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BOB: THE CORNERBACK COULDN'T
STOP THE COMPLETION BUT HE
STOPPED THE TOUCHDOWN.
BOB: WELL, KEITH YOU TALK ABOUT
WHAT ARE THEY DOING
DIFFERENTLY?
ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME,
THEY STOPPED THE RUN.
FLORIDA STATE IS READY FOR
THEM.
THEY'RE GOING BIG TIME DOWN THE
FIELD.
AN EXCELLENT THROW AND CATCH.
A GREAT WAY TO START FOR THE
NOLES.
KEITH: A 55-YARD RECEPTION PASS
AND RUN.
KEITH: WARRICK DUNN WON'T MAKE
THE CORNER.
HE HAS TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS FOR
THE FINAL YARD OR MAYBE A
TWO-YARD.
KEITH: THAT WILL GET HIM DOWN
INSIDE THE 25 TO ABOUT 24.
BOB: THERE REALLY ISN'T A
WEAKNESS IN THAT GROUP.
KEITH: IT IS WARRICK DUNN WHO
AT 5'9," 182 POUNDS SORT OF
DISAPPEARED IN THE PILE AS ED
CHESTER AND REGGIE MCGREW GOT
TO HIM IN A HURRY.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH
DOWN AND ABOUT 2 NOW.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT STEVE
SPURRIER.
ONLY TWO AND THREE IN BOWL
GAMES.
HIS RECORD AGAINST BOBBY BOWDEN
IS NOT MUCH BETTER.
KEITH: DECISION BEING MADE HERE
BY FLORIDA STATE IS WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?
AND ON FOURTH DOWN AND 2
THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
KEITH: THEY GIVE THE BALL TO
THE BIG GUY POOH BEAR WILLIAMS,
THE 285-POUND FULLBACK.
HE IS HIT BY A LINEBACKER AND
PETERSON SHORT OF THE FIRST
DOWN.
SO THEY TAKE A CHANCE.
INSTEAD OF TRYING FOR THREE AND
THEY DON'T MAKE IT.
BOB: WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY
CONSTITUTED LATE --
SUBSTITUTED LATE.
THEY GOT THEIR SHORT YARDAGE
OFFENSE IN THERE.
THE BIG BLOCKERS AND BEFORE
WARRICK COULD GET THERE BIG
PEOPLE IN, IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE.
FLORIDA STOPPED THEM WITH THE
PERSONNEL THEY HAD ON THE
FIELD.
KEITH: THE PASS IS THROWN VERY
QUICKLY TO REIDEL ANTHONY.
THROWN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND HIM,
AND HE COULD NOT REEL IT IN.
KEITH: WUERFFEL AGAIN HAS TIME,
AND WHEN YOU GIVE HIM TIME,
HE'LL PICK YOUR BONES.
JACQUEZ GREEN, THE LITTLE GUY,
TAKEN DOWN BY BYRON CAPERS.
KEITH: DOWN INSIDE THE FLORIDA
STATE 40-YARD LINE.
PENALTY WILL BE ON PETER
BOULWARE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE,
AND DANNY WUERFFEL CHANGED UP
THE COUNT ON HIM.
BOB: BOULWARE IS ONE OF THE
PLAYERS THAT WAS NOT FEELING
WELL BEFORE THE BALLGAME.
THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER BUSH AND
BOULWARE BOTH HAVE FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS, AND THEY CAUGHT HIM
OFFSIDES.
REFEREE: OFFSIDES.
ON THE DEFENSE.
THE PENALTY IS REFUSED.
KEITH: THE FIRST TIME WE DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO WARN YOU THAT
PROBABLY OUT TO MOVE AWAY FROM
YOUR TELEVISION SET BECAUSE
THEY WERE FLYING.
WHEN THEY CAME OUT TONIGHT IT
WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THE CROWD HAS STUFFED THE
DOME PRETTY HIGH.
KEITH: PASS DOWN THE MIDDLE AND
IT IS INCOMPLETE.
HE WAS AVAILABLE BUT WUERFFEL
COULDN'T FIND HIM.
BOULWARE WAS RIGHT IN
WUERFFEL'S FACE.
BOB: FLORIDA HAS RUN FIVE OR
SIX OFFENSIVE PLAYS AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM, WUERFFEL HAS BEEN
IN THE SHOTGUN.
ONE RUNNING PLAY, THE REST WERE
PASS PLAYS.
TAKE A LOOK AT BOULWARE WHO LED
THEM IN -- LED THE NATION IN
SACKS.
GETS A PIECE OF HIS HEELS.
KEITH: INTO THE 15.
RIGHT BETWEEN THE 15 AND
ANTHONY HAS ANOTHER CATCH.
THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: JUST GETTING UNDER WAY
AT THE NOKIA SUGAR BOWL AT THE
SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS.
PLAYED JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN
FOUR MINUTES.
KEITH: LET'S GET THE FLAG.
REFEREE HAS CALLED TOUCHDOWN.
THE LINESMAN COMING OVER TO
TALK TO HIM.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE LINESMAN
OFFERS IN THE CONVERSATION.
IT'S GOING TO BE HOLDING
AGAINST FLORIDA, I'M PRETTY
SURE, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE
AWAY A TOUCHDOWN.
THE GATORS LOST A TOUCHDOWN IN
THE GAME IN TALLAHASEE.
RANDY CRYSTAL YESTERDAY.
DAMATO THE ASSISTANT HEAD COACH
DID IT FOR FLORIDA STATE BUT
SPURRIER HIMSELF WAS THERE, THE
FIRST TIME ANYBODY COULD
REMEMBER A HEAD COACH COMING.
>> EXACTLY.
THE PENALTY FOR THAT, I DON'T
THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH MEN ON
THE LINE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY
CALLED THE TACKLE THAT IS
CLOSEST TO US OVER HERE ON THIS
SIDE.
KEITH: HE'S WAY BACK, ISN'T HE?
BOB: YOU HAVE TO HAVE SEVEN MEN
ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
KEITH: PASS IS CAUGHT BY
HILLIARD.
AND HE MAKES THE RECEPTION DOWN
AT ABOUT THE 17-YARD LINE, AND
THAT'S A FIRST DOWN.
BOB: THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS
BALLGAME EARLY ON, KEITH, IS
THAT WUERFFEL IS GETTING THE
BALL OFF.
THE RUSH IS GETTING THERE BUT
IT'S GETTING THERE A TAD LATE
AND IT'S THE SHOTGUN THAT'S
GIVING IT THE TIME TO SEE IT
AND RELEASE IT.
HE'S THROWING THE BALL REAL
EARLY.
THE SHOTGUN.
HE SEES HOW MUCH TIME HE HAS,
AND HE JUST THROWS IT OUT
THERE.
GIVES THEM A LITTLE AIR.
KEITH: IT IS WAY BEYOND THE
INTEND RECEIVER, AND YOU GOT A
PENALTY FLAG AS REIDEL ANTHONY
WAS TRYING TO BREAK THE BALL,
THE DEFENDER WOULD NOT LET HIM
DO IT.
IT WAS TROY SAUNDERS, AND IT
GETS A FLAG.
SO TROY SAUNDERS COMMITS THE
FOUL, AND IT APPEARS HE'S THE
ONE WHO COMMITTED THE FOUL
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE FLAG
WAS THROWN.
REFERREE: PASS INTERFERENCE ONç
THE DEFENSE.
FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: SO IT IS FIRST AND GOAL
TO GO FOR THE FLORIDA GATORS AT
THE 9-YARD LINE.
BOB: HE THREW THAT BALL SO
QUICKLY THAT HE IS JUST TRYING
TO JAM HIM.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S
CATCHABLE OR NOT.
KEITH: INTO THE CORNER, HE'S
THERE.
TOO LONG.
IT WAS ANTHONY.
ABOUT A YARD OVER HIS HEAD.
BOB: KEITH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS THE BEST OF SPURRIER.
HE'S HAD A MONTH TO PLAN AND
SCHEME AND PLAN FOR THIS GAME.
HE IS OUTSTANDING ON THE
OPENING DRIVE OF THE BALL GAME
DURING THE SEASON WHEN HE HAS
ONLY A WEEK, HE TAKES THE BEST
PLAYS AND PUTS THEM IN THAT
FIRST OFFENSIVE DRIVE.
KEITH: HILLIARD!
NO FLAGS.
THIS TIME, TOUCHDOWN.
BOB: WELL, IF YOU BLITZ -- AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING --
YOU LEAVE ONE-ON-ONE A
RECEIVER.
HILLIARD IS GOING TO RUN A POST
PATTERN TO THE WIDE SIDE OF THE
FIELD.
FROM THE SHOTGUN, YOU GOT A
FEEL ON HOW MUCH TIME YOU GOT.
HE LAYS IT TO THE INSIDE.
THAT'S LIKE STEALING RIGHT
THERE.
GOT TO PUT PRESSURE.
YOU CAN'T COVER WUERFFEL TPWH
THIS SYSTEM.
YOU GOT TO PUT PRESSURE ON
WUERFFEL.
KEITH: FLAGS ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
WHILE THEY SORT THIS OUT, LET
ME TELL YOU WHO THE OFFICIALS
ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO
EARN THEIR MONEY TONIGHT.
RANDY CRYSTAL, THE REFEREE,
JOHN DAVIS, THE UMPIRE.
KEITH: FLORIDA HAS 1,095 YARDS
THIS SEASON.
BUT AS STEVE SAY, IT'S A LOT OF
TICK KI TACK STUFF.
FIVE YARDS HERE, FIVE YARDS
THERE.
MISFORMATIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
AND THE KICK IS UP AND THE KICK
IS GOOD.
BY BART EDMISTON, WHO HIMSELF
IS QUITE A STORY.
BOB: NINE PLAYS, ALL FROM THE
SHOTGUN.
THEY JUST DIDN'T GET THERE
QUICK ENOUGH.
YOU DON'T GET TO WUERFFEL,
YOU'RE
KEITH: 9:48 TO GO IN THE FIRST
QUARTER.
AND THE FLORIDA GATORS GET ON
THE BOARD FIRST.
I THINK, BOB, THIS IS A KEY
TIME IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF
THINGS IN THIS BALL GAME.
KEITH: THAT'S IN THE END ZONE.
IT WILL NOT BE RETURNED AND THE
NOLES WILL START AT THE 20,
FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: POOH BEAR WILLIAMS AND
WARRICK DUNN WILL BE IN THE
BACKFIELD FOR FLORIDA STATE.
KEITH: AND THE PLAY CLOCK GOES
TO ZERO.
AND FLORIDA STATE HAS BURNED
THE CLOCK IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THAT WILL COST THEM FIVE YARDS.
THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH
SOMETHING OVER ON THE RIGHT
SIDE AS FLORIDA SET 10 PEOPLE
UP.
REFERREE: DELAY ON THE OFFENSE.
IT'S A FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
IT REMAINS FIRST DOWN.
PLEASE PUT 9:38 ON THE GAME
CLOCK.
