Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes remembers dancing on the Orange Bowl logo, passing around the national championship trophy for teammates and coaches to hoist high into the Miami sky and then partying long into the night. Seven months later, those memories are still fresh in his mind. They carry him through grueling, early morning workouts, motivate him during intense weightlifting sessions and push him through gut-wrenching stamina drills.
They drive Spikes to want to do it again.
Repeat? Definitely, but Spikes and the Gators are thinking even bigger after winning two titles in the last three years.
“Three national championships and a chance to rewrite history,” Spikes said. “I don’t think there’s too many guys who can say they’ve won one. To win three would be a great thing, a chance to rewrite history, be remembered forever, go down in the books as one of the greatest teams ever.”
The Gators sure aren’t shy these days.
They began fall practice talking about wanting to become the first team in school history to put together a perfect season, something quarterback Tim Tebow first brought up last year during his well-publicized speech following a one-point loss to Mississippi.
Coach Urban Meyer tried to squash all the talk about going undefeated and repeating, but his players haven’t been able to quiet down.
