In a game that will be remembered for a long time in Gainesville, Coach Gump and his Florida Gators team defeated the North Carolina Tarheels 38-10. With the victory, the Gators clinched a birth in the SEC Championship Game and will get a rematch with the LSU Tigers, whom they defeated 16-14 in week 7. But, after last night's win, a Gatorade drenched Coach Gump only wanted to focus on his team's accomplishment.
"It was a huge win for this program," he said. "Daddy just dominated this game, and our team fed off of his energy.We threw 5 passes all game, so there was no denying the fact we were riding Daddy to the win."
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| Brown practicing his Heisman pose in high school |
Of course, Gump was referring to Gators star RB Mack "Daddy" Brown, who reeled off 251 rushing yards, 164 receiving yards, and 5 total TDs to propel the Gators to the victory. The UF students all wore white "iMack with Daddy" tshirts to the game, and that seemed to really fire up the junior RB.
"It was cool to see them do that," Brown said. "Daddy like!"
The Gators still have an SEC matchup with Duke and a rivalry battle with Florida State, but on this night, all eyes were focused on what this victory meant...a chance to claim the Gators first SEC title since 2008.
Just getting to this game as a first year RUTS Coach is remarkable for Coach Gump. Experts have ranked his team's upset of LSU right up there with Miami's thrilling upset of Oklahoma in season 1 as the top surprises of RUTS3. The question everyone will be asking is, can they do it again in Atlanta!? This time, with a BCS National title shot on the line.
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