Gator Boys Finally Show Me Something Real, And Can We Get A New Theme Song Soon?

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Congratulations to the Florida Gators. They won dominantly and well deserved. Billy Donovan - great coach. Great. His game plan to wear down Greg Oden and force Ohio St. to use him all game long at the expense of Joakim Noah's game time/involvement really shows how great of a coach Billy Boy is.

All year long, one of the things that irritated me about the Gators were their lack of humbleness, at least when they were in front of cameras, and their abundance of cockiness as if everyone were against them. Yeah I realize it's probably a psychological trick they play on themselves to stay motivated, and now that these kids have won two-straight, they'll probably become even more arrogant unfortunately, and maybe that's just, but come on, at least show us 10 seconds of humbleness without spouting off at the lip that this is for those that disrespect and hate you. Maybe people hate you because you think and act like they hate you.

However, one of the best things I saw out of the Gators last night came from two guys who finally for once in two years while claiming two national championships showed to the world that they are human and have real emotions that we all can relate to.

When Corey Brewer gave a shout out to his dad and he looked like he was holding back some tears, that connected with me. When Joakim Noah ran up the stands after the game to hug his mom and hid his face into her shoulders, we all saw a different side of Noah probably for the very first time. That connected with me. I actually felt like I knew what he was feeling rather than feeling on the defensive when he'd talk about how people 'hate' on him and the Gators. Everytime I'd see him or any of the Gators in the news, it always had a negative conotone to it. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but for the first time I saw a couple Gators after winning their second straight national title become a bit humble, no matter how subtle it was, and become a bit more 'real' to me than what they have otherwise projected out to the public for more than two years, and it was nice to see for a change.

And with that said, my sincere congratulations to the University of Florida and its fans for a remarkable, history-making season and their second-straight national title.

But I have just one more thing to complain about. The tourny was fine, it's cool, but when the game was over, I couldn't turn off the tv quick enough before they played that terrible 'One Shining Moment' celebration, or whatever you wanna call it. Seriously NCAA, can we find a better song because one, this one is worn out like a cassette tape and two, it's honestly just a lame, lame, lame song. It sounds like a song you'd hear on a Disney Channel movie. It's really lame.



Can we get some Guns'N Roses? Maybe some REM, Live, or even a 3-minute Blue Man Group clip would do better than that song they play at the end of every national championship now. There are better songs that my grandmother would listen to than that song. Seriously, the next meeting the NCAA gets, could they bring it up for a vote? I can't honestly understand how every single person loves this song as a 'signature' end to the tournament. And I'm not the only one who's tired of the song either.

Milli Vanilli would be an upgrade.

Congrats again to Florida; they've done what every single college team strives for. Oh, and hey Billy … you know you're going to be a very much richer man no matter what happens now, but when exactly is it ok for you to talk now about the Kentucky job?

Come on man, there's no excuse to stall now.