Some losses have and even still do. The 1994 SECCG comes to mind, a game in which I still believe we had the better team, but just failed to get the job done.
But today's loss isn't like that. Although I do get a little melancholy, I'm not down when I can see that the team and coaching staff gave it everything they had. As long as we have that, which as far as I could tell we did today, the outcome "is what it is."
Give all the credit to Florida, because they are a great football team, and as much as I haven't liked to admit it, Tim Tebow is a football player for whom the word great might not suffice. We tested them in a way they had not yet been tested, and they came through and got the job done.
There is nothing whatsoever for the UA program to hang its head about. The best team won, and that's the way it was. Our future is shining and bright, and that's the way our future should be.
But today's loss isn't like that. Although I do get a little melancholy, I'm not down when I can see that the team and coaching staff gave it everything they had. As long as we have that, which as far as I could tell we did today, the outcome "is what it is."
Give all the credit to Florida, because they are a great football team, and as much as I haven't liked to admit it, Tim Tebow is a football player for whom the word great might not suffice. We tested them in a way they had not yet been tested, and they came through and got the job done.
There is nothing whatsoever for the UA program to hang its head about. The best team won, and that's the way it was. Our future is shining and bright, and that's the way our future should be.