Heisman Worthy
In a game where it was all on the line, Trey Burton performed that way as the Florida Gators punched a ticket to the national championship game behind a promise from their head coach.
Florida's 21-17 win was guaranteed by coach Urban Legend earlier this week, and he didn't back off of it after the game.
"I told everyone I blew a couple of games against him, and that there wasn't anyway I was going to let it happen again," Legend said. "I know we're better than they are and it was time to start playing that way. He didn't have an answer for who I think is the best player in college football."
After a slow start to the season, Burton rebounded to become a Heisman contender. Florida survived a three-overtime game against Florida State without him after an injury, but Burton was back and better than ever against the Crimson Tide.
Burton's 14-of-18 performance for 210 yards (67 rushing) and two touchdowns prevailed Florida to the victory.
Alabama took an early lead after Florida fumbled the opening kickoff with a 33 yard field goal, and Eddie Lacy would run 78 yards for a 10-0 lead early in the first quarter.
After a 16-yard run from Burton to end the first quarter, Bama bounced back with a 90 yard run from Lacy to the 10-yard line. On fourth-and-six, the Tide elected to go for the touchdown. Lacy again went in for six, but that would be all the scoring for Alabama.
Florida, however, had more left in the tank. Burton engineered a touchdown-scoring drive with 1:01 on the clock and no timeouts. The result was a touchdown with three seconds remaining to cut the Alabama lead to 17-14 at the half.
Down in the fourth quarter with under three minutes to go, Burton led the Gators down the field and Mack Brown capped off the drive with a touchdown from a yard out.
Alabama's final chance was cut short as Dee Finley intercepted A.J. McCarron's pass, and Florida beat the Tide.
"Yeah, I basically whooped his ass," Legend said. "I just wish that they were a better coached team. That was a pathetic display by Alabama. I mean, we should have shut them out. We'll actualy be running extra after practice for not shutting them out. I'm a little upset about that."
Florida isn't upset to have a shot at the national title.
In a game where it was all on the line, Trey Burton performed that way as the Florida Gators punched a ticket to the national championship game behind a promise from their head coach.
Florida's 21-17 win was guaranteed by coach Urban Legend earlier this week, and he didn't back off of it after the game.
"I told everyone I blew a couple of games against him, and that there wasn't anyway I was going to let it happen again," Legend said. "I know we're better than they are and it was time to start playing that way. He didn't have an answer for who I think is the best player in college football."
After a slow start to the season, Burton rebounded to become a Heisman contender. Florida survived a three-overtime game against Florida State without him after an injury, but Burton was back and better than ever against the Crimson Tide.
Burton's 14-of-18 performance for 210 yards (67 rushing) and two touchdowns prevailed Florida to the victory.
Alabama took an early lead after Florida fumbled the opening kickoff with a 33 yard field goal, and Eddie Lacy would run 78 yards for a 10-0 lead early in the first quarter.
After a 16-yard run from Burton to end the first quarter, Bama bounced back with a 90 yard run from Lacy to the 10-yard line. On fourth-and-six, the Tide elected to go for the touchdown. Lacy again went in for six, but that would be all the scoring for Alabama.
Florida, however, had more left in the tank. Burton engineered a touchdown-scoring drive with 1:01 on the clock and no timeouts. The result was a touchdown with three seconds remaining to cut the Alabama lead to 17-14 at the half.
Down in the fourth quarter with under three minutes to go, Burton led the Gators down the field and Mack Brown capped off the drive with a touchdown from a yard out.
Alabama's final chance was cut short as Dee Finley intercepted A.J. McCarron's pass, and Florida beat the Tide.
"Yeah, I basically whooped his ass," Legend said. "I just wish that they were a better coached team. That was a pathetic display by Alabama. I mean, we should have shut them out. We'll actualy be running extra after practice for not shutting them out. I'm a little upset about that."
Florida isn't upset to have a shot at the national title.
Last edited by urbanslegend05 on Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:45 am; edited 1 time in total
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