obscenities directed at Florida. The crowd waved red glow sticks when the lights were turned down for the introduction of the starting lineups, and several fans were less that welcoming when coach Billy Donovan strode onto the court before the game.
The teams were mere shadows of those that squared off in the finals last April 2 in the Georgia Dome. The teams had eight players taken in the NBA draft, including five of the top 10 picks.
http://gatorsports.com/article/20071222/NEWS/149189145/1056
I am not worried about the future. I think most of us knew we would have rough spots this year. After this year, the next couple of years should be awesome.
Go Gators!
It’s a long way from making up for all the grief that Florida has dished out to Ohio State over the last year, but the Buckeyes got a tiny measure of revenge Saturday with a 62-49 victory over the Gators.
It was a rematch of the schools in last year’s national championship games in basketball and football. The Gators won those matchups handily.
Ohio State figured it owed Florida. After all, the Gators didn’t just beat the Buckeyes twice last year on the court — 86-60 in Gainesville in the regular season and 84-75 in the national title game in Atlanta — but also put a 41-14 beatdown on the football team in last January’s national championship game in Glendale, Ariz.
Florida came in averaging 83 points but never came close to getting untracked offensively as Ohio State’s defense set the tempo throughout.
The place was primed for some payback, with a capacity crowd lustily booing the Gators at every opportunity. Several fans in the Ohio State student section wore crude, self-scrawled T-shirts with obscenities directed at Florida. The crowd waved red glow sticks when the lights were turned down for the introduction of the starting lineups, and several fans were less that welcoming when coach Billy Donovan strode onto the court before the game.
The teams were mere shadows of those that squared off in the finals last April 2 in the Georgia Dome. The teams had eight players taken in the NBA draft, including five of the top 10 picks.
http://gatorsports.com/article/20071222/NEWS/149189145/1056
I am not worried about the future. I think most of us knew we would have rough spots this year. After this year, the next couple of years should be awesome.
Go Gators!
