HOOVER — In a league filled with intriguing rivalries, a sample of the SEC’s media thinks the Nov. 1 game between Florida and Georgia in Jacksonville, Fla., will carry the most significance.
The Gators topped the Bulldogs in the media projections released Friday morning. Out of 70 votes, Florida was selected by 36 as the overall [...]
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Fans Already Looking Towards Jacksonville
Courtesy of USA Today:
HOOVER, Ala. — If there’s a game Georgia and Florida football fans have grown used to looking forward to it is the annual showdown in Jacksonville, Fla.
But imagine the hype that could be coming this year? There’s a decent chance the Nov. 1 game will decide the SEC East champion, the SEC [...]
More on “celebration-gate”: Richt says Georgia’s win is what spiced up rivalry
Courtesy of ESPN.com:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Can’t Nov. 1 just go ahead and get here?
That’s the date Florida and Georgia resume their annual rivalry, and judging by some of the back-and-forth rhetoric the last two days at the SEC media days, it ought to be more entertaining than ever.
Georgia’s celebration and dance party in Florida’s end [...]
Judge refuses to reduce sentence in killing after football game
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A judge has refused to shorten the sentence of a Jacksonville man convicted in a fatal beating after the 2005 Georgia-Florida football game.
Jeremy Alan Lane, 24, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of aggravated battery.
He had been charged with second-degree murder in the death of [...]
Richt on “Celebration-Gate”: In hindsight, end zone celebration was wrong
IS THIS STORY NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY? ESPN.COM IS NOW REFERRING TO IT AS “CELEBRATION-GATE”! Any time a story gets the word “gate” added to it, it becomes an everlasting scandal. Don’t get me wrong, I love Mark Richt and support him all the way. But with that said, I don’t know [...]
Are You Kidding Us?? Get Over It Gators!!!
Courtesy of AJC.com:
Birmingham — In his new book, “Urban’s Way,” which is scheduled for a September release, Florida coach Urban Meyer makes it clear that Georgia’s excessive celebration following its opening touchdown last season was a “big deal” and something that will be in his mind “forever.”
“That wasn’t right. It was a bad deal,” Meyer says [...]
