Game 1 Done

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This year we had the longest off season of college football in years.  It was clear as there were thousands downtown in Gainesville, FL several hours before the game was underway.  I was fortunate enough to get down there around noon and set up shop for the tailgate before most.  Within a few skip and hops from entering Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, gameday was back!

Football was in the air and it was only a matter of time.  To start the tailgating, we had some pre made sandwhiches to hold us over while the burgers and hot dogs were on the grill.  I hit University Ave around 5:00 to promote the Ultimate He15man shirts available here.  They were a huge hit and I barely had enough time to get one out of the bag before the next Gator fan was on there way.

Before long, it was game time!  Want to thank Linda for offering up her two extra tickets that were given to some fans of the site.  Our first couple that we were going to give them to fell through but we were able to get 2 other fans who hadn’t seen a Gator game in a while and hope they enjoyed the game as much as we did!

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to watch the game from a box and it was a very exciting way to watch the game for sure.

Couple Notes:

• Andre Debose wasn’t seen on the field so it will be interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks.  It was said if he wasn’t 100% he wouldn’t play to prevent furthering the injury.  Hopefully we get to see him in action soon.
• Carlos Dunlap seemed to be playing but wasn’t in the majority of defensive plays for the most part.  Will have to find out the reasoning behind this.
• Brandon James has been reading too many news articles and has bought in to the hype about himself.  He did return a kick but the first few punts it looked like he was trying too hard.
• Riley Cooper is amazingly quick.  He caught up to Brandon James on the kick off from about 10 yards back to be there for a block.
• Chris Rainey might have a shot on defense.  Rainey laid out a defender with a block while Hernandez was going for a TD.
• Tim Tebow and Aaron Hernandez have a special bond.
• Tim Tebow will have SEC rushing TD record before yeard end.
• Jeff Demps is ridiculously fast.

It’s hard to really know for sure how this Gator team will play when we face the SEC due to this not being a viable source for measurement of the teams talent.  Tim Tebow looked great and had two touchdown passes completely dropped (Deonte Thompson and Brandon James).  It’s hard to say if Tennessee will be a real test or not.  If we blow them out we still won’t know if it’s because Florida is that good or if Tennessee sucks that bad.

Final Score: 62 – 3

One thing’s for sure… I can’t wait until next Saturday already!

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