10 years after, Florida players fondly recall back-to-back championships

InstiGATOR1 · Mar 24, 2017

I found this article and thought it was great reading waiting for the game tonight. Read the excerpt and then click on the link. The excerpt is from early in the piece but not the very beginning.

Over the course of the 2006 and 2007 NCAA tournaments, Florida went 12-0, outscoring its dozen opponents by an average of 15 points per game, with only four wins coming by single digits, and one of those — a 57-53 victory over Georgetown in the 2006 Sweet 16 — coming by fewer than seven points.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ndly-recall-back-to-back-championships-032317

78 · Mar 24, 2017

It wasn't just the back to backs. It was the back to backs coupled with two football titles in a span of three years. We were sitting on top of the world. I remember thinking I better enjoy this while it lasts.

MJMGator · Mar 24, 2017

Legends!

TheDouglas78 · Mar 24, 2017

Not only were they great players, they were likable guys.

LeeForThree · Mar 24, 2017

InstiGATOR1 said:
I found this article and thought it was great reading waiting for the game tonight. Read the excerpt and then click on the link. The excerpt is from early in the piece but not the very beginning.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ndly-recall-back-to-back-championships-032317

Great find!!!!!!!!!

MidwestChomp · Mar 24, 2017

Greatest team in ncaa history!

T REX · Mar 24, 2017

Nantz: The Gators...as good as it gets!

LighthouseGator · Mar 24, 2017

'78 said:
It wasn't just the back to backs. It was the back to backs coupled with two football titles in a span of three years. We were sitting on top of the world. I remember thinking I better enjoy this while it lasts.

Just last night I was looking at the Sports Illustrated I saved from those halcyon days. It is split down the vertical middle with Brewer on the left and Leak on the right with the headline "Year of the Gators":

T REX · Mar 24, 2017

MidwestChomp · Mar 24, 2017

LighthouseGator said:
Just last night I was looking at the Sports Illustrated I saved from those halcyon days. It is split down the vertical middle with Brewer on the left and Leak on the right with the headline "Year of the Gators":

Don't forget Emmitt won Dancing with the stars in 2006!

MidwestChomp · Mar 24, 2017

T REX said:
Nantz: The Gators...as good as it gets!

T REX said:

Does anyone else get emotional watching those. Especially the first one where Noah is chomping at the end. Or in 2007 when the Oregon cheerleaders are shaking their arses?

Durty South Swamp · Mar 24, 2017

T REX said:
Nantz: The Gators...as good as it gets!

Man, i cant watch that without getting choked up. I also love the part where that Adam Morrison douchebag is crying like a little #####.

Durty South Swamp · Mar 24, 2017

Sheesh, i watched the second one... now im crying like a little #### :lol:

Watching those brings back a small taste of what it felt like to be a champion.

TheDouglas78 · Mar 24, 2017

LighthouseGator said:
Just last night I was looking at the Sports Illustrated I saved from those halcyon days. It is split down the vertical middle with Brewer on the left and Leak on the right with the headline "Year of the Gators":

I have a bookshelf that is only gator stuff and gator books. Have everyone of the sports illustrateds on our championships on them. Started reading tales of the swamp to my 3 year old daughter recently as bed time stories.

LeeForThree · Mar 24, 2017

MidwestChomp said:
Does anyone else get emotional watching those. Especially the first one where Noah is chomping at the end. Or in 2007 when the Oregon cheerleaders are shaking their arses?

Those are 2 different emotions right

LighthouseGator · Mar 24, 2017

TheDouglas78 said:
I have a bookshelf that is only gator stuff and gator books. Have everyone of the sports illustrateds on our championships on them. Started reading tales of the swamp to my 3 year old daughter recently as bed time stories.

That's awesome! I may use that idea for my kids.

TheDouglas78 · Mar 24, 2017

LighthouseGator said:
That's awesome! I may use that idea for my kids.

it's a group of short stories, so it keeps her interest to get through each one.

T REX · Mar 24, 2017

Durty South Swamp said:
Sheesh, i watched the second one... now im crying like a little ####

Watching those brings back a small taste of what it felt like to be a champion.

And how special it is...good times.

stephenPE · Mar 24, 2017

InstiGATOR1 said:
I found this article and thought it was great reading waiting for the game tonight. Read the excerpt and then click on the link. The excerpt is from early in the piece but not the very beginning.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ndly-recall-back-to-back-championships-032317

Insta, you made my day. What a great story. I wish Lee and Noah had a few quotes but it was outstanding to read things about that run I had never heard about. I hope the guys can contact and chat our boys up if they get to the final four. They know what its all about and how to handle it.

GatorInKnox · Mar 24, 2017

On the front page this thread title read as: "10 years after, Florida players fondl..." and I was more than a little apprehensive to click on it. :lol:

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