After crushing Arkansas 38-7 in Fayetteville on Saturday, Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators officially bounced back from their upset loss to Ole’ Miss last week. But for three quarters, the Gators didn’t look that great, which allowed the Razorbacks to hang around until the fourth when UF blew it open. And as Pat Dooley of The Gainesville Sun writes, maybe Tebow and the rest of the Gators are focusing too much on how they’re winning and not winning itself.
The body language Tebow was using after a huge score in a must-win game kind of summed it up for the Gator Nation, where negativity lived all week.
Yeah, we’re winning but we should be winning by more. Did you see that pass that was picked off? What was I thinking? The penalties, man the penalties. The offense just isn’t where it should be.
And it wasn’t for three quarters, which is why Arkansas stayed around and stayed around and Florida fans grew more and more nervous with every passing gaffe. But Arkansas isn’t as good as Ole Miss, so eventually Florida hit some big plays and blew it open.
And isn’t that what we should all be focusing on?
Doesn’t 38-7 on the road feel a lot better than 31-30 at home?
So I am going to be Mr. Positive today. You win by 31 and beat the point spread and it’s a good day no matter where you live.
Mr. Positive saw a Florida team come out here on the road on a day that started with rain and wind and chill, a day that ended in the brilliant sunshine that only a victory can bring.
So lighten up and enjoy it. That includes you, Timmy.
Forget everything that’s happened anyway.
The season starts this week.
Dooley brings up a good point. Too many times we as fans or the media get wrapped up in perfection. We know that one loss could mean that a team’s national title aspirations go up in smoke. But upsets happen, especially nowadays in college football where the talent is more spread out than ever. It’s too bad that style points mean something in college football because all Tebow and the Gators should have to worry about is winning. (Same goes for every program in the nation.)
