Don't Be A Jinx Urban

by mlmintampa on Jul 18, 2008 7:50 AM EDT in Florida Football

I am extremely superstitious. I wear the same clothes to Gator games, based on the opponent and situation. (Championship Mode: orange Gator polo, AE khaki shorts, Gator hat from 2000 with the Gator tail around the ‘F'.) During my time in Gainesville, I would take a break from classes and dip into St. Augustine Church and say a prayer (or 100) for the Gators to win. Anything to help the team.

So, I get a little upset when I see statements like this.

Meyer said he's had two "great" teams in seven years of head coaching, including, of course, the 2006 national championship squad. This year's Gators could be No. 3, he said.

"People call [those years] luck, the stars aligned right, but I think it's a great team," Meyer said. "I think we're headed in that direction there with the chemistry and the leadership."

Can't we just sneak up on people? I know that is impossible with a Heisman winning bulldozer playing QB, but all this talk about UF being a top-5 team or better worries me. Sure, everyone is a year older, but does the secondary improve? Those guys are still sophomores and freshmen. And we still have questions at d-line, unless Carlos Dunlap's Orange and Blue Game showing was legit.

Don't get me wrong. I think UF will be good, but I'm not asking off from work yet to go to the SEC Championship. There is still the usual suspects to deal with, and with the exception of FSU and LSU, you could make a case they all got better (Miami still seems a year away, but frisky). We'll go over this more as the season approaches. In the mean time, I'll be knocking on wood and wearing my lucky boxers every few days to keep them fresh.

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competition and lucky clothing

FSU? LSU? Miami? not so much.

I think we should be worried more about Tennessee and UGA as I think those are the 2 toughest opponents this season. LSU lost a ton – not even sure who their QB is these days, plus they lost Hester & Doucet on the offense and 9 of their defensive starters including Steltz and Drosey. You should see a team very similar to UF’s squad last season – you know how young defenses fare in the SEC.

Miami is probably still a year away and we get them as home. FSU is as many years away as Bowden cares to stay.

Winning in Knoxville is always tough and Jax this season could be one of those games of the century!

I guess we’ll just start with Hawaii and take it week by week.

Speaking of lucky clothing, I was in bad need of a new game day shirt as my last one was starting to log too many losses (see Zook years). So I ordered a new t-shirt, nothing fancy, just blue with “Florida” across the chest in orange with white trim. It has a small Nike swoosh underneath. I did not realize when ordering, but it was “heather blue” meaning it has a somewhat purplish tone to it (think heather gray but a blue version). I wore it anyway for the first time to the 2006 SEC Championship game. One game, one championship. I next wore it in Glendale for the BCS Championship. I began thinking it had special powers so I put it in my drawer and decided it would be worn for championship games only. I busted it out for the 2007 SEC Basketball Tournament Championship. Worked again. I last wore it to the 2007 Final Four Championship game. Worn 4 times, 4 championships. It has been folded in my drawer awaiting its next call to duty. I am hoping it is this year!

by skigator93 on Jul 22, 2008 3:34 PM EDT reply actions