Last weekend was particularly difficult for me. Georgia Tech beat FSU on a last second blocked field goal attempt and returned for a touchdown with no time left essentially. *SIGH* It was bad enough that my husband's team, GT, won. But what followed the game, honestly, made me a little disgusted.
My husband, blissfully asleep during said last play of the game, had no idea until the morning what the final score was at the end of the game. In fact, he didn't even have to turn on Sportscenter. All he had to do was look at his phone. 3 Congratulatory text Messages. 2 from Gator fans. 1 from a Ga Tech fan (technically doesn't count because it was his dad. LOL). FSU hadn't lost a ACC conference game in almost 3 yrs. so it stung a little.
So Friday in my office someone said "Who are you rooting for this weekend?" and seeing my FSU shirt backtracked and said "oh that's right. You are a FSU fan so your probably cheering for Georgia!"
Not so fast. I usually cheer for Florida. I know. Why would I want to do something like that? They do nothing but torture me and even when we went to they Natty, they cheered for Auburn citing SEC loyalty. What do they call the enemy of my enemy? My friend. So I need Georgia to lay down every year.
Just so we can gain some perspective, let's talk about Florida-Georgia and it's rivalry. The rivalry began (depending on who you talk to, for sake of argument we'll take the Gators side) November 6, 1915 in Jacksonville with a Georgia win. Yeah you read that right 1915. Some 43 yrs from the time of the first Florida-Florida State game. The game has also been consistently played in Jacksonville every year since 1933. The record is (according to Florida records) Georgia leads the rivalry 49-42-2.
Historically speaking, Florida-Florida State began "Officially" in November 22, 1958. There's some talk about the Florida Men's Seminary school but I'm not counting that. Florida leads the rivalry 34-23-2. Now I did not take into account the Bowl games, because we are strictly speaking of the "game at the end of November".
Why do I need Georgia to lay down? Because if Florida wins, FSU has a 60% chance of beating Florida Thanksgiving weekend. I know that's only 10% more than a 50/50 chance, but I'll take it. Go Gators (Florida-Georgia weekend only).
Unconquered.
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