KEITH: KEVIN LONG KEPT
MOTIONING TO SOMEBODY ON THE
RIGHT SIDE, BECAUSE THEY HAD
LOADED THE TOPSIDE OF THE
DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT.
BOB: STILL, THE OFFENSE GOING
IN AFTER A KICKOFF SHOULD HAVE
NO PROBLEM GETTING THE BALL
SMAPPED WITHIN 25 SECONDS.
KEITH: HE SAID TO RESET THE
GAME CLOCK.
PUT SOME TIME BACK ON IT.
HE WANTS 9:48 ON IT.
AND NOW HE'S GOT IT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE
GAME.
KEITH: CAN'T REEL IT IN.
DEFENDING IS FRED WEARY.
SO THIS TIME, WEARY DOESN'T LET
THE MAN GET PAST HIM AS HE DID
IN THE FIRST PLAY.
HE KEPT HIM WITHIN REACH AND HE
KNOCKED IT AWAY.
KEITH: THAT'S COOPER WITH HIS
SECOND CATCH OF THE BALL GAME.
TRYING TO GET A LITTLE WIDE
RECEIVER SCREEN GOING IN THE
MIDDLE.
AND GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT, UP
TO ABOUT THE 24-YARD LINE.
BOB: I THINK THE REASONING WHY
FLORIDA STATE IS THROWING,
THEY'RE THROWING ON FIRST DOWN
IS THAT THE GATORS ARE OUT
THERE WITH ONE THING ON THEIR
MINDS -- STOP WARRICK DUNN FROM
RUNNING.
KEITH: BUSBY'S PASS IS GOOD.
GETS ENOUGH MOMENTUM OUT OF THE
TURN TO PICK UP A FIRST DOWN
NEAR THE 35-YARD LINE WITH
ANTHONE LOTT THERE DEFENDING.
BOB: THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT
THIS IS GOOD THINKING ON THE
PART OF THE SEMINOLES.
BUSBY HAS GOT TO STEP UP, GOT
TO TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF THE
RUNNING GAME.
KEITH: E.G. GREEN GOES OUT OF
BOUNDS INSIDE THE 30-YARD LINE.
FIRST DOWN, SEMINOLES ON THE
GATOR 28.
BOB: THAT WAS A PASS OFFENSE
FIRST.
NOW IT'S BEEN RUN WITH WARRICK
DUNN.
BUT THEY'RE OPENING UP AND
BUSBY IS STEPPING UP.
THEY GOT EVERYBODY OPEN
DOWNFIELD.
KEITH: AND BUSBY GOES
UNDERNEATH WITH IT.
AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE.
THAT ONE WAS NOT VERY PRETTY.
IT WAS INTENDED FOR NUMBER 80.
HE REALLY HAD NO CHANCE TO
CATCH IT.
BOB: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME
THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE PLAYED IN
30 DAYS.
SPURRIER CHANGED TO THE SHOTGUN
AND WENT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD
AND SCORED.
THE NOLES ARE OPENING UP,
THROWING ON FIRST DOWN, ROLLING
OUT RIGHT AND LEFT AND THROWING
DEEP.
KEITH: F.S.U. TRYING TO
RESPOND.
WHISTLES STOP THEM.
AND TIME-OUT IS CHARGED.
SNIE THE GOODYEAR BLIMP STARS
AND STRIPES IS WITH US.
BUT THE FOG HAS BEEN A PROBLEM
IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR
ABOUT A WEEK.
STEVE SPURRIER IS WOUND TIGHT.
BOB: HE'S PAYING ATTENTION.
HIS DEFENSE IS ON THE FIELD.
HE USUALLY LETS BOB STOOPS TAKE
CARE OF THE DEFENSE.
KEITH: PASS IS JUST OFF THE
HANDS OF LAVERANUES COLES,
NUMBER 7.
COLES IS 6'1" AND I MEAN A
BURNER.
BUT THAT BALL WAS THROWN HARD
AND HIGH.
BOB: HE'S A YOUNG ONE, KEITH.
HE'S JUST A TRUE FESHMAN, A
RUNNING BACK THAT'S WORKING AT
WIDE RECEIVER THIS YEAR.
KEITH: AND THEY WILL NOT GET A
FIRST DOWN OUT OF IT.
THE BALL COMES DOWN TO THE 25
AS MESSMESSMESS MAKES THAT
SHORT RECEPTION.
AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT
FOURTH DOWN AND ABOUT 3 1/2
YARDS.
AND BOBBY BOWDEN WANTS TO SEE
SOME NUMBERS ON HIS SHARE OF
THE SCOREBOARD.
KEITH: AND IT'S GOOD.
SO BENTLEY.
KEITH: HERE WE GO WITH FLORIDA
STATE GETTING ON THE BOARD TO
MAKE IT A 7-3 BALLGAME.
KEITH: GOT IT TO THE 40.
BENEFITS A STEP AND A HALF AWAY
FROM TAKING ALL.
ON THE FIRST POSSESSION,
STARRING DANNY WUERFFEL, THIS
IS WHAT HAPPENED.
SOME OF IT.
BOB: NINE PLAYS, ALL IN THE
SHOTGUN.
PAID A PRICE.
FIVE HITS OUT OF THE NINE
PLAYS, BUT THEY GOT SEVEN
POINTS.
KEITH: NOLES COMES CREEPING UP
ON DEFENSE AND A PENALTY FLAG
COMES CREEPING OUT OF THE
UMPIRE'S POCKET.
THAT'S AGAINST THE OFFENSE.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL.
FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE.
REMAINS FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT
HAS BEEN DRIVING STEVE CRAZY
ALL YEAR.
THAT'S WHY THE PENALTY TOTAL IS
SO HIGH.
SO IT WILL BE FIRST AND 15 NOW.
>> THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT
10 PENALTIES A GAME.
KEITH: THE PASS IS THROWN TO
JACQUEZ GREEN, AND GREEN IS
BELTED HARD AT THE 47-YARD LINE
AND TAKEN DOWN.
HE WAS BROUGHT DOWN AND IT WAS
COLZIE'S MAN THAT CAUGHT THE
BALL.
BOB: THEY HAD TWO EXTRA
BLOCKERS TO BLOCK IN CASE THEY
HAD A BLITZ.
SO THEY PRESENT A FULL WIDE
RECEIVER, NOT MANY PEOPLE LEFT
TO BLOCK, AND THEN MOTIONED
BACK IN TO PICK UP LINEBACKERS.
KEITH: AND TAYLOR IS CLOSE TO A
FIRST DOWN AT MIDFIELD.
KEITH: THEY'RE JUST SHORT.
IT WILL BE ABOUT A FOOT SHORT.
KEITH: JUMP ALL OVER FRED
TAYLOR AND STUCK HIM.
HE LOST A YARD.
THAT'S A TOUGH BUNCH.
SMITH IS NUMBER 30 AND HE COMES
OUT.
BOB: LET'S SEE WHAT SPURRIER IS
GOING TO DO.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE
WENT FOR IT.
HE'S GOING TO.
KEITH: THAT'S JACKSON, TERRY
JACKSON, A RUNNING BACK,
SOPHOMORE OUT OF GAINESVILLE
COMING IN.
BOB: STEVE'S ATTITUDE IS, OH,
WHAT THE HECK.
THE CHANCES OF ME MAKING THAT
ARE PRETTY DARN GOOD AND IT'S
EARLY IN THE GAME.
KEITH: CONTACT.
FLORIDA IS APPLAUDING AS IF THE
NOLES WERE OFFSIDES AND THE
NOLES ARE POINTING THAT FLORIDA
MOVED.
BOB: THE QUARTERBACK PULLED
OUT.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL.
FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE.
KEITH: NOW THEY'LL PUNT IT.
BOB: WATCH DANNY WUERFFEL PULL
OUT.
HE CAN'T DO THAT.
DID HE HAVE HIS HANDS IN THE
CENTER?
LOOKED LIKE HE HAD HIS HANDS
UNDER CENTER.
KEITH: YEAH, HE DID.
>> IF YOU HAD YOUR HANDS UNDER
CENTER AND YOU PULL OUT, YOU
CAN'T DO THAT.
ILLEGAL MOTION.
KEITH: TOOK A SHOT AT IT AND
COULDN'T GET IT.
BLOCKED HIS FIRST STEPHENS
ALL JACKED UP.
HIS FIRST PUNT OF THE NIGHT
GOES FOR 55 YARDS AND HE'S
EXCITED BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST PUNT
NOVEMBER 30 DOWN IN
TALLAHASSEE.
BOB: HE'S HAD THREE PUNTS
BLOCKED THIS YEAR AND ALL BEEN
ON THE FIRST PUNT OF THE
BALLGAME.
FLORIDA STATE COMING AFTER HIM
ON THE FIRST PUNT OF THIS GAME.
DID NOT HAVE A MAN BACK AND
WHEN YOU DON'T PUT A MAN BACK
TO CATCH THE BALL, WHAT HAPPENS
IS THE BALL CAN ROLL INSIDE
YOUR 5-YARD LINE.
KEITH: WARRICK DUNN IS IN THE
TAIL BACK POSITION BUT BUSBY
WEDGES IT OUT AND GETS A LITTLE
BREATHING ROOM.
DUNN HAS CARRIED THE BALL ONE
TIME SO FAR HERE IN THE FIRST
QUARTER WITH FIVE MINUTES
REMAINING.
BUT FEAR NOT.
YOU WILL SEE HIM.
>> YOU'LL SEE HIM.
THERE'S NO QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH BUSBY
SO FAR, KEITH, BECAUSE HE'S
STEPPED UP.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO SPREAD
THE WEALTH.
THEY HAD TO HAVE MORE BALANCE,
OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, AND BUSBY
HAS THROWN THE BALL WELL.
KEITH: THAT IS INCOMPLETE, AND
THAT IS VERY GOOD DEFENSE FOR
THE FLORIDA GATORS BY JOHNNY
RUTLEDGE, NUMBER 58.
THE PASS INTENDED FOR THE TIGHT
END MELVIN PEARSALL.
BOB: THIS IS GOOD COVERAGE BY
RUTLEDGE.
HE'S LOOKING FOR THAT TIGHT END
ALL THE WAY.
KEITH: NOT SUPPOSED TO HOLD
HIM.
BOB: THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER
IT WAS GOING TO BE A RUN OR A
PASS THERE, COACH.
HE'S A LINEBACKER.
HE SAYS YOU'RE BLOCKING ME.
I'M GOING TO JAM YOU.
KEITH: ANDRE COOPER LEAVES THE
LINE-UP NOW.
IT IS THIRD AND 8.
BALL RESTING AT THE 3.
KEITH: DUNN CAN'T FIND THE
DAYLIGHT.
AND THE SEMINOLES WILL HAVE TO
PUNT IT OUT OF THE END ZONE.
BOB: THIS A GOOD SERIES FOR THE
DEFENSE OF THE GATORS.
THEY GOT IT DOWN THERE ON THE
PUNT.
THEY KEPT THEM PINNED ON THREE
PLAYS.
