After getting back from Gainesville on Saturday night, we packed the camper and headed to the Fort on Sunday, November 21. We stayed at the Fort until Friday the 26th, and then headed home to get ready for an early drive to Tally on Saturday morning, the 27th. There will be a trip report relating to the Fort part of this week coming soon on the main board.
But here are the pics from Saturday the 27th.
It's a big day in Florida.
The annual rivalry game between UF and FSU.
Both teams have had some rough spots this season.
FSU has lost the last six meetings.
Will this be FSU's year?
It would mean a lot to them to win.
It would mean a lot to the Gators to lose.
It was a great day.
The whole TCD gang turned out for this one.
Here we are at our tailgate right outside Doak Campbell Stadium:
Those two inflatables stood out back of the TCD site at Fort Wilderness all week. Now they are in Tallahassee.
In case you haven't heard, the TCD gang is a house divided.
Even the TCD twins are divided:
I have mentioned before that Mrs. TCD could give Martha Stewart a run for her money. Here is the centerpiece of the TCD tailgate table:
A film crew came around to shoot some scenes for the telecast:
That's one of the TCD twins right there in front of the camera with the Gator head on.
I am pleased to report that DD was shown on national television doing the Gator chomp. They played this footage right at the beginning of the second half.
Here are the TCD DD's at the start of the game (plus oldest DD's friend who is a boy):
One of the great traditions at the UF/FSU game is that both bands come out on the field before the game and play the National Anthem. I really like that:
There's Chief Osceola!:
The Noles were pumped for this game. Here is the crowd doing the chop:
Chief Osceola came off his horse for the spear plant. At last year's last home game, they let retiring defensive coordinator, Mickey Andrews, plant the spear. But, as far as I know, Chief Osceola did it:
It was right about here that they announced that Florida Governor-elect, Rick Scott was here to help with the coin toss. The crowd booed him. Got to love the State of Florida!
My Gator DD was all smiles before things quickly went south:
Somehow, these two geniuses smuggled in some Vuvuzelas and used them liberally throughout the game:
I didn't like that so much.
But, it was pretty damned funny.
There is not much that I can say about this game other than that the Noles imposed a very thorough and complete butt whipping upon the Gators.
The Gators scored a touchdown on their first possession, but did not come close to scoring again.
Fortunately, the fourth quarter went quickly, and the game was over:
Some of the TCD DD's were happy:
Most of the Gator fans were long gone before the end of the game.
But we lingered.
The oldest TCD DD, who is currently a sophomore at FSU, and who has been an FSU fan her whole life, was ecstatic! And, I was happy for her. She got to see her team beat their rivals while she was a student. No FSU student has had that experience for the past six years.
During the game, they never announced what was happening in the Maryland/NC State game. I guess they didn't want the distraction. But, as the game ended, they played some live coverage of that game on the scoreboard. Maryland was up on NC State, and if Maryland won, FSU would get to go to the ACC Championship. Well, Maryland won. And FSU fans had a lot to celebrate!
Meanwhile, the Gators will just sit around and wait to hear what lower level bowl game they will play in this year.
It was a disappointing season for the Gators.
But wait till next year.
It's hard to believe that the regular college football season will end this weekend.
Where does the time go?
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