So true, the officiating was horrendous. That game was amazing and the Swamp was soooo loud. But regardless of that, these Gators found a way to win.
Which brings me to my point...
It was a great atmosphere and yet I found that I was constantly fighting my inner demons of not trusting that good things would happen to us. See, in the past bad things happened to us when you didn't expect it or could even imagine such a thing could happen...it just happened.
Like our first game being cancelled for lightning last year, we could all see a storm rolling in from the East. The forecast was rain, and a lot of it. I had this premonition that the game would get called for lightning right when UT took their 13 point lead.
But it didn't.
So when UF pulled w/in 6 and had all the momentum, I thought the game would get called for lightning.
But it didn't.
And then when our final drive stalled and we faced 4th and 13, I thought for sure we would not convert, that we would come up just short.
But it didn't.
Even our PAT was nerve wracking. I thought the kick would get blocked.
But it didn't.
The final drive by UT, all the ups and downs of seeing two attempts at a game winning field goal, all the hope, all the possible disappointment. I thought for sure the game would swing back to UT.
But it didn't.
And so the take away is perhaps we are completely different. A new head coach, a new quarterback, a new sense of optimism, a new day!
And it is great.
to be.
A Florida Gator.