NOW YOU GOT TO PUNT.
KEITH: AND HE'S INSIDE THE 30.
DOWN AND ABOUT THE 27-YARD LINE
ON A 46-YARD PUNT BUT A 21-YARD
RETURN.
SO THE FLORIDA GATORS FIELD
POSITION, FIELD POSITION
KICKING GAME.
BOB: EXACTLY.
THE SPECIAL TEAMS GO IN FAVOR
OF FLORIDA BECAUSE BOBBY BOWDEN
TRIED TO BLOCK THE PUNT.
THEY GOT POOR FIELD POSITION ON
THEIR OWN 2-YARD LINE.
KEITH: AND A WHISTLE.
AND FLAG.
AND A FLARE OF TEMPER.
WE'VE HAD -- THE OFFICIALS HAVE
BEEN BUSY BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN
EMOTIONAL PROBLEM AT ALL WITH
THE TWO TEAMS.
REFEREE: FALSE START.
OFFENSE.
FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: IT'S KIND OF HARD TO
HEAR IN HERE SOMETIMES.
>> YES, IT IS.
KEITH: WELL, THAT WILL MOVE THE
BALL BACK TO THE 32-YARD LINE
WITH 3:25 TO GO IN THE FIRST
QUARTER.
KEITH: TO MOBLEY, AND MOBLEY IS
DOWN CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN AT
ABOUT THE 16-YARD LINE.
HE TOOK WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AND
IT TURNED OUT IT WAS MOBLEY.
BOB: I THINK THIS IS GOOD,
KEITH.
SACKED SIX TIMES IN THE
PREVIOUS GAME WITH THE
SEMINOLES.
ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN AVOID
THE HARD RUSH IS GET OUTSIDE
THE POCKET.
KEITH: AND THE SEMINOLES CALL
TIME-OUT.
SEAN HAMLET CAME RUNNING UP TO
THE UMPIRE IN A HURRY AND
CALLED TIME.
AND BUSH COMES TO THE SIDELINES
TO TALK WITH THE DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR MICKEY ANDREWS.
BOB: SEMINOLES DIDN'T HAVE THE
RIGHT PERSONNEL IN THE
BALLGAME, SO BUSH JUST CALLED
TIME-OUT.
KEITH: A MOMENT NOW WITH OUR
COLLEAGUE LYNN SWANN.
LYNN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
KEITH.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A
REMATCH OF TWO TEAMS, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PHILOSOPHY
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO IMPROVE IN
CERTAIN AREAS AND I LISTENED TO
A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE LAST
GAME THAT I THOUGHT THESE TWO
TEAMS NEEDED TO IMPROVE IN.
LYNN: THIRD DOWN CONVERSION OF
AN ABYSMAL 25% FOR FLORIDA
STATE.
YOU SEE THREE FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THE LAST
GAME.
THEY DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT
KIND OF BALL GAME.
WITH ALL MEANS, YOU GOT TO
EXECUTE BETTER THE SECOND TIME
AROUND.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE A
THING, BUT IF YOU CAN EXECUTE
AND IMPROVE THE WAY YOU PLAY,
YOU GOT A CHANCE OF MAKING THE
OUTCOME WORK OUT IN YOUR FAVOR.
KEITH?
KEITH: HOW COME YOU DIDN'T BUY
A TICKET FOR SHEAFFER DEAN AND
BRING HIM?
KEITH: REIDEL ANTHONY CANNOT
REACH.
THE BALL WENT TO THE OUTSIDE
AND ANTHONY TURNED TO THE
INSIDE AND THEN COULDN'T MAKE
THE RECOVERY AGAINST JAMES
COLZIE.
BOB: I THINK THINGS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT IN THIS GAME THAN
LAST GAME IS THAT FLORIDA IS
NOT UP AT TALLAHASSEE PLAYING
BEFORE A HOSTILE CROWD.
SECONDLY, THEY'RE INDOORS ON A
FAST TRACK.
THERE IS NO WIND.
UP IN THAT OTHER GAME, THE BALL
WAS SAILING.
KEITH: AND IT GOES THROUGH
ANTHONY'S HANDS.
THE BALL JUST SIMPLY WENT
THROUGH THE HANDS OF ANTHONY.
BOB: THERE'S PILLER, NUMBER 69.
HE MISSED THE LAST THREE OR
FOUR GAMES OF THE SEASON,
BLOCKING ON BOULWARE.
THEY'RE NOT HOLDING THAT BALL
VERY LONG.
BOB: WHEN THEY CAN THROW IT
QUICK, YOU MESS UP THEIR
TIMING.
KEITH: GREEN WAS BREAKING FREE.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE,
THE BALL WAS THROWN AND THROWN
HIGH.
BOB: IF HE COULD HAVE HELD THAT
BALL A LITTLE BIT LING LONGER,
HE COULD HAVE BROKEN INTO THE
OPENING.
KEITH: HE WOULD HAVE BEEN WIDE
OPEN.
BOB: BUT BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF
THE SACK, THEY'RE GETTING RID
OF IT QUICKLY.
WATCH HOW LONG HE HOLDS THIS
BALL.
HE GETS IT AND LETS IT GO.
KEITH: YOU CAN SEE HOW GREEN
WAS BREAKING FREE.
BOB: HE'S BACK HEALTHY AND HE
JUST NAILED ONE RIGHT DOWN THE
HIGHWAY.
FLORIDA 10, AND FLORIDA STATE
KEITH: AND COLES, THE RUNNING
BACK, OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, COMES
UP TO ABOUT THE 25-YARD LINE.
BOB: HERE'S A LOOK SO FAR.
RUSHING YARDAGE, FLORIDA STATE
HAS ZERO.
WARRICK DUNN NOT A FACTOR IN
THIS BALL GAME YET.
AND FLORIDA STATE, PASSING FOR
MORE YARDAGE THAN DANNY
WUERFFEL THAN THE FLORIDA
GATORS OFFENSE.
BUT I'M SURE WE HAVEN'T SEEN
THE LAST OF WARRICK DUNN.
KEITH: DUNN, RUNNING IN TRAFFIC
WILL PICK UP ABOUT THREE YARDS.
HE'S ONLY 185 POUNDS.
HE'S NOT GOING TO GO IN THERE
AND HURT NIRKS BUT YOU GIVE HIM
A LITTLE DAYLIGHT AND SEE YOU
LATER.
BOB: OVER THE LAST TWO GAMES
WITH THE GATORS, HE'S AVERAGED
153 YARDS PER GAME.
KEITH: GOT HIM!
CAMERON DAVIS.
BOB: SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT
PLAY, PETE.
POOH BEAR WILLIAMS LOOKS LIKE
HE WAS RUNNING ANOTHER PLAY.
KEITH: CAMERON DAVIS IN HIS
FIRST GAME COMES UP LIMPING.
BOB: BUSBY JUST RUNS THROUGH
HIS LEFT.
THERE WAS ALL INDICATION IT WAS
GOING TO BE A POCKET PASS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE CHECKED OFF
OR WHAT.
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY
WAS EXPECTING HIM TO BE IN THE
POCKET.
KEITH: BUSBY PULLS IT DOWN AND
TAKES OFF.
GETS A PRETTY GOOD LICK FROM
NUMBER 4, RIGHTIN' LAWRENCE
WRIGHT.
AND HE'S 12 YARDS SHORT OF THE
FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: AND IT'S AT THE 32-YARD
LINE BY JACQUEZ GREEN.
GETS THE BALL OUT OF TROUBLE.
HALF A MINUTE TO GO IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
THIS FIRST QUARTER IS LASTING A
WEEK.
BOB: IT IS, ISN'T IT?
KEITH: WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE
THROWING TEAMS THAT STOP THE
CLOCK.
KEITH: PENALTY FLAG IS THROWN.
JACQUEZ GREEN MAKES THE CATCH.
THE PLAY IS GOOD FOR 11 YARDS.
BUT LET'S SEE ABOUT THE
PENALTY.
BOY, HE'S THROWING THAT BALL
QUICK.
QUICKLY.
REFERREE: OFFSIDES ON THE
DEFENSE.
PENALTY IS DECLINED.
KEITH: FIRST DOWN, GATORS.
REFERREE: FIRST DOWN.
KEITH: FLORIDA STATE JUMPED OUT
TO A 17-0 LEAD IN THEIR REGULAR
SEASON GAME.
FLORIDA GAME BACK, HAD A CHANCE
TO TIE IT AT THE HALFTIME,
MISSED IT.
THIRD QUARTER WAS SCORELESS.
KEITH: JACKSON IS A 213-POUND
SOPHOMORE.
HE PICKS UP ABOUT EIGHT YARDS
ON THAT PLAY.
AND THE FIRST QUARTER IS OVER.
KEITH: THERE'S THE SCORE.
FLORIDA LEADING.
GATORS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE IN
THIS BALL GAME AT THIS POINT,
BECAUSE THEY OWN IT AT THE
47-YARD LINE OF FLORIDA STATE.
KEITH: AND IT'S DROPPED BY
ELIJAH WILLIAMS.
HE WOULD HAVE HAD A TOUCHDOWN
IN HIS POCKET.
AND HE JUST DROPPED THE BALL.
BOB: ONE OF THE NEW PLAYS THAT
FLORIDA HAS PUT IN FOR THIS
BALL GAME.
WILSON, NUMBER 55, WORKING ON
COLLINS.
TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO
DO THIS.
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THE
OTHER TIME, LAST BALL GAME.
THAT BALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT.
HIT HIM RIGHT IN THE HELMET.
KEITH: AND THERE'S A WHISTLE.
NO PLAY.
FIRST QUARTER NUMBERS, WHILE
THEY SORT THIS OUT.
REFERREE: DEAD BALL, FALSE
START ON THE OFFENSE.
IT REMAINS THIRD DOWN.
KEITH: FIVE-YARD PENALTY WILL
MAKE IT THIRD DOWN AND 6.
TIME-OUT IS CALLED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SECOND QUARTER
BOB: KEITH, IT HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS
HE HAS.
HE WAS JUST OUT BECAUSE HE
WASN'T A PART OF THE DEFENSIVE
PACKAGE FOR THAT TIME.
IF HE'S GOING TO SUFFER THE
EFFECTS OF IT BEING THE SECOND
HALF THOUGH, KEITH.
KEITH: THERE'S A LOOK AT DARYL
BUSH.
HE WAS A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE
WEATHER BEFORE THE BALLGAME.
THEY NEED HIM IN THAT LINE-UP.
HE IS THE LEADER.
HE GETS THEM IN THE RIGHT PLAY,
IN THE RIGHT ALIGNMENT.
HE IS A VERY BRIGHT LINEBACKER.
KEITH: PENT FLAG THROWN.
I DON'T KNOW, KEITH, HE MAY --
THEY MAY RULE THAT HE PUSHED
OFF.
MAY BE AN OFFENSIVE BALL
AGAINST FLORIDA.
BOB: BECAUSE IT WAS THROWN BY
THE OFFICIAL RIGHT OVER HERE ON
THIS SIDE LOOKING RIGHT AT HIM.
