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The No. 9 Gator football team improved to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the Southeastern Conference with a 21-14 victory over Georgia (6-3/3-3 SEC) in front of 84,572 fans at Alltel Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Florida’s defense forced five Bulldog turnovers and junior Andre Caldwell (Tampa, Fla.) scored rushing and receiving to lift the Orange and Blue to the triumph.
Florida received the opening kickoff and marched 62 yards on nine plays, capped by a 12-yard scoring run by Caldwell to begin the scoring. It was the fourth time this season that the Gators broke the ice on their initial possession. Caldwell accounted for 33 yards on the drive, with two receptions and two rushes. Freshman quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) also contributed a 20-yard rush down to the UGA 14-yard line before Caldwell notched his first rushing touchdown of the season two plays later.
After forcing the Bulldogs three-and-out at the outset of the second quarter, the Gators extended their lead to 14-0 on a 40-yard scoring toss from senior quarterback Chris Leak (Charlotte, N.C.) to Caldwell. The catch was Caldwell’s fourth receiving score of ’06, a season-high for the wideout. Freshman Brandon James (St. Augustine, Fla.) had a 26-yard punt return into Georgia territory to set the stage for Leak’s 16th TD pass of the campaign with 9:37 remaining until halftime.
Florida went into the break with a 14-0 advantage after limiting Georgia to just 81 yards of total offense during the first 30 minutes. The Gators harassed freshman quarterback Matthew Stafford into 4-of-13 passing in the first half, while junior Ryan Smith (Diamond Bar, Calif.) snagged his team-leading fifth interception.
On the Bulldogs’ first play of the third quarter, sophomore Derrick Harvey (Greenbelt, Md.) forced a fumble by junior Kregg Lumpkin that was scooped up and run back nine yards by senior Ray McDonald (Belle Glade, Fla.). McDonald’s first career touchdown and the ensuing extra point by senior Chris Hetland (Leesburg, Ga.) moved the Gators in front by a 21-0 margin just 32 seconds into the frame.
Following a Leak interception near midfield, Georgia covered 52 yards on six plays in 2:17 to narrow the gap to 21-7. Stafford’s quarterback draw for 13 yards hit pay-dirt to put the Red and Black on the scoreboard with 4:40 remaining in the third quarter.
The Bulldogs forced a fumble by Tebow at Florida’s 14-yard line with 9:11 left in the game and scored three plays later on an eight-yard rush by Lumpkin to pull to within 21-14. After forcing the Gators to punt, Georgia regained possession on its own 38-yard line with 4:53 showing on the clock. UF’s defense rose to the occasion, as junior Brandon Siler (Orlando, Fla.) sacked Stafford for a six-yard loss on first down before two incomplete passes resulted in a punt by the Bulldogs. Later facing a third down and four with 1:26 left, senior DeShawn Wynn (Cincinnati, Ohio) had a six-yard carry for a first down that enabled the Gators to run out the clock.
Leak finished 14-of-28 for 163 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. Caldwell matched his career-high of eight receptions for 88 yards and also rushed for 28 yards on five carries. Freshman Percy Harvin (Virginia Beach, Va.) led UF with 37 yards on eight attempts, while Tebow gained 36 yards on six carries. Defensively, senior Earl Everett (Webster, Fla.) had nine tackles, including two for a loss, junior Reggie Nelson (Melbourne, Fla.) had seven tackles and a fumble recovery, Siler finished with six tackles and junior Jarvis Moss (Denton, Texas) had five tackles, forced a fumble and collected a sack.
For Georgia, Stafford was 13-of-33 for 151 yards with two interceptions, Lumpkin was the leading rusher with 43 yards on 11 carries and sophomore Brannan Southerland caught three passes for 31 yards.
The Gators return to action next Saturday when they travel to Nashville to face SEC Eastern Division rival Vanderbilt. Kickoff is at 12:30 p.m. and the game will be carried live on Lincoln Financial Sports.
Love the site, hate them gators.
ENOUGH with the organized snacks.
When did this start anyway? I’m at my 7-year-old’s soccer game. The game ends and this week’s designated “snack parent” produces a ginormous variety pack of over-processed chips and an equally gargantuan crate-cum-cooler. Our children swarm like something out of the climactic scene in “The Day of the Locust.”
Do our kids need yet another bag of Doritos and a juice box with enough sugar to coat a Honda Odyssey? Can’t they just finish playing and have some water?
Call me a spoilsport, but I don’t want to bring a team snack. I hate that first day, when the coach’s spouse passes around the sign-up sheet so we can schedule what parent brings the communal snack on what day. It’s too much pressure. Suppose I’m away? Suppose we want to visit relatives and miss that week? Now we have to find “snack coverage.” And heaven forbid you forget altogether and then the little darlings look longingly for the expected goody and you’re the social pariah who didn’t come through and that one mom, the one who always has the perfect after-school arts ’n’ crafts project, gives you the disapproving eye and head shake.
The scheduled snack is yet another way we cater to our child’s every whim. Guess what? Precious can go an hour — maybe more! — without eating. And if your child can’t make it that long, bring your own snack. Feed your kid’s need, not mine.
Are none of us reading about the obesity of our young people? Do you think it helps their well-being that after every sporting event our children gorge themselves Fall-of-Roman-Empire style on extra calories, extra sugar, extra hydrogenated fat? I recently sat down with Annette O’Neill, a registered dietitian and bona fide nutritionist, and asked her, “Do you think it’s a good idea for our kids to have Cheetos and Kool-Aid after a sporting event?” Her response: “Uh, no.”
And please don’t get on me about bringing so-called alternative or healthy snacks. I barely remember to put on my son’s shin guards and cleats, not to mention those long socks and that black soccer eye makeup — I don’t have time to slice up 50 orange wedges that the kids will never eat because last week’s cool parent brought Ho Hos and Hawaiian Punch.
This isn’t about ruining anyone’s fun or being the food police, but does the fun always have to revolve around food? Do you know what should be fun when your kid plays soccer? Playing soccer.
While we are on the subject, when your child celebrates a birthday during the school day, maybe we can try for a small cookie or cracker and a rousing, even multicultural, rendition of “Happy Birthday.” Stop with the cupcakes the size of softballs. Have you ever seen the leftovers brought into the school’s main office? By two in the afternoon, the place looks like the San Gennaro festival.
Where did this organized snacking start anyway? Is it a holdover from the toddler years, those half-hour library story times when we trot out Goldfish and those cute Cheerios containers and use the small foods as calming pellets? Is it the Old World philosophy of food-equals-love? Or are we just trying to keep them quiet for our own sake?
I don’t know. I don’t care. But I want you to join me in banning these organized parental sports snacks. Let’s do something for the youths of this country right now and end the American Snack Tyranny.
I will start by asking my friends at the Ridgewood Soccer Association to stop the snacks. Furthermore, I am asking all sport associations in my hometown to follow suit. I encourage the rest of you around the country to contact your league officials and join the fight.
Instead of spending those last few athletic minutes forcing down a fruit roll-up (what mentally malnourished monster, by the way, invented those?), why not have your child gather with his coach, have him or her explain some of the fundamentals (like how being active is healthy!), talk about teamwork or the important life lessons of sports? Maybe even try listening — instead of trying to sneak an extra Chips Ahoy for his younger sibling?
And hey, enjoy your water.
Harlan Coben is the author, most recently, of “Promise Me.”
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