It's Great to be a Florida Gator! (Saturday? Super Tim wins the Heisman!)

There are some great stadiums in college football, but there is only one Swamp. Generally acknowledged to be one of the toughset venues in all of sport for visiting teams, and far and away the loudest. You NEVER sit down or stand quietly. A game is is 180 minutes of ear splitting mayhem.

Albert and Alberta Gator are the best "costume" mascots in college football. Had to throw in the "costume" distinction. Even I know that "Ralphie" the Colorado Buffalo is the coolest overall.

As you travel the world in your Gator gear you'll meet Gators everywhere. The logo makes us easy to spot.

Our Sophomore quarterback. He is already generating Heisman buzz. He is big, he is strong, he is smart, he is motivated, he can throw, AND he can run. Superman wears Tim Tebow pajamas.

Two time National Coach of the year. After going 22-2 at Utah, including an undefeated season in 2004, Meyer came to the Gators in 2005; signing a contract that made him the highest paid college coach ever. He went 9-3 in his first year (disasterous by Gator standards) with the remnants of the Ron Zook era. Last year the Gators went 13-1, winning the BCS Championship 41-14 over the heavily favored THE Ohio State University Buckeyes.

There is only one requirement for membership; anytime you see a Gator logo being worn, no matter where you are or what you are doing, you get to say, "Go Gators," and you can be confident of the, "Go Gators" return. In 1997, I walked around Munich for a day wearing jeans and a Gators National Championship tee shirt. I heard at least a dozen "Gehen Sie Gators," and responded in kind.

The best place to tailgate ever. Even if you don't have a ticket.

Not to be outdone, the Florida State science guys invented their own sports drink. But, alas, "Seminole Fluid" never caught on, except with the FSU cheerleaders.

Since January of 2006, no other college team has won the championship of anything that counts. That is back to back basketball championships, and the BCS Football Championship.

Now the Gators play in the SEC; year in and year out the toughest Conference in the Country. Every year we play LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburn. If that isn't bad enough we also play Florida State every year. But now we've gone National, beating the mighty Buckeyes of THE Ohio State University for the BCS National Championship in football, and then a scant two month later, we beat the mighty Buckeyes of THE Ohio State University for the National Championship in basketball. It sucks to be them.

God made Volunteers, Bulldogs, and Seminoles because Gators need to eat.

The video that plays before the Gators take the field.

This video says it all. I get goose bumps just looking at it.

GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Between the third and fourth quarter, you throw your arms around the lunatic on either side of you, regardless of their age, body type, or state of drunkeness, and sing "We are the boys" as loud as what remains of your voice will allow.

Moved up to number 3/4.

It was 49 - 7 at the half, so the first team played very little in the second half.

We stomped the hated Vols 59 - 20! How sweet it is.

Any win is a good win.

As some of us secretly feared, the Gators defensive backfield is not so great; Auburn receivers were wide open again and again. Couple that with the Tigers playing over their head, and Urban Meyer's less than brilliant game plan, and you get a loss. The first of 4, I fear.

Going into the fourth quarter we were uo by 24-14. Then our questionable defensive backfield allowed the Tigers to come back and score 14 unanswered points; the last with 1:09 to play. An Tebow pass as time runs out is knocked away by Tigers's DB Gillen in the end zone, and the Gators fall by 4.

The winner. LSU caps a drive with a 2 yd TD run with 1:09 remaining.

Tim Tebow moved to the top of the Heisman list; throwing four touchdown passes and running for a fifth in the Gators 45-37 victory.

Again and again, Georgia receivers were wide open. With our third loss, this officially becomes a "disastrous season."

Harvin rolled up 113 yards rushing, 110 yards receiving, and two toyuchdowns. Time Tebow goes 22 for 27 passing for 281 yards and three touchdowns, and runs for two more. Brandon James posts three kick returns for 116 yards.

A good day for all.

The Gator Nation has a very special love/hate relationship with Steve Spurrier; but love him or hate him, it's always sweet to beat him!

Gators' super sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow becomes the first quarterback in NCAA Division 1-A history to pass for 20+ touchdowns, and rush for 20+ touchdowns in a single season. He ends the day with 20 rushing touchdowns, which also breaks the SEC single season record for rushing TDs, and 26 passing touchdowns. For the day he went 25/34 for 338 yards and three touchdowns.

It's always a good day when we beat Florida State. If there was any doubt as to who the best player in the country is, it should have ended with this game. Super Tim went 19/28 for 262 yards and 3 TDs, and rushed 13 times for 89 yards, and 2 TDs. For the year, he rushed 194 times for 838 yards, and 22 touchdowns, and went 217/317 (68.5%) for 3,132 yards, 29 TDs, and only 6 interceptions. That is 51 TDs, and 3,970 total yards. The only other player even close is Chase Daniel and his quarterback rating is a measly 155, versus 177 for Tebow.

What a great kid.

Words fail me.