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Well, Thanksgiving break is over, marking three weeks left of this semester. It was an interesting break. I hung out with a few friends from up north, went shopping the day after Thanksgiving for the first time in my life, getting a bunch of rebates, and went to the UF vs FSU game.
UF vs. FSU Game 2003: The Cheapest Nole Win I have seen
This game was really annoying. I hate Jack Childris. The entire game was his fault. I usually will never say that about a ref. Actually, come to think about it, I have never blamed an entire game on one official. This game however, is the exception. Jack Childris was either grossly incompetent, very biased (ACC refs officiated the UF FSU game), or was paid off.
There are usually a few questionable calls every game. "Usually", when watching the replays you see that the refs made the right calls most of the time. This game was the exception. There were many questionable calls, all of which were against UF. In the first quarter, FSU fumbled and UF recovered, however, the refs ruled him down. It can be seen by the replays that he was not down. Shortly afterward, FSU fumbled again. UF then ran it in for a TD, however, the refs ruled the ball down. In the Orlando sentinel, they have a huge color photo on the back of the Game Day section showing the ball falling out of the nole's hands as he was being brought down. One the next play FSU got a TD. At this point the fans were infuriated. I sat in the north end zone where the TD occurred. I have never heard everyone chanting "YOU SUCK" to a single ref. He was standing in the endzone at the time.
UF outplayed FSU through out the entire game. We had better stats in nearly everything. Leak did an awesome 3rd and 22 conversion in the second quarter. At halftime,Leak was 9/12 for 96 yards passing; Rix was 3/5 for 64 yrds passing. Check ESPN.com for more stats on the game.
In the 3rd, something that probably made many fans want to physically cause harm to the refs occurred. It was right after UF's TD. UF was running the ball and was tackled. The ball popped loose AFTER HIS SHOULDER HIT THE GROUND. If you want to see it, look at a replay of the game with 2:50 left in the 3rd. Then FSU got the ball and ran it for about 20 yards for a TD. Jack Childris did not see what happened, the blind bastard. He was next to the endzone. When FSU ran it in for TD, his arms went half way up, he hesitated, then he gave the TD signal. He then moved onto the PAT w/o even consulting the other refs. Replay after replay showed UF's run was downed and that there was no fumble. That's two TD's FSU got so far due to the refs making bad calls. This TD for FSU tied the game at 24.
When FSU was on the Gator's two yard line, there was a fumble. Watching the replays the day after the game on TV. The nole did not have the ball when he went down! UF had recovered that fumble and we ran it down field. However, the fumble was ruled down BUT IT WASN"T DOWN. This caused the UF player who recovered the fumble to become very pissed, so he spiked the ball. Then the refs called unsportmanlike conduct on him, when it was their bad call that made him do it! At this point, the student section in the north end zone had both hands up with middle fingers extended. This wasn't just a few students either. "Fuck you ref" could easily be heard. That unsportmanlike conduct and FSU keeping the ball led to a FSU TD. That makes 3 TD's FSU got due to those damn ACC refs. I hate ACC refs, this isn't the first time they crewed UF, but they have never done it as bad as this before.
The final drive for UF with a minute left was bad for UF. Leak was extremely nervous and I don't blame him. There was also a pass interference that was not called during that final drive.
After the game, UF and FSU stormed onto the field. FSU then proceeded to stomp on UF's large "F" in the center of the field. UF players were already very pissed b/c of the really, really bad officiating. The stomping pushed them over the edge and a huge fight broke out between the teams. It was eventually sorted out. A FSU player removed his helment and hit it on the head of a graduate assistant coach for UF, knocking him face down into the turf, where he did not move. Damn it! If I were him I'd sue that play and push for criminal punishment! Damn FSU! Damn the ACC! Damn Jack Childris! The refs left the stadium with debris thrown at them. I wish I was in the South End Zone for that b/c I would of done it too. If Spurrier were the coach, he'd push for an investigation and raise hell doing it. Oh, btw, the ref that did the bad call in the UF UGA game that was proved wrong due to the replays was put on probation for a week.
UF outplayed FSU. We fought them down the the last second. This is the only time in my life where I blame the loss entirely on the officiating. We were the better team. 3 TD's wrongly given to FSU. 1 very controversial call going to FSU is acceptable, but 6?
The Orlando sentinel wrote an article on the game. Back in 1966 a bad call led to a UF win against FSU. In this game, there were 6. The article they wrote showed many fallacies the refs made. Their calls weren't just seen by UF fans, others saw their bad calls as well. I hope Jack Childris ether loses the ability to ref due his gross incompetence or faces jail time if he was bribed.
Final Score of UF vs. FSU game:
Florida: 34
ACC Officials: 21
FSU: 17
My Thanksgiving Break, other than the UF - FSU game
Getting home from UF was slow. It took me 3 1/2 hours. I was talking to Alex the day before, she was able to go 90 most of the trip on Tuesday. On Wednesday when I went, I spent most of the trip in first gear. The trip back was almost as bad due to an accident involving a compact crashing into the back of a Ford Excursion, but it was much faster than the trip down. Thanksgiving was fun, I had Cajun style turkey with my family, then got up at 5:30 for the huge sales the next day. I have never done that before. The lines were terrible, but many items were free after rebates. I went only for the electronic stores. I got a Sony Clie PDA for 96 bucks where the original price was 150, 200 according to Consumer Reports. I got a bunch of other stuff too, I got a Pearl Jam CD, Foo Fighters, and DMB. Circuit City had all their cd's for 9.99. Norton SystemWorks was free, a 69 dollar value, Lion King platinum Edition was 12 bucks. I got about 200 dollars worth of free stuff that day. I am glad I did it. I think it was worth the long lines and wake up b4 morning light hours. The Pearl Jam albulm had 3 cd's, it's what I'm listening to now.
Well, I didn't really do too much homework until today, I finished up what circuits I started over the break, and I still need to do rad interactions and adv. eng. math. So, I think I'll end this post here to the sounds of Small Town by Pearl Jam.
Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe
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