Here's a write-up on that Florida game. This is why most of us who lived through that black-out never want to see another one. That said, it's been a while and these are new students who want something to be excited about. At the same time, we are doing this for Kentucky?
Rex Grossman turned "Black Out Florida" into knock South Carolina out of the Southeastern Conference race.
Grossman had his school-record ninth consecutive 300-yard game, passing for three touchdowns and running for a fourth as the fourth-ranked Gators beat No. 14 South Carolina, 54-17, on Saturday night.
Grossman and his teammates were more amused than overwhelmed when much of the record 84,900 at Williams-Brice Stadium turned out in black.
"It was fun," Grossman said. "It was like they weren't even there. They were blacked out. Then we drove them out, they left."
Even Florida Coach Steve Spurrier chuckled at the sight. "One of our receivers said, 'Coach, it was nice of them to wear all black so we can pick the ball out of the sky,"' he said.
The Gators, 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the SEC, who scored on their first nine possessions, can reach the SEC championship game by beating Tennessee on Dec. 1.
All week, Florida heard how South Carolina was no longer the SEC pushover it has generally been since joining the league in 1992. But after the Gamecocks (7-3, 5-3) took a 10-3 lead on Derek Watson's seven-yard touchdown and Daniel Weaver's 32-yard field goal with 5:12 to go in the opening quarter, it was a Florida romp like so many times before.
It was the most points allowed by South Carolina in Coach Lou Holtz's three seasons.