KEITH: AND BYRON CAPERS WAS ON
THE GROUND.
REFEREE: PASS INTERFERENCE ON
THE OFFENSE.
BE A 15-YARD PENALTY.
IT REMAINS THIRD DOWN.
BOB: TAKE A LOOK AT HIM OVER
HERE.
HE'S JUST GOING TO PUSH OFF
BEFORE HE RUNS A LITTLE SLANT
TO THE INSIDE.
RECEIVER COMES DOWN.
THERE IS CONTACT.
AND THE DEFENSIVE BACK GOES
DOWN AND THE OFFICIAL RIGHT
OVER ON THAT SIDE THROUGH THE
FLAG RIGHT AT WHERE THE TWO MEN
WERE.
KEITH: SO THE GATORS NOW ARE
SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE OLD
TOE AS THEY COME ALL THE WAY
BACK TO THE 33-YARD LINE.
THERE IS THIRD DOWN AND 21.
KEITH: AND ANDRE WADSWORTH
ERUPTS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE
LINE.
INTERIOR LINESMAN THERE.
ANDRE WADSWORTH GOT LOOSE ON
THIS ONE.
BOB: AGAIN, THE SACK COMES FROM
UP THE MIDDLE FROM THE REVERSE
SIDE.
WADSWORTH, 5-6 SACKS IN THE
FIRST BALLGAME CAME FROM THE
INSIDE.
WADSWORTH HAD ONE.
THE OTHER DEFENSIVE TACKLE
SPAIN HAD TWO.
KEITH: FINDS A LITTLE ROOM AND
THEN DOWN HE GOES AT ABOUT THE
38-YARD LINE.
YOU GOT A PENALTY FLAG.
IT'S THROWN BACK ON THE 30-YARD
LINE ON THE FLORIDA SIDE OF THE
FIELD.
REFEREE: HOLDING ON THE
RECEIVING TEAM.
KEITH: AND IT WILL BE A 10-YARD
PENALTY.
13:32 TO GO IN THE
KEITH: BUSBY HAD A GOOD FIRST
QUARTER.
124 YARDS IN THE FIRST GAME AND
TONIGHT ALREADY HAS THROWN FOR
125.
BOB: THAT FIGURE THAT BOBBY WAS
TALKING ABOUT DURING THE WEEK
THAT THE QUARTERBACK HAD TO
PLAY BETTER IN THIS BALLGAME.
KEITH: THEY'RE ALL OVER BUSBY.
THEY DIDN'T GIVE HIM ANY CHANCE
AT ALL.
CHESTER, A SOPHOMORE OUT OF
SPRING HILL WAS ON HIM BEFORE
HE COULD SET HIS FEET TO THROW.
AND THE LOSS IS BACK INSIDE THE
15 TO THE 14.
BOB: CHESTER IS RIGHT HERE, AND
HE'S JUST GOING TO BUST RIGHT
THROUGH THE INSIDE LINE.
THAT'S LONG, NUMBER 78.
AND THAT'S HIS SEVENTH SACK OF
THE SEASON.
KEITH: OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT BALL WAS ALMOST TAKEN INTO
THE END ZONE BY BIG OLD TIM
BEAUCHAMP.
HE HAD IT ON HIS HAND BUT HE
COULDN'T FIND A HANDLE AND THE
BIG DEFENSIVE END WALKS AROUND.
BOB: THE RIGHT DEFENSIVE END,
THE WHITE SHIRT.
WATCH HIM.
GOING TO TRY AND HIDE.
THIS IS WHAT BOBBY BOWDEN MEANT
WHEN HE SAID WE DON'T ASK BUSBY
TO WIN THE BALLGAME.
WE JUST DON'T WANT HIM TO LOSE
IT.
IF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
INTERCEPTED.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS --
THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK BUT
WARRICK NOT GETTING MUCH
YARDAGE, THEY'RE PUTTING MORE
AND MORE PRESSURE ON THE
QUARTERBACK.
KEITH: WARRICK PICKS UP A FIRST
DOWN.
NO, HE DIDN'T GET THE FIRST
DOWN.
THE BIG SACK PREVENTS HIM FROM
GETTING HIS FIRST DOWN.
HE GOT ACROSS THE 25-YARD LINE.
AFTER RUNNING ABOUT 40 YARDS,
AND RISKING HIS LIFE GOING BACK
INTO THE MIDDLE WHERE THE BIG
TREES WERE.
>> KIND OF AN INTERESTING PLAY,
THOUGH.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW
ONES.
BOTH OF THESE GUYS LOVE THESE
NEW PLAYS.
KEITH: IT WILL BE
KEITH: STEVE SPURRIER WATCHING
HIS TEAM NOW TAKE POSSESSION AT
THEIR OWN 27-YARD LINE, LEADING
10-3.
BOBBY BOWDEN A BIT FRUSTRATED.
KEITH: AND HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS
AT THE 27-YARD LINE AND THE
PENALTY FLAG WAY BACK UP WHERE
THE QUARTERBACK WUERFFEL WAS
BURIED.
THERE MAY BE A CALL BACK UP
FIELD.
REFEREE: FROM THE PASSER.
ON THE DEFENSE.
KEITH: THAT WAS A BIG PLAY,
THOUGH.
BOB: THEY HAD SINGLE COVERAGE.
THERE WAS A THREE-MAN -- TAKE A
LOOK FROM BEHIND.
THE BLITZ IS ON.
HE'S IN SHOTGUN.
NOBODY PICKS UP CRAWFORD, AND
THIS TIME, UNLIKE THE LAST
TIME, HE GETS IT OFF.
THERE'S THE PENALTY FOR HITTING
THE QUARTERBACK.
KEITH: IF HE HAD -- IF HE HAD
KEPT HIS HEAD UP AND KEPT THE
SHOULDER OUT OF HIS BACK, HE
PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
FLAGGED.
HE THREW THE FLAG AND THE
FOOTBALL ADVANCES ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE FLORIDA STATE
13-YARD LINE.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD CALL.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
STEVE HAS BEEN BELLY ACHING FOR
THE LAST MONTH ABOUT LATE HITS,
BUT MICKEY ANDREWS HAS TO PUT
PRESSURE ON WUERFFEL IF HE'S
GOT A CHANCE TO WIN THIS
BALLGAME.
KEITH: WUERFFEL THROWS IT TO
THE CORNER, AND IT IS
INCOMPLETE.
INTEND FOR ANTHONY.
DEFENDING COLZIE, AND THAT WAS
A VERY GOOD DEFENSIVE JOB BY
JAMES.
BOB: HERE'S A LOOK AT IT.
THIS IS WHAT FLORIDA LIKES TO
DO WHEN THEY GET INSIDE THE
15-YARD LINE.
THEY -- THEIR RECEIVER, GOOD
JUMPING ABILITY.
REALLY SHOULD HAVE HAD IT.
COLZIE IS ONLY 5'10."
ANTHONY IS 6'BUT HE CAN REALLY
GET UP THERE.
KEITH: AND IT IS OUT OF BOUNDS,
SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE TO FRED
TAYLOR.
HE WENT OUT AND ABOUT THE 2.
THAT WAS A HARD THROW.
YOU GOT TO BE STRONG TO MAKE
THAT.
BACK ACROSS HIS BODY.
BOB: HE'S GOT THREE WIDE
RECEIVERS TO THE SIDE.
THEY ARE COVERED.
TAYLOR IS GOING TO SLIP OUT AND
COME RIGHT ACROSS.
RIGHT THERE NUMBER 21, HE MUST
KNOW FROM PRACTICE THAT THAT
PLAY IS USUALLY OPEN.
IF THE WIDE RECEIVERS AREN'T
OPEN, GO BACK TO YOUR HALF
BACK.
KEITH: HAND-OFF TO TAYLOR.
TOUCHDOWN.
KEITH: THE EXTRA POINT TRY FROM
BART EDMISTON, SENIOR OUT OF
PENSACOLA.
H: WELL, THERE SITS THE
GENERAL.
HE'S GOT THINGS PRETTY WELL IN
HAND NOW LEADING 17-3, AS THEY
GO 73 YARDS IN 26 SECONDS.
KEITH: AND HE PAID FOR IT UP AT
THE 16-YARD LINE.
THEY'RE JUMPING AROUND.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED
DOWN.
AND IT WILL BE FLORIDA STATE
BALL.
AND THE SEMINOLE OFFENSE IS
CAUGHT UP IN THE OLD TANG GOW
GAME.
BOB: WELL, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH
AND OUT ON THEIR LAST THREE
POSSESSIONS.
DUNN HAS RUSHED FOR FOUR TIMES
FOR ZERO YARDAGE.
THEIR LAST THREE POSSESSIONS,
THEY'VE BEEN THREE PLAYS AND
PUNTED.
KEITH: BALL IS THROWN TO MESSAM
ON THE SIDELINES.
AND STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS AT
ABOUT THE 17-YARD LINE.
NOT A WHOLE LOT ON THAT ONE.
TIME REMAINING IN THE FIRST
HALF, 11:16.
I THINK THEY BETTER WATCH OUT
HERE, BECAUSE THE DELTA IS
STARTING TO LEAK A TAD.
THE GATORS, I MEAN, THEY'RE
JACKED UP.
THEY'RE FLYING RIGHT NOW.
KEITH: DROPPED.
BY WAYNE MESSAM.
THROWN BEHIND HIM A BIT, THROWN
ON HIS HIP AND HE COULDN'T PICK
IT UP.
LYNN: I CAN BET YOU BOBBY
BOWDEN KNOWS THEY CAN DRAG HIM
DOWN TO THE SWAMP AND THEY WILL
NEVER COME OUT.
KEITH: GOES DOWN THE MIDDLE
WIT, AND NO CHANCE.
E.G. GREEN WAS DEFENDED BY SHEA
SHOWERS.
HE HAD NO CHANCE TO GET TO THE
BALL.
AND ONCE AGAIN FOR FLORIDA
STATE, IT'S A
ONE-TWO-THREE-KICK.
BOB: GREEN IS GOING TO GO TO
THE CENTER OF THE FIELD AND RUN
A LITTLE SQUARE IN.
SHOWERS IS GOING TO BE RIGHT
THERE AS HE READS IT.
IT'S NOT INTERFERENCE.
SHOWERS HAS AS MUCH RIGHT TO
THE BALL AS DOES THE RECEIVER.
KEITH: GREEN DANCING AROUND.
HE'S AT ABOUT THE 49-YARD LINE
ON HIS RETURN OF SEVEN YARDS
AFTER A 40-YARD PUNT.
AND SO NOW THE GATORS ARE
SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
FIELD AT THEIR OWN 49-YARD
LINE, FIRST DOWN.
BOB: KEITH, THIS DEFENSE FOR
FLORIDA STATE NEEDS TO MAKE
SOMETHING HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOMINANT ALL
YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
DOMINANT HERE TONIGHT.
THE SHOTGUN, THE QUICK PASSING,
AND THE QUICK THROWING.
