Florida-Georgia

It is now fair to say that Georgia Coach Mark Richt's ridiculous and unsportsmanlike stunt last year won Georgia one game, but lost them one, too. Florida looked pretty motivated today.

For those who don't know the story: Coach Richt in the locker room before the big game in Jacksonville last year told his kids to "make sure" that they got an excessive celebration penalty after they scored their first touchdown in the game formerly known as 'The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.' He claims despite making this asinine recommendation that he didn't realize his entire team would storm the field to stomp on the Florida endzone. Whether he knew it or not to get the unsportsmanlike penalty was his suggestion, not the kids' spontaneous idea. It appeared to motivate Georgia last year, though Knowshon Moreno's 188 yard rushing day probably helped at least as much.

This year it surely motivated the Florida Gators as they were asked about it all week. Florida Coach Urban Meyer put a gag order on the team in regards to the incident, but it was all over the airwaves and the newspapers. Today Florida took Georgia out behind the woodshed. Leading 49 to 3 over the formerly one loss, 6th ranked Bulldogs, before beating them 49-10.