Tomorrow—

the Florida Gators

play Georgia in

football for

the 89th time…

Since 1990--

encompassing the

coaching times of

Steve Spurrier

and Urban Meyer—

Gator football

has “escalated

to historic

altitudes”…

Far more

PROMINENCE

in the SEC

AND nationally…

Far higher

“expectations”…

Florida has won

18 of the last 21

against Georgia…

But NOW---

that “far-loftier

Gator STATUS

faces its

biggest challenge…

IF Florida LOSES

To Georgia—

this Gator season

is in “ashes”…

A fourth straight

October FAILURE

would make

a winning

record “ALL BUT

IMPOSSIBLE”…

Florida’s last

LOSING year

was 1979—

when Charley Pell’s

“thread-bare” first

Gator team went

OH-10-and-ONE…

To lose NOW

to the Bulldogs

will plunge

Gator “pride”

to its PUNIEST

level since the

“calamity of ‘79”…

Florida’s schedule

still has exams

against “the best

Vanderbilt team”

in 25 years…

THEN--Spurrier’s

South Carolina…

AND a “deeply talented”

Florida State…

Georgia IS

unquestionably

“ravenous”---trying

to end its

21-year “Jacksonville

embarrassment”…

BUT--which school

“needs it most?”---

I say FLORIDA….

I’m Hubert Mizell,

and that’s what I think.