WE HAVE ONE SACK BY FLORIDA
STATE.
COMING IN, THEY LED THE NATION
IN SACKS WITH 67.
KEITH: AND TAYTAY WILL MOVE IT
OVER TO THE FLORIDA STATE 49
FOR A PICKUP OF TWO YARDS.
BOB: THAT'S A NEW FORMATION
THAT THE GATORS ARE USING.
THEY GOT THEIR TWO BACKS
STACKED IN THE BACKFIELD.
I THINK THEY DO IT, ONE, FOR
PASS PROTECTION, KEITH.
SECONDLY, JUST TO GIVE THEM
SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT.
FLORIDA HAS HAD GREAT FIELD
POSITION, STARTING ON THEIR OWN
49.
FRED TAYLOR
KEITH: BATTED ON THE 40-YARD
LINE.
NUMBER 58.
BOB: BOULWARE ON COLLINS.
AND TAYLOR.
THEN HE GETS BACK AND GETS A
PIECE OF IT.
THAT'S JUST GOOD WORK.
BOULWARE CAME IN WITH 19 SACKS
ON THE YEAR.
HE LED THE NATION.
KEITH: HERE THEY COME.
WUERFFEL GETS RID OF IT IN A
HURRY, AND GOES DOWN HARD.
TWO OF THEM HITTING.
AND WUERFFEL LOOKS AROUND TO
SEE IF THE BUILDING IS TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN OR WHAT.
IT'S WILSON AND BOULWARE, BOTH
IN THIS ONE.
BOB: THIS IS A MENTAL SCREEN.
SO THE LINEMEN ARE LETTING
THOSE ENDS GO.
KEITH: YOU CAN'T LET THEM GO.
BOB: WHERE'S THE OTHER SIDE?
THERE'S A LEANMAN UP THERE.
SPAIN OR ONE OF THOSE GUYS IS
LOOKING FOR A HALF BACK.
KEITH: A GOOD RETURN.
RUNS THE BALL OUT TO ABOUT THE
37-YARD LINE.
SO A PUNT OF 42 YARDS IS
RETURNED 24.
KEITH: AND SNAP IT SHORT TO
DUNN.
AND FIRST PLAY OF THE NIGHT IN
WHICH HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
SOMETHING.
HE MOVED IT FROM THE 37-YARD
LINE UP TO, CLOSE TO THE 45.
AND YOU GOT A GATOR DOWN ON THE
PLAY.
BOB: NUMBER 58, RIGHT OF YOUR
SCREEN.
SNAPPED DIRECTLY TO DUNN.
HE GETS HIT BY HIS OWN MAN.
HE GOT HIT BY LOTT.
KEITH: YEAH, LOTT POPPED HIM.
BOB: HE'S HEARING BIRDIES IN
HIS HELMET, I THINK.
KEITH: YOU KNOW, THAT BALL
ALMOST KIND OF WENT BETWEEN
DUNN AND BUSBY.
AND DUNN HAD TO REACH OUT TO
CATCH IT.
SO THAT WAS CLOSE TO NOT
WORKING, TOO.
BUT DUN DN GETS HIS HANDS ON
IT.
NOW, WATCH THIS.
BOB: THE BALL WAS SNAPPED.
I DON'T THINK DUNN WAS READY.
KEITH: THIS IS POOH BEAR
WILLIAMS.
WHO THE WORLD WAS THAT THAT RAN
INTO HIM THERE?
IT WAS KEITH KELSEY.
A FRESHMAN.
REMEMBER, POOH BEAR WEIGHS 238
POUNDS.
BOB: IF RUTLEDGE HADN'T GOTTEN
HURT, HE WOULD HAVE SAID HEY,
COME ON BACK.
I GO ONE PLAY AND GET POOH BEAR
OUT IN THE FLAT.
KEITH: THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET
THAT FAMOUS SCAR UNDER YOUR
CHIN.
HE'S A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF
FIRST DOWN.
LITTLE BIT SHORT.
SEE JOE JERMAINE GOT HIS SCAR
YESTERDAY.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
THE SUNDEVILS FELL, BUT THEY
DID IT GALANTELY.
AND ADMIRE THE CUNCH OF THE
BUCKEYES FOR COMING BACK.
BOB: YOU GOT TO BE HAPPY FOR
JOHN COOPER.
KEITH: ARIZONA STATE BEING THE
OTHER UNDEFEATED TEAM IN
DIVISION-1A.
AND AS WE PLAY THIS GAME
TONIGHT, FLORIDA STATE, WHICH
IS TRAILING BY A SCORE OF 17-3
IN THE SECOND QUARTER IS THE
ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAM LEFT.
KEITH: THE DIVE AHEAD.
AND IT'S GOOD.
SO YOU CAN MOVE THE CHAINS.
BOB: ARIZONA STATE HAS ONE
LOSS.
IF FLORIDA STATE WINS THIS
GAME, THEY'LL BE THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONS.
BEING THE ONLY TEAM LEFT
UNDEFEATED.
IF FLORIDA WINS IT, LIKE YOU
SAID EARLIER, YOU GOT FIVE.
KEITH: THE PASS IS ALMOST
INTERCEPTED ON THE RICOCHET.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
PETER WARRICK FINALLY GETTING A
CHANCE, BUT THE BALL WAS THROWN
SO HARD BY BUSBY AND KEITH
COUNCIL IS THE GUY THAT ALMOST
CAME UP WITH IT FOR THE GATORS.
DEFENSIVE TACKLE.
WE MAY SEE THIS FELLOW TONIGHT.
BOB: AND KENDRA IS THE BACKUP.
HE'S DONE WELL WHEN HE'S BEEN
IN THERE.
KEITH: THAT BALL IS BATTED
RIGHT BACK AT HIM BY DEMETRIC
JACKSON.
LONG SAFETY, NUMBER 27 SLAPPED
IT AWAY.
BOB: NUMBER 27 IS LINED UP AS
IF HE WAS COVERING THE WIDE
RECEIVER.
AND IN THE LAST SECOND WHEN THE
BALL WAS SNAPPED, BLITZ, A
STRONG SAFETY BLITZ.
AND BUSBY DIDN'T SEE HIM COMING
AND KNOCKED THE BALL DOWN.
THAT'S A GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY.
KEITH: AND THE PASS IS
COMPLETE.
INSIDE THE 30 TO THE 29.
FIRST DOWN, SEMINOLES.
BOB: IT'S A GOOD PLAY.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE
NEEDED FOR HIS CONFIDENCE.
HE'S JUST GOING TO GO DOWN AND
RUN A SQUARE END OVER THE
CENTER OF THE FIELD.
THE TWO GO DEEP TO CLEAR IT
OUT.
GOES UNDERNEATH.
IF THAT BALL IS CAUGHT ON TIME
AND THE RECEIVER HAS ENOUGH
SPEED, A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN
COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE WITH A
BIG GAIN.
KEITH: CAMERON DAVIS,
LINEBACKER, IS HURT AND DOWN ON
THE PLAY.
AND TIME-OUT FOR THE INJURED
PLAYER.
1981.
BOB: SAW J.C. THE OTHER DAY.
HE WAS IN MIAMI SPEAKING TO THE
ORANGE BOWL BREAKFAST.
THEN HE FLEW OVER HERE TO SPEAK
TO THE SUGAR BOWL.
KEITH: I THINK HE IS JUST A
SENSATIONAL MAN.
BOB: CLASS ACT.
29-YARD LINE.
17-3.
KEITH: TOUCHDOWN, E.G. GREEN!
THE FLORIDA DEFENDERS RAN
TOGETHER AND FELL DOWN.
AND IT WAS A GIFT FOR GREEN.
AND THE SEMINOLES.
KEITH: INDEED, THAT WILL PUT A
LITTLE SPRING IN YOUR STEP.
THE KICK IS GOOD.
AND IT'S 17-10.
7:28 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
AND BOBBY FEELS A WHOLE LOT
BETTER.
BOB: JUST WHAT BOBBY ORDERED.
TAKE A LOOK, HERE'S THE
RECEIVER.
HE'S GOING TO GO DOWN THE
CENTER.
AS THE QUARTERBACK PULLS OUT,
THE FREE SAFETY IS GOING TO
COME THIS WAY AND THE RECEIVER
IS GOING TO COME BACK ACROSS
THE GREEN.
RECEIVER GOES UP THE FIELD.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE.
THE RECEIVERS ARE GOING TO RUN
-- THE DEFENDERS ARE GOING TO
RUN INTO EACH OTHER.
THEY'LL BOTH FALL DOWN.
YOU NEVER GET ANYBODY THAT WIDE
OPEN.
AND BUSBY DOES THE SMART THING
JUST BY LAYING IT UP.
HE KNEW HE HAD HIM WIDE OPEN.
GOOD MOVE.
HE'S GOING TO THE OUTSIDE.
THAT'S JUST GOOD COACHING RIGHT
THERE.
GOOD COACHING AND BIG PLAY FOR
FLORIDA STATE.
KEITH: HOW MUCH FUN DO YOU
THINK THOSE TWO ARE GOING TO
HAVE WHEN THEY GO TO LUNCH?
BOB: BIG PLAY FOR BUSBY.
HE KNOWS THAT THE RUN IS BEING
SHUT DOWN WITH WARRICK DUNN.
HE HAS TO COME THROUGH.
KEITH: IT GOES THROUGH THE END
ZONE.
IT WILL COME BACK TO THE 20.
FIRST DOWN FOR THE GATORS.
KEITH: NOW YOU GOT A PENALTY
FLAG SITTING UP THERE ON ABOUT
THE 18-YARD LINE.
KEITH: THAT CAME PRETTY LATE,
DIDN'T IT?
KEITH: LET'S CHECK IN WITH
SWANNY.
LYNN: BAD NEWS FOR THE SENIOR,
CAMERON DAVIS.
HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND
THE DOCTORS TELL ME HE'S OUT
FOR THE REST OF THIS BALL GAME.
NOT THE WAY HE WANTED TO END
HIS LAST BALL GAME AS A GATOR,
KEITH.
KEITH: ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A PERSONAL FOUL CALLED
AGAINST FLORIDA STATE.
AND IT MOVES THE BALL OUT TO
THE 35.
BOB: WATCH THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN HERE.
SEE IF WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING.
KEITH: THE SEMINOLES NOW,
HAVING ABSORBED THE PERSONAL
FOUL CALL AND HAVING SCORED THE
TOUCHDOWN, ALL JACKED UP,
SMOTHER THAT PLAY.
JUST ABOUT THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
BOB: LET'S HAVE A QUARTERBACK
COMPARISON.
DANNY WUERFFEL, THE HEISMAN
TROPHY WINNER.
NUMBERS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO
THAD BUSBY, WHO'S BEEN A LITTLE
INCONSISTENT THIS YEAR.
3
KEITH: REIDEL ANTHONY WITH A
WIDE RECEIVER SCREEN BACK TO
THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
THEY GET ABOUT THREE OR FOUR
YARDS ON THE PLAY.
AND THE SEMINOLES NOW ARE
REALLY FLYING AROUND.
THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE SOME
REAL TALENT FROM THE DEFENSIVE
TEAM THIS YEAR.
BOB: JUST MENTION THE TWO
DEFENSIVE ENDS.
KEITH: LOOKED LIKE WUERFFEL
TRIED TO GIVE HIM A HARD COUNT
AND MO COLLINS MOVED ON THE
PLAY.
BOB: IT'S OBVIOUS THAT SPURRIER
HAD WUERFFEL WORK ON HIS
CADENCE TO CONTROL THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL.
THIRD DOWN.
BOB: HE GETS THE SEMINOLES TO
JUMP INITIALLY.
BUT WATCH HIS RIGHT TACKLE.
SEE, HIS RIGHT TACKLE MOVED.
KEITH: YEAH.
MO IS LOOKING AT PETER
BOULWARE.
KEITH: WUERFFEL GETS IT AWAY
AND IT'S CAUGHT.
AND THE PENALTY FLAG.
IKE HILLIARD WENT UP TO MAKE
THE CATCH.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT'S OFTEN TIMES
HOLDING.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL.
FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE.
KEITH: AND IT'S FALSE START.
BOB: IT'S GOT TO BE THE TACKLE
ON THAT SIDE.
WATCH THE TACKLEMENT SEE HIM
BACKING UP.
JUST BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT.
THERE HE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN.
MO COLLINS, JUST MOVES A
LITTLE.
AND THE LINESMEN ON THE FAR
SIDE IS LOOKING RIGHT AT HIM.
KEITH: THAT'S NINE FLAGS NOW ON
THE GATORS FOR 55 YARDS.
KEITH: AND THE BALL IS CAUGHT
BY JACQUEZ GREEN!
DANNY WUERFFEL WAS JUST RIPPED
AS HE LET IT GO.
BUT HE HIT HIS MAN RIGHT WHERE
HE HAD TO HIT LIMB.
-- HIM.
AND IT'S A BIG PLAY FOR THE
GATORS.
BOB: THAT'S A GOOD CALL.
THIRD AND LONG.
AND LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S
NOBODY IN THE MIDDLE HERE.
IT'S ONE-ON-ONE.
IT'S THIRD AND LONG.
GO AHEAD AND THROW IT
DOWNFIELD.
MAYBE YOU'LL HIT IT, OR MAYBE
YOU'LL GET A DEFENSIVE
INTERFERENCE CALL.
KEITH: OK.
IT'S EASY FOR GREEN.
YOU, WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON AT
THE OTHER END.
WATCH THIS.
WHAM, WHAM.
KEITH: IT'S A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE
GATORS!
S
KEITH: WUERFFEL IS NOW 13-22.
246 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
AND WE'VE GOT 5:18 TO PLAY IN
THE FIRST HALF.
EDMISTON FOR THE POINT.
AND THE GATORS RESPOND TO THE
SEMINOLES.
THAT MAKES IT A 24-10 FOOTBALL
GAME.
BOB: YOU GOT THE MOST ACCURATE
PASSER IN FOOTBALL.
AND YOU HAVE THE WIDE RECEIVER
JUST RUNNING A LITTLE SLANT
ONE-ON-ONE.
IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE
CORNERBACK, HE'S GOING TO KILL
YOU.
NOW, THIS IS THE ADVANTAGE OF
ARTIFICIAL TURF.
LOOK AT THAT STOP.
AND GREAT RUNNING ABILITY.
BOTH HILLIARD AND ANTHONY ON
THE OTHER SIDE HAVE THE ABILITY
TO RUN WITH THE BALL
AFTERWARDS.
TAKE A LOOK FROM BEHIND THE
DEFENSE.
BLITZ, BUSH AND CROCKETT BOTH
BLITZ.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME,
KEITH, IS IN THE FIRST GAME,
THEY WERE GETTING TO WUERFFEL.
NOW HE'S GETTING RID OF THE
BALL BECAUSE YOU DON'T --
YOU'RE PLAYING INDOORS.
IT'S PERFECT CONDITION.
THERE'S NO WIND BLOWING THE
BALL.
YOU COULDN'T WANT ANY BETTER
CONDITIONS IF YOU WERE A
THROWING TEAM THAN AN INDOOR
DOME STADIUM, ARTIFICIAL TURF.
KEITH: THAT TEAM WILL TICK IT
OFF NOW.
HILLIARD HAD A FINE SEASON.
KEITH: FLORIDA SPECIAL TEAMS
HAVE DONE VERY WELL TONIGHT.
THE BALL IS ON THE 21-YARD LINE
WHERE IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN FOR
FLORIDA STATE.
BUSBY IS AT QUARTERBACK.
BOB: HILLIARD CAME INTO THE
BALL GAME WITH 29 CAREER
TOUCHDOWNS.
THAT'S SECOND IN SEC HISTORY.
KEITH: DROPPED.
INCOMPLETE.
HE WENT FOR THE SAFETY VALVE.
POOH BEAR WILLIAMS, THE
FULLBACK.
AND THERE WAS NO REAL REASON
THAT PLAY COULD WORK WITH BATES
BEARING DOWN ON HIM AND IT
DIDN'T.
I MEAN, BATES WAS JUST RUNNING
DOWNHILL.
BOB: BATES IS KIND OF A LOOSE
WIRE AT TIMES.
HE'S A LEADER OF THAT DEFENSE.
HE'S ALL CONFERENCE.
HE'S A MIDDLE LINEBACKER.
HE'S A PLAYER.
KEITH: BUSBY CAN'T DO IT.
RIGHT DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OF ALL
THE MELEE AND MAKING THE TACKLE
IS ED CHESTER.
BOB: CHESTER'S SECOND SACK OF
THE NIGHT.
TO THE LEFT SIDE, THAT'S LONG
51.
AND REALLY, THIS IS JUST A
COVERAGE SACK.
THE QUARTERBACK TRIED TO GET
OUT OF THERE.
AND THE GATORS CAME IN WITH 41
SACKS ON THE YEAR.
KEITH: AND WARRICK DUNN CANNOT
GET LOOSE.
EVERY TIME HE MOVES, THERE'S
SOMEBODY MOVING WITH M.
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO PUNT IT
AGAIN.
KEITH: BOBBY MADE A
WELL-ADVERTISED DECISION THAT
HE WAS NOT GOING TO DO THE PLAY
CALLING.
THAT MAY CHANGE.
BOB: THIS IS WHAT HE DOES RIGHT
NOW, KEITH.
KEITH: HE'S TAKEN DOWN AT ABOUT
THE 47-YARD LINE.
COMING UP AT HALFTIME, THE
NOKIA BEST CONNECTION SWEEP
STAKES WILL FEATURE THIS MAN,
GREG SMITH FROM FLORIDA.
HE'S GOING TO GET TO THROW ONE
FOOTBALL, TRY TO THROW IT
THROUGH A ONE-FOOT SQUARE
OPENING.
IF HE CAN DO IT, FROM A
DISTANCE OF ABOUT YARDS, HE
WILL WIN $1 MILLION.
AND IF HE DOES, I'M GOING TO GO
DOWN AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
SNIE WUERFFEL, BEING RUN DOWN
ONE MORE TIME BY MR. BOULWARE.
BOB: BOULWARE IS JUST GOING TO
RUN AROUND PILLER.
I THINK THAT'S ZACH ON THAT
SIDE.
NO, THAT'S THE TIGHT END.
THERE'S NO WAY THE TIGHT END --
YOU CAN'T EXPECT YOUR -- YOU
CAN'T EXPECT YOUR TIGHT END TO
BLOCK THAT MAN.
KEITH: THE PASS IS AWAY AND
BATTED DOWN BY THE DEFENDER ON
THE PLAY.
NUMBER 4, TROY SAUNDERS.
BOB: THAT BALL WAS ALMOST
PICKED OFF.
THE RECEIVER STOPPED AND DANNY
THREW IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
TO THE INSIDE.
KEITH: REIDEL ANTHONY, THE
INTENDED RECEIVER.
BOB: ANTHONY, AT THE TOP OF THE
CAREEN IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND
RUN A LITTLE CURL.
WATCH, THE BALL IS INSIDE A
LITTLE BIT.
SAUNDERS ALMOST HAD A PIECE OF
THAT.
KEITH: THAT'S DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AND A PENALTY FLAG IS THROWN ON
THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD.
PASS CAUGHT BY JACQUEZ GREEN.
SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOMEBODY
DOWNFIELD.
REFEREE: INELIGIBLE RECEIVER
DOWNFIELD.
BE A FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
BOB: STEVE WANTS TO KNOW WHO IT
WAS.
WHO WAS IT?
AND HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T LIKE
IT.
KEITH: EVERYTHING ABOUT STEVE
SPURRIER --
BOB: HE'S NOT HIDING HIS
EMOTIONS.
KEITH: YOU WORK THAT HARD, IF
HE DID, HE'D BLOW UP.
CAN'T HIDE IT.
KEITH: AND IT IS INCOMPLETE.
AND IT IS TROY SAUNDERS MAKING
THE PLAY ON REIDEL ANTHONY.
COMES UP A LITTLE TENDER.
BUT HE'S MADE TWO GOOD PLAYS.
AND IN TO PUNT COMES ROBBY
STEVENSON.
KEITH: AND ONE MAN, NUMBER 16,
GOT OUTSIDE AND GRABBED HIM BY
THE COAT TAIL AND PULLED HIM
DOWN.
XAVIER MCRAE DID IT.
JOHN: COMING UP AT HALFTIME,
TODD WILL BREAK DOWN THE FIRST
HALF.
FLORIDA LOOKS LIKE AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT TEAM.
TODD: THE MOVE OF DANNY
WUERFFEL INTO THE SHOTGUN HAS
BEEN A GREAT MOVE FOR FLORIDA.
JOHN: THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO
THE CHALLENGE BY STEVE
SPURRIER.
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO
HIM AT HALFTIME AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW, KEITHING BACK TO
YOU.
KEITH: E.G. GREEN IS TAKEN DOWN
WITHIN THE 45, 43 OF FLORIDA.
CLOCK STOPS AS THEY MOVE THE
CHAINS.
1:49 TO GO.
BOB: IF YOU LIKE THE RUNNING
GAME, YOU WON'T LIKE THIS GAME
MUCH BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH
RUNNING ON EITHER SIDE.
KEITH: AND COOPER CAN'T GET TO
THE BALL.
AND A PENALTY FLAG COMES OUT OF
THE POCKET.
BOB: WEARY LOST THE BALL.
KEITH: WEARY DID NOT SEE THE
BALL.
AND I THINK WE GOT AN
INTERFERENCE CALL RIGHT HERE.
IF SO, THAT WILL BE THE 11TH
FLORIDA PENALTY.
BOB: WE HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED A
HALF YET.
KEITH: RANDY WAS WARNED, GET A
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
BOB: BEFORE THE GAME.
REFEREE: PASS INTERFERENCE ON
THE DEFENSE.
15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE
PREVIOUS SPOT.
