Best Gator game ever seen live?

[GatorJ]

I take back the Tennessee game as being the worst ever. It was definitely the Georgia Southern game. It's the only game I ever took my kids to. I'm taking them to one this year. We'll see how it plays out…

 

[ATXGator]

I got kicked out of the UT rain game but snuck back in. The cop had every right to shoot me for the drunken insults I was launching at him.
The Cock Block had to be the instantaneous loudest.
And I got so drunk before the Tebow v FSU game that I spent the 2nd half in the restroom hugging a toilet but at least I could hear what was happening.
In the early Spurrier years with Shane Mathews it was soo damn fun to be at those games. SHAAAAANNNNE!
And I'll add any of the UGA games that we had them emptying the stands in the 3rd quarter but I'd have to look up what years those were.

Hall of shame games:
The 1980 Schnellenberger FG game.
1984 Again Miami. In Tampa. It was a wild game but Kosar pulled it off in the end. I hate losing to Miami more than any other team.
The Swindle.
And Spurrier's last game v UT.

I was at that game also. It was a wild game!

I was also at the Cock Block game and while I would say the 97 game was the loudest Florida game I have been to, the Cock Block was the "instantaneous loudest".

 

[ChiefGator]

I have not seen that many live but here goes

Our SEC championship game were we beat Bama.

Tebow's last game.

 

[MidwestChomp]

I could watch the over and over and over

 

[soflagator]

Nice thread.

In no particular order, I'd put my top 10 as follows:

'97 fsu--Probably as complete a game as it gets. Rivalry, implications, last second plays. Has it all.
'91 fsu--Great slugfest, was on the sidelines and the Swamp was absolutely electric.
'93 uga--Got pneumonia, but had a blast. The timeout just ripped their hearts out...again.
'02 uga--Zero smack talk from our side. I believe the last night game, and just an epic meltdown from them.
'08 uga--I'm not usually into dry-humping, but there's a time and place. That was it.
'95 ut--Lots of fun, inexplicable second half.
'15 ut--Frustrating at times, but a solid game with an epic finish.
'94 SECCG--Awesome environment, classic Spurrier game.
'91 Uk--Often overlooked. Secured our first official SEC. Great evening for the old timers who'd been due for some time.
'94 uga--Just a beating with some freakish plays. Plus we were abusing Muschamp, making it that much better.

Worst
'94 Aub--Maybe the quietest exit from BHG I've ever witnessed.
'03 fsu--Swindle
'13 gsu--Ashamed to say I had my son at that game. Just terrible.
'87@Vu--Vintage 80's UF football.

 

[Fishon]

My favorite live games:
2000 - vs LSU, Rexy's first start and we crush Saban 41-9
2000 - vs cocks, we go down 21-3 in the 1st qtr but climb all the back before halftime. Scoring included a TD catch from Tommy Moody (OG) and Lito taking a punt to the house (Lito!Lito!)

2008/9 - vs Oklahoma, for the BCS championship. doesn't get much better

2001, 2005, 2007, 2009 vs FSU. Every time we beat them at home is a great time
2015 - vs UT

 

[AlexDaGator]

Yes, what a season at home '91 was. Bama, Tennessee, and FSU were all great games to be at. The 2006 "Cockblock" game might be my first choice for game I wish I had seen in person.

'91 was an amazing year for home games.

The Cockblock game had a great ending, but for the first 3 quarters it wasn't that special. It was the OBC in the Swamp and an important game but the Cocks weren't hated rivals, we had no idea we'd be playing for a championship at the end of the year, and the crowd wasn't frenzied the whole game. We were hoping for Atlanta. '91 FSU and Tennessee and '97 FSU...the air was electric before kickoff and nobody sat the entire game...the whole game was life or death. Cockblock game built up, slowly, and then got super-intense at the very end. The block might be the loudest single moment in Swamp history but from beginning to end, it's not one of the top 5 games in the Swamp.

Alex.

 

[Zambo]

86 comeback over Auburn. Rained all day. The student section was a sweaty, wet, loud, drunken orgy of excitement. Cup wars, passing girls "over the top," the smell of Jim Beam and coke everywhere, 250 people crammed into a 150 seat block, people fighting and making out and screaming and passed out asleep. Pretty much a petri dish of everything that goes into the college experience. Lots of people got laid that night I can tell you.

