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Not to pile on Florida fans who can only be thinking about dastardly Auburn, the only school to beat the Gators over the past two years, but this just popped up on YouTube. So don't blame me. To set the stage: Emmitt Smith -- who you may have heard of -- is in his junior year at Florida; he plans on leaving for the draft after the year ends. Leading 7-3 late in the fourth quarter, Florida forces Auburn into fourth and long; the Tigers convert. They score a touchdown with 12 seconds left and win.
But Emmitt won't leave the field:
I like Smith 1000 times more than I did ten minutes ago. (Not that I disliked him; prior to this I was a football agnostic.) Would anyone ever do this after an NFL game? Hell no. The kicker is that this game was at Auburn and he's just leaving himself out there to be jeered and mocked. 100 cocktails to you, sir.
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Old School: Emmitt Smith Won't Leave
Posted Oct 4th 2007 8:58AM by Brian Cook
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-04-2007 @ 11:04AM
Hugo Chavez said...
I thought he lost his contact lens and was just looking for it?
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10-04-2007 @ 4:06PM
War Eagle Atlanta said...
I was there that night, although I don't remember this part. The visitor's tunnel he was walking through at the end was right under the student section back then. I'm surprised that no one through anything at him, considering the enmity Auburn fans had for Emmitt. He had dared to spurn Auburn in favor of attending Florida. He was from the panhandle, for crying out loud. That's Alabama for most Floridians...
I think he had another 40 yard rushing game this particular night...
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10-05-2007 @ 5:56PM
Charlie said...
Yeah, Smith was not good at all against AU. I watch this everytime it's on ESPN Classic. Always brings a smile to my face. Looks like Tebow could be another Emmit Smith. A god in Florida but not so dominate against Auburn.
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10-05-2007 @ 8:34PM
Acid Reign said...
I can understand Emmitt's grief. That was a wake-up year for Auburn, although a LOT of us didn't realize it at the time. The talent had started going down from "ridonkulous" highs. We got MAULED up front, in Knoxville and Tallahassee. Still, Dye got the max out of this group.
In the UF game, we held serve in Jordan-Hare, but without the dominant defensive front of past years. Our last speed-back (Brent Fullwood) had graduated three years ago. We had a valiant, strong-armed QB (reggie Slack), but... much like Brandon Cox, he'd stand in the pocket WAY too long, and invariably get roughed up! We had a rocket receiver, with crazy speed (Alexander Wright), but no chemistry with the QB. We had a future all-SEC guy, Greg Taylor, but that was a work in progress, in 1989. Walk-ons Shane Wasden and Dale Overton gave hope, but these were NOT ace, get-open-in-double-coverage SEC stars. We were going to have some HARD times in the next few years, and we should have known it!
Florida dominated that game. We were sitting there, expecting it to be bad for Auburn, and it was. That fourth-down pass from Slack to Wasden basically came out of nowhere! It was a stunning reversal, and electrified our team and fans, for the rest of the year. Yeah, fallout was coming down the road. Tactical nuclear strikes against our program were in the cards, from Eric Ramsey, Steve Spurrier, Donald Watkins (who orchestrated our troubles with rare competence,) and the crippled Bret Farve.
Still, that game was amazing.
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10-08-2007 @ 2:39PM
Steve said...
I like Emmitt Smith for all the reasons I like Mike Hart (except for the obvious fact that I'm a Michigan grad). Emmitt always seemed to be playing on pure heart and desire. The guy was legendary for his off-season training, and always seemed to be the guy who made his teammates better around him.
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