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
BOB: THERE HE IS, NUMBER 24.
HE HEARS THE BALL AND THEN JUST
RUNS TO THE RECEIVER, PUTS HIS
ARM OUT ON THE RECEIVER AND
COOPER'S TRYING TO CATCH IT.
THAT'S A NICE CALL BY THE
OFFICIAL.
IT' AN EASY CALL AND PROBABLY A
SMART PLAY BY WEARY.
KEITH: RUNS INTO TROUBLE AT THE
25.
LAWRENCE WRIGHT, RIGHT UP ON
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
AND INVOLVED IN THAT DEFENSIVE
PLAY, WHICH IS A GATOR SHAKEN
UP.
IT'S KEITH COUNCIL, DEFENSIVE
TACKLE.
BOB: TEAMS ALL YEAR HAVE COME
IN AGAINST FLORIDA STATE AND
SAID WE'RE GOING TO STOP
WARRICK DUNN.
THEY'LL PUT SEVEN OR EIGHT
PLAYERS UP IN THE BOX TO STOP
THE OFFENSE.
AND HE'S FACED THIS ALL YEAR.
AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS,
HE'S MADE OVER SO
FAR IN THIS GAME.
THEY LOST CAMERON DAVIS, IT
APPEARS.
AND NOW WE'LL SEE ABOUT KEITH
COUNCIL.
BOB:ED THAT IS TALKING TO THE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR UPSTAIRS.
THERE'S A LOOK AT MARK THERE IN
THE MIDDLE.
HE CALLS ALL THE PLAYS.
BOBBY HAS TURNED THAT OVER TO
HIM.
BOBBY JUST KIND OF COACHES THE
PLAYERS ON THE SIDELINE, GETS
THEM MOTIVATED AND TELLS THE
COORDINATORS, KEITH -- AND I
LIKE THIS.
HE SAYS, DON'T BE AFRAID TO LET
IT ALL GO.
HE SAYS IF YOU HAVE TO BLITZ,
GO AHEAD AND BLITZ.
KEITH: AND INCOMPLETE.
HE HAD THE BALL WHERE MESSAM
COULD NOT REACH IT.
HE HAD HIS HANDS ON IT.
IT WAS TOO HIGH, AND COULDAVE
BEEN PICKED OFF.
TEAKO BROWN HAD A LOOK AT IT.
DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE.
BROWN IS AN IMPORTANT
PERSONALITY IN THE DEFENSIVE
SECONDARY, COMING OFF OF
INJURY.
KEITH: HE GETS PAST THE MARKER.
HE GETS A FIRST DOWN.
HE WILL, HOWEVER, NOT GET OUT
OF BOUNDS.
NOW THEY HAVE STOPPED IT ON THE
SIDELINE AT 55 SECONDS TO MOVE
THE CHAINS.
KEITH: FINALLY, DUNN FINDS A
WAY.
KEITH: SCOTT BENTLEY FOR THE
POINT.
HANGS IT THROUGH.
24-17 BALL GAME.
BOB: WARRICK DUNN AVERAGES OVER
100 YARDS A GAME.
BEFORE THIS PLAY, THEY'D ONLY
HAD 15 YARDS RUSHING IN THE
FIRST HALF.
70 IS THOMAS.
KEITH: GOOD BLOCK RIGHT HERE.
BOB: RIGHT THERE BY E.G. GREEN.
DUNN HAS ALWAYS PLAYED WELL
AGAINST THE GATORS AND PLAYED
VERY WELL IN BIG GAMES.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST PLAY THAT
HE'S MADE IN THIS BALL GAME.
GOOD BLOCK.
THEN HE JUST OUTRUNS WRIGHT,
NUMBER 4, TO THE SIDELINE.
KEITH: SO WARRICK DUNN MAKES IT
A SEVEN-POINT BALL GAME.
THE SEMINOLES WITH 40 SECONDS
TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF OF PLAY
PULL WITHIN SEVEN.
KEITH: AND WIMS COMES BACK UP
TO ABOUT THE 33-YARD LINE.
IN THE 1995 SUGAR BOWL WHEN
FLORIDA STATE AND FLORIDA HAD A
REMATCH AFTER A 31-31 TIE, DUNN
HAD THE FIRST PASS COMPLETED OF
HIS COLLEGIATE CAREER, A
73-YARDER TO OMAR ALLISON.
AND THE SEMINOLES WON BY 23-17.
BOB: HE'S AWFULLY IMPORTANT TO
THIS OFFENSE.
KEITH: AND HE RUNS ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE 31-YARD LINE OF
FLORIDA STATE.
AND THERE'S 27 TICKS REMAINING
ON THE CLOCK.
BETTER NOT GO TO SLEEP.
BOB: NOT ON THIS OFFENSE.
THEY SCORE TOO QUICKLY.
THEY GOT A TIME-OUT LEFT.
BOBBY'S WRITING DOWN SOME NOTES
FOR WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY AT
HALFTIME.
KEITH: THAT WAS INTENDED DOWN
THE SIDELINES FOR REIDEL
ANTHONY.
AND IT WAS OVERTHROWN.
HE HAD NO CHANCE.
KEITH: THAD BUSBY GETTING ALL
THE CONVERSATION HE CAN WITH
MARK RICK, EVEN THOUGH HALFTIME
IS AT HAND.
TROY SAUNDERS HAS COME INTO
THIS BALL GAME AT THE CONNER
BACK POSITION, BOB, AND HAS
DONE A GOOD JOB ON ANTHONY.
BOB: HE HAS.
HE'S PLAYED A LOT OF DEFENSIVE
BACKS.
KEITH: AND HE'S DOWN AROUND THE
38-YARD LINE.
AND TIME RUNS OUT.
BOB: HERE'S A LOOK FROM BEHIND
THE QUARTERBACK.
BOULWARE AGAIN WILL NOT GO
DOWN.
TRIES TO MAKE A PLAY.
AND CRAWFORD, 47 SEES VISIONS
OF GRANDEUR RIGHT HERE.
KEITH: WATCH THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WUERFFEL
GET BUSTED, RIGHT THERE.
BOB: HE NEEDS TO GIVE IT UP.
HE FINALLY GAVE IT YOU WERE,
BEHE GAVE IT UP TOO LATE.
KEITH: PRETTY EXCITING STUFF.
BUT THE HALF IS OVER.
AND AT HALFTIME, IT IS FLORIDA
24, A BIG GAME,
TOO.
BART EDMISTON.
UP AND IN.
45-20, FLORIDA.
BOB: THINK BACK ABOUT 33 DAYS
WHEN FLAFL AND FLORIDA STATE
PLAYED.
FLORIDA WAS NUMBER ONE IN THE
COUNTRY AND UNDEFEATED.
THEY GOT BEAT AND DROPPED TO
NUMBER FOUR.
BOB: THEN NEBRASKA GOT BEAT AND
FLORIDA MOVED UP TO THREE.
THEN ARIZONA STATE GOT BEAT
YESTERDAY.
AND FLORIDA NOW MOVES UP TO
TWO, THEORETICALLY.
AND NOW THEY PLAY THE NUMBER
ONE TEAM.
AND NOW EAR BACK UP.
BOB: I THINK LOSING ON THE ROAD
AT TALLAHASSEE IN A CLOSE GAME.
KEITH: WELL, THE TEAM -- IF
FLORIDA GOES AHEAD AND WINS
THIS, AND RIGHT NOW DON'T
SIGH ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY
THEY SHOULDN'T, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE FLORIDA STATE, FLORIDA,
B.Y.U., ARIZA STATE AND OHIO
STATE ALL WITH ONE LOSS.
KEITH: THE TIGHT END HAS A BIG
PLAY OUT OF IT.
MOVES THE BALL ALL THE WAY TO
THE 40-YARD LINE.
I DO THINK THIS, THOUGH, BOB.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT PLAINLY
AND CLEARLY.
I THINK THERE'S SOME FEELING
ABOUT THE ALLIANCE, THAT
PROBABLY OHIO STATE MIGHT LOSE
SOME VOTES BECAUSE THEY HAVE
NOT BEEN PART OF THE ALLIANCE.
KEITH: HAD THAT ONE ON HIS
FINGERS FOR A WHILE BUT NEVER
HAD IT IN POSSESSION.
SO IT'S AN INCOMPLETE PASS.
KEITH: AND IT BOUNCES AWAY
INCOMPLETE.
IT WILL BE, THEN, THE FIRST
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FAR
FLORIDA FOOTBALL TEAM.
MEANING THAT THERE NOW RESTS IN
THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARK TOTAL
OF SIX.
IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND ALABAMA --
BOB: SIX BANNERS IN THE LAST 12
OR 13 YEARS.
KEITH: AND BUSBY THROWS DOWN
THE MIDDLE.
IT'S TEAKO BROWN.
AND COMING BACK TO THE 49-YARD
LINE.
SO TRYING TO FORCE ONE DOWN THE
MIDDLE FOR PETER WARRICK.
IT SAILS AWAY FROM HIM.
AND IT IS PICKED OFF.
AND THAT MIGHT
BOB: GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT LAST INTERCEPTION.
IT COMES OFF THE SHOOT OF SHEA
SHOWERS, NUMBER 2.
TEAKO BROWN.
KEITH: DIDN'T HIT THE GROUND.
IT CAME OFF HIS FOOT, RIGHT?
BOB: RIGHT.
KEITH: NOW THEY FINALLY GET --
IT'S GOING TO BE FLORIDA
PUTTING THE BALL IN PLAY ALL
THE WAY BACK AT THE 30-YARD
LINE INSTEAD OF HAVING IT UP ON
THE 49 WHERE IT WAS A MINUTE
AGO.
KEITH: TAYLOR, AND HE MAY HAVE
ONE YARD OUT OF THAT CARRY.
KEITH: IT' AN INADVERTENT
WHISTLE CALL.
I GUESS SOMEBODY BLEW THE
WHISTLE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT
THE BALL HAD HIT THE GROUND BUT
THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICIALS
EXPLAINED THE REASON FROM
MOVING FROM THE FLORIDA STATE
49 ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
FLORIDA 30.
BOB: YOU GOT TO HAND IT TO
DANNY WUERFFEL.
GOES TO NEW YORK, WINS THE
HEISMAN TROPHY.
PLAYS FOR A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP AND IT LOOKS AS
THOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT.
KEITH: DANNY WUERFFEL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO FAR
NOW.
I GOT UP AT 4:00 THIS MORNING.
BOB: PLAYING FOR THE OTHER
TEAM.
KEITH: FLORIDA IS --'S 45
POINTS IS A NEW RECORD.
THE LAST WAS 42 WELCOME PEPPER
ROGERS HAD A 42-19 WIN OVER
WEST VIRGINIA.
REFEREE: WE HAVE TWO DEAD BALL
FOULS.
PERSONAL FOULS AGAINST THE
DEFENSE.
IT WILL BE A CUMULATIVE TOTAL
OF 30 YARDS.
KEITH: OH, MY GOODNESS.
HERE IS LYNN SWANN.