 

[Gator by the Sea]

You're absolutely right about those FSU and Tennessee games... the atmosphere was electric from the opening kickoff (before that, actually) to the very end and no one ever sat. I guess it would just be nice to have been in the Swamp for the moment of that last block against SC. It was pretty cool though watching at the Wild Wing Cafe in Savannah. I was surrounded by dozens of Gator haters who were completely deflated as my wife and I celebrated wildly! And she actually called the block before it happened!

 

[stephenPE]

69 Houston game. Super sophs show what they got.
my first bowl game that year and we beat UT the SEC champs (Ray Graves last game as coach) in the Gator Bowl
Beating WV in that Sugar Bowl when they were undefeated.
Beating Cal in Tampa after the 0-10-1 year. FINALLY showed some offense. btw hottest game I ever sat through.

 

[AlexDaGator]

86 comeback over Auburn. Rained all day. The student section was a sweaty, wet, loud, drunken orgy of excitement. Cup wars, passing girls "over the top," the smell of Jim Beam and coke everywhere, 250 people crammed into a 150 seat block, people fighting and making out and screaming and passed out asleep. Pretty much a petri dish of everything that goes into the college experience. Lots of people got laid that night I can tell you.

I posted this about that game about 100 years ago on the GSMB:

I may be getting older, but I'll never, ever forget that Auburn game. It was, without a doubt, the greatest moment in Gator , if not American, history.

The Gator offense was inept that day. Auburn jumped out to a huge, insurmountable lead. The O&B faithful despaired. Then, a desperate Galen Hall picked up his emergency red telephone and called the ER at Shands. He gritted his teeth and simply said "Bring me Bell." To the horror of his physicians, Kerwin demanded that an ambulance immediately transport him to the stadium.

Kerwin didn't start because he was on crutches that day. You see, he had broken his leg in an earlier game giving his all for the Gators. He was in a full cast from hip all the way down to his foot. Gangrene had set in and the leg was due to be amputated later that day. It didn't matter to Kerwin. The Gators needed him, and he wasn't going to let them down.

Galen called a timeout so the hospital helicopter could land at midfield and drop Kerwin off. Florida had the ball on their own 1 foot line, with .0001 seconds left on the clock. Kerwin's positioned his wheel chair under center and called the last play of the game. He took the snap with his teeth and used both hands roll the wheelchair back. Auburn blitzed their entire defense. Bell juked two defenders, rolled over a third, then, just before being sacked for a safety, he launched a prayer of a hail mary downfield.

Alas, his WR had fallen down the ball was fluttering down, destined to fall incomplete. But, from nowhere, Bell's powerful arms drove his wheelchair toward the spot where the ball was falling. At the last second, he made a fingertip catch to keep the play alive, but the entire Auburn offense, defense, the 1972 Dolphins, and the entire Stanford band was between him and the endzone. On that day, however, Bell would not be denied. He spun the wheelchair around, juking Auburn players while kicking up a rooster tail of dirt and grass in his wake. He drove his wheelchair over and around defenders until he got to the 5 yard line. At that moment, he was stopped by Dolphins middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti and a trombone player.

Knowing there was no way to get around these last two defenders, Kerwin clutched the ball with his left hand and used his pocketknife to saw off his own broken leg. He used the leg (still encased in the cast) to hit Nick upside his head. He swung his leg back the other way and drove the trombone all the way through the poor band geek's skull until 3 feet of the instrument was sticking out of the back of his head.

WIth the way ahead finally cleared, Kerwin hopped up on his one good leg and completed the last five yards into the endzone. The referees consulted and decided to award the Gators 27 1/2 points for the play, giving the Gators a 1/2 point win.

Yup--so help me, that's EXACTLY the way it happened or my name isn't William Jefferson Clinton.

The real story is that Bell was injured (bum wheel) and didn't expect to play. Offense was inept in the first half. Pell called Bell's number and he led us to 2 TD drives, the last with 36 seconds left. Extra point ties but Pell decides to go for the win. Here you go:




Alex.

