Heart-Breaker

This weekend, my Florida Gators played the Alabama Crimson Tide for the SEC Championship game. The Gators were undefeated and ranked #1 in all of College Football. If the Gators won the game, they would be selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game. My dad and I were expecting a win against Alabama so we were already planning a vacation to Pasedena, California to watch the National Championship game. Contrary to what we expected, the Gators didn't even show up. Alabama crushed Florida by a score of 32-13. We were all dissapointed. I turned down a vacation to South Florida over winter break so that I could save my money for a ticket to see the Gators in the Championship, but now my plans, and dreams, are crushed. I would say, "There's always next year". But in this case, there is no hope for next year. Our leader, motivator, and star quarterback, Tim Tebow, is graduating and moving on to the NFL (best of luck to him). Without Tebow, we have a completely different team. Not that our back-up quarterback is bad, but he is nothing compared to Tebow and he plays a different kind of quarterback than Tebow, which means that our offense will have to be re-made during the offseason for this upcoming season. Of course, Tebow still has one more college game to play. The Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. People would debate that it is an important game because it is one of the top 5 bowls in the league but compared to what should have been, it means nothing. "Gator Nation" is now mourning the loss of not only our star quarterback, but our season's hopes and expectations.