LYNN: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
DANNY WUERFFEL AND ALL THE
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS.
HE KNOWS IT'S THE TEAM THAT IS
MOST IMPORTANT FOR HIM.
SO HE'S HAD THIS HAT DESIGNED.
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST FOR HIS
TEAMMATES ON THE FLORIDA GATORS
AND WHEN THIS GAME IS OVER,
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GET IT AS
A PERSONAL GIFT FROM DANNY
WUERFFEL.
ESTEEM ALL THE WAY, KEITH.
KEITH: HE'S A GREAT YOUNGSTER.
>> NOT ONLY DID HE WIN THE
HEISMAN BUT HE WON THE NATIONAL
FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND HALL OF
FAME, THE AWARD FOR
SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH GOES TO THE
NATION'S TOP SCHOLAR ATHLETES.
SO HE WON THE ATHLETIC AWARD
AND THE HEISMAN AND HE WON THE
SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD.
KEITH: THEY GOT ENOUGH POINTS.
ALL THEY GOT TO DO NOW IS RUN
OUT THE CLOCK.
AND GO AND HAVE A BIG PARTY.
AND I'LL BET THEY WILL.
BOB: BOBBY BOWDEN SAYS I DON'T
LIKE REMATCHES.
ESPECIALLY AN INSTATE RIVAL.
HE GOT A WEEK TO CELEBRATE THE
WIN OVER FLORIDA.
HE SAYS WHEN THEY NAMED THE
REMATCH, HE SAYS THAT'S LIKE
LOSING 365 DAYS OF BRAGGING AND
STRUTTING RIGHTS BECAUSE YOU
BEAT YOUR INSTATE RIVAL.
KEITH: TAYLOR IS A JUNIOR AND
JACKSON IS A SOPHOMORE.
BOB: THIS TEAM WILL BE BACK
NEXT YEAR.
THEY'LL LOSE WUERFFEL AND STEVE
WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP ANOTHER
QUARTERBACK.
KEITH: IF MIKE DOESN'T GO OUT,
AND IT'S ANTICIPATE THAT HAD
ANTHONY WILL BUT IF IKE DOESN'T
GO, THEY'LL BE A PRETTY GOOD
FOOTBALL TEAM.
KEITH: AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A
FIRST DOWN AND ANOTHER PENALTY
FLAG DOWN AROUND THE 13-YARD
LINE.
BOB: THE ONE BIG ADVANTAGE THAT
SPURRIER AND THE GATORS HAD
COMING INTO THIS GAME, KEITH.
THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR
THAT THE ALLIANCE HAS HAD A
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
SPURRIER AND THE GATORS HAVE
PLAYED IN BOTH OF THEM, AND
LAST YEAR THE EMBARRASSMENT OF
GETTING BEAT AT THE FIESTA BOWL
BY TOM OSBORNE OF NEBRASKA HAD
TO STING AND HURT.
I THINK YOU'RE JUST SEEING THE
FRUSTRATION HERE.
KEITH: AS YOU WIND IT DOWN IN
LOOKING AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN
POSTSEASON PLAY BYU ENDS UP
WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF
WINS.
WASHINGTON LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL
BE PRETTY GOOD OUT ON THE WEST
COAST NEXT YEAR.
BOB: I THINK THESE TWO TEAMS
RIGHT HERE.
THEY JUST GOT TALENT BEHIND
TALENT.
KEITH: THEY LOSE WARRICK.
BUSBY IS BACK.
KENDRA WILL GET HIS CHANCE THIS
SPRING TO COMPETE FOR THE
QUARTERBACK'S JOB.
BOB: SPURRIER LOSES HIS TWO TOP
QUARTERBACKS WUERFFEL AND BRIAN
SCHOTTENHEIMER.
TAKE A LOOK AT -- IT WAS NOT A
GOOD NIGHT FOR HIM.
ONLY 28 YARDS RUSHING.
KEITH: THIS IS TAYLOR.
BOB: TOUGH FOR WARRICK, THE
GREAT YOUNG MAN THAT HE IS.
FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT
HE HAS HELPED RAISE SINCE THE
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER.
COMES BACK HERE TO HIS HOME
STATE.
HE CAME BACK TO FLORIDA, TO
FLORIDA STATE, HE WAS --
EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WOULDINGLY
IN THE NFL AND HE WANTED TO
COME BACK AND TRY TO WIN A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE CAME BACK HOPING TO BE HERE
FOR THIS GAME, AND HE MADE IT.
THINGS JUST HAVEN'T WORKED OUT
FOR HIM.
KEITH: CLOSE BUT NOT IN.
HE'S GOT SOME LEVERAGE WHEN HE
COMES AROUND THAT CORNER.
BUT HE JUST MISSES GETTING INTO
THE END ZONE.
KEITH: ANTHONY COMES BACK INTO
THE BALLGAME.
WUERFFEL IS PLAYING IT OUT.
MOBLEY IS THE FULLBACK, JACKSON
THE RUNNING BACK.
AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND GOAL.
KEITH: THERE IT IS.
KEITH: THIS IS CONVINCING.
AFTER THE POINT, 52-20.
BOB: I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, KEITH, THE FIVE
TEAMS HAVING ONE LOSS, HAS BEEN
ON STEVE'S MIND THE LAST SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT MINUTES, AND I
THINK THAT THE LAST TWO OR
THREE TOUCHDOWNS WERE A
STATEMENT TO SAY, HEY, LET'S
BEAT THIS TEAM AND BEAT THEM
GOOD.
SO WE CAN GET SOME MORE VOTES.
KEITH: COMES OUT TO ABOUT THE
35-YARD LINE, FEASTER.
KEITH: DAN KENDRA, WRITE THE
NAME DOWN.
KEITH: AND A PENALTY FLAG ON
THE PLAY.
DEFENSIVE TACKLE.
SO KENDRA COMES IN AND GETS A
BRUTAL NIRKS AS HE'S BELTED
JUST AS HE THROWS.
IT WAS INTERCEPTED.
IT WAS DEMETRIC JACKSON WHO HIT
KENDRA.
REFEREE: FACE MASK.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY ON FLORIDA
STATE.
KEITH: ON TOP OF THAT, THE
SEMINOLES GET HIT WITH A FACE
MASK CALL.
NOW BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER WILL
GET SOME REPS IN THE GAME.
BOB: KEITH, WHY DO YOU THINK
STEVE PUT ON HIS RAINCOAT.
ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS
LEAVES THE FIELD RIGHT THERE.
KEITH: YES.
HE'S PUT NUMBERS IN THE BOOK AT
THE UNIVERSITY O FLORIDA THAT,
UNTIL THEY CHANGE THE GAME, MAY
NEVER BE ERASED.
KEITH: AND SPAIN TAKES DOWN
SCHOTTENHEIMER ON THE SNAP.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE PENALTY
FLAGS.
AND HERE'S WHY STEVE SPURRIER
HAS GOT ON THE JACKET.
HE EXPECTED IT.
BOB: HE TOOK IT OFF.
MAYBE THEY'LL GET ANOTHER
BUCKET AND COME BACK AT HIM.
REFEREE: FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
FIRST DOWN.
BOB: HE PUT THAT JACKET ON FOR
ONE REASON.
HE KNEW THE BUCKET WAS COMING.
THEY OUGHT TO OUTSMART HIM.
THEY OUGHT TO GO BACK AND GET
ANOTHER BUCKET OF ICE AND ICE
WATER.
KEITH: THE YOUNG SEMINOLES FOR
THE FIRST TIME A LITTLE SHORT
TEMPERED.
THEY SHOULD LET THE CLOCK RUN
AND FINISH OUT THE BALL GAME
AND PASS OUT THE TROPHIES.
SCHOTTENHEIMER CAME DOWN TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BECAUSE
HE WANTS TO BE A COACH.
KEITH: NOW WE'RE INSIDE A
MINUTE.
AND THE ISSUE HAS LONG SINCE
BEEN RESOLVED HERE.
THE FLORIDA GATORS, NUMBER
THREE, HAVE DEFEATED FLORIDA
STATE, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, ARIZONA STATE, LOST
YESTERDAY IN THE ROSE BOWL.
AND THE FLORIDA GATORS ARE NOW
ANTICIPATING A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP, THEIR FIRST.
A YOUNG MAN IN AT QUARTERBACK
RIGHT NOW, NUMBER 12, JERRY
JOHNSON.
LINE LINE FLEE
KEITH: THE BALL GAME IS OVER.
THE FLORIDA GATORS HAVE STAKED
THEIR CLAIM FOR THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1996.
LYNN: WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR TEAM'S
PERFORMANCE LAST TIME AND THIS
TIME?
>> THEY BEAT US IN EVERY PART
OF THE GAME.
I THINK THEY SCORED OFF OF BOTH
PUNTS AT OUR ONE.
I'M NOT SURE.
BUT THEY KEPT US IN THE HOLE.
JUST COULDN'T CAPITALIZE.
THEY JUST BEAT THE HECK OUT OF
US IN EVERY PART OF FOOTBALL.
LYNN: CONGRATULATIONS ON A
GREAT SEASON.
LET'S GO TO LYNN SWANN.
LYNN: CONGRATULATIONS.
I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR YOU.
WE'VE GOT TO LET YOU SAY HOW
YOU FEEL AT THIS MOMENT.
'
>> SWANNY, GOD SMILED ON THE
GATORS.
TEXAS DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO.
OHIO STATE DID IT.
OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T WON IT
YET.
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL WORK OUT.
GOD SMILED ON US.
AND DANNY WUERFFEL IS THE BEST
PLAYER THAT EVER PLAYED COLLEGE
QUARTERBACK, I TELL YOU THAT.
LYNN: YOU GOT HELP FROM THE
RIGHT PLACES.
THE GAME PLAN HAD TO COME
TOGETHER.
A MUCH MORE PHYSICAL BALL GAME
BY YOUR TEAM.
>> WE HAD TO GET INTO THE
SHOTGUN.
DANNY IS GOOD IN THERE AND GET
THE BALL OFF.
WE WAS ABLE TO RUN A LITTLE
LATER.
DANNY DID IT ALL.
THE WHOLE TEAM PLAYED WELL.
LYNN: IT WAS A SENSATIONAL BALL
GAME.
>> GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST MY
LORD AND SAVIOR.
SO MANY GREAT MOMENTS.
IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE
BEST.
DEFENSE, OFFENSE, SPECIAL
TEAMS, EVERYBODY PLAYED THEIR
BEST TONIGHT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
LYNN: YOU PLAYED THE WHOLE GAME
IN THAT SHOTGUN.
YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD BEEN
THERE ALL YOUR LIFE.
>> YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOT
TO DO.
WE HAD TO DO THAT TO WIN.
WE'RE THANKFUL AND VERY
BLESSED.
SHARE IT WITH THE TEAMMATES.
LYNN: THANKS A LOT.
KEITH: ALL RIGHT, SWANNY.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE FLORIDA
GATORS.
A VICTORY OVER THE FLORIDA
STATE SEMINOLES.
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