 

[TheDouglas78]

I posted this about that game about 100 years ago on the GSMB:


The real story is that Bell was injured (bum wheel) and didn't expect to play. Offense was inept in the first half. Pell called Bell's number and he led us to 2 TD drives, the last with 36 seconds left. Extra point ties but Pell decides to go for the win. Here you go:




Alex.

As I said in my post, listed this game as best game ever in the swamp.

 

[Zambo]

I don't know why but it seems like in all my earliest memories of Gator games in the swamp, its raining that day.

 

[NavetG8r]

I don't know why but it seems like in all my earliest memories of Gator games in the swamp, its raining that day.

Did you only get to go to the games your mother didn't want to go to too?

 

[Buckman2000]

My favorite game live was FSU '97. What a game! I lost my voice during that game. The atmosphere after the game at the clubs on university ave was just electric. Great f'n game!!!

 

[Marianna-FL_Gator]

08 UGA is at the top for me

 

[78]

The most amazing swing of emotions you can imagine -- from improbable come-from-behind upset victory to the most heartbreaking loss imaginable, all over the course of the final 1:30, the only loss we would experience the entiiiiiire 1984 season.



Soaped-up cars parading around Tampa Stadium before the game:

AIDS IS A CANE IN THE ASS
KOSAR IS A QUEER

UF-Miami was the bomb back then.

 

[BNAG8R]

2007, Clowns in The Swamp. It was the first game my then 11 yr old daughter had been to in Gainesville (she had been to a couple Vandy games in Nashville). We were home for thanksgiving, and thought we'd drive over and see if we could get some scalp tickets. No luck until about 10 min before kickoff, and some guy walks up and says "is this your daughter?" (Creepy question). He then said "these tickets were for me and my daughter, but she couldn't make it, so I figured a dad and daughter should use them. 40 yd line, Row 15 - he wouldn't take more than face for them.

If you recall, that was the game that Tebow clinched the Heisman, and the stadium was absolutely rocking.

While it wasn't the biggest or most competitive or most important or loudest game I've been to..it was the best game I've been to. Seeing the look on her face, losing her voice with the rest of us, watching Timmy fking steamroll that bigmouth turd early in the game...just awesome. She became a Gator that day...and now she's starting her junior year this fall.

It's great to be a Florida Gator!

 

[MJMGator]

82 Miami game that James Jones caught that miracle, back-peddling, one-handed touchdown.
84 Cocktail Party. 27-0 Gators. Goal line stand and the bomb to Nattiel. We were due!
94 SECG. 24-23 Gators in the Dome over Bama.
95 UT. Blew those m'fers out 62-37 after 7 straight TDs. Peyton NEVER beat the Gators!
97 FSU in the Swamp. Loudest game I've ever been to. Spoiled their NC hopes.
08 SECG. Tebow brought us back with pin-point accuracy on 3rd downs. Bama couldn't believe it.

Worst game I can recall has to be "Run, Lindsey, Run!" Fck those fcking leg humping SOBs!

 

[GatorBart]

2007, Clowns in The Swamp. It was the first game my then 11 yr old daughter had been to in Gainesville (she had been to a couple Vandy games in Nashville). We were home for thanksgiving, and thought we'd drive over and see if we could get some scalp tickets. No luck until about 10 min before kickoff, and some guy walks up and says "is this your daughter?" (Creepy question). He then said "these tickets were for me and my daughter, but she couldn't make it, so I figured a dad and daughter should use them. 40 yd line, Row 15 - he wouldn't take more than face for them.

If you recall, that was the game that Tebow clinched the Heisman, and the stadium was absolutely rocking.

While it wasn't the biggest or most competitive or most important or loudest game I've been to..it was the best game I've been to. Seeing the look on her face, losing her voice with the rest of us, watching Timmy fking steamroll that bigmouth turd early in the game...just awesome. She became a Gator that day...and now she's starting her junior year this fall.

It's great to be a Florida Gator!

Took my wife to both Tebow vs. FSU games in the Swamp - the clowns scored one TD in 05, then nothing but FGs in 07.
Those were her first two Gator games.