Gators Shatter Crystal Football; Desmond Tutu Torches Tebow's Heisman

by T Kyle King on Apr 14, 2008 10:24 PM EDT in Football

In the words (or, I guess, the guttural utterance) of Nelson Muntz, "Ha-ha!":

Florida's football team last week suffered an accident with its BCS championship trophy from the 2006 national title. University officials confirmed that the Waterford crystal trophy was knocked off its pedestal and destroyed.

It may remain a mystery who actually destroyed the crystal football, which shattered after hitting the ground outside head coach Urban Meyer's office. Florida has already contacted the company in Kentucky that makes the base of the trophy and imports the crystal from Ireland for a replacement.

Florida associate athletic director Chip Howard confirmed the accident. The trophy was sitting on a coffee table outside of Meyer's office while construction of new coaches' offices is being completed.

I believe we have found the antidote to the pre-season Florida hype. It's great to be a Gator hater!

Go 'Dawgs!

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P.S.:

For those too young to get the headline, it's a reference to this "Saturday Night Live" sketch.

by T Kyle King on Apr 14, 2008 10:33 PM EDT 0 recs

Age

Did they even invent crystal by the last time Georgia won a national title?

http://year2.wordpress.com

by Year2 on Apr 16, 2008 12:45 AM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah

They'd also invented trophy cases.

I mean, seriously . . . they left the thing sitting around on a coffee table?!?!

I'm not sure what the rule on that sort of thing is, but I'd be willing to bet that breaking the crystal football, like breaking a mirror, brings a team seven years' bad luck.

So, you know, that should be exactly like Florida's entire football history prior to 1990!

by T Kyle King on Apr 16, 2008 7:41 AM EDT up 0 recs

Kyle . . .

Which member of the Gator secondary was holding the trophy when it crashed to the ground? Ooops. Silly me. If any member of the current Gator secondary had been involved, he would have been jogging along five yards behind the guy who dropped the crystal football, after having bitten on the play fake.

by MaconDawg on Apr 15, 2008 11:06 AM EDT 0 recs