Fasten your seatbelts folks...

Saint Ron the Martyr

Well, it looks like barring any unforeseen events that the Gators will be matched up against Illinois in the Capital One Bowl. We will be tracking the media hype here since it's bound to be thick as molasses. You know, the big bad Gators that fired their coach. There will be comparisons between Urban Meyer and Zook. The inevitable credit to Zook for Florida's BCS crown last year.

They won't tell you what Urban Meyer mentioned in his post-game presser Saturday, namely that Andre Caldwell will graduate in December. According to Meyer "Three years ago when we first met him he looked at me when I talked to him about graduation like I had six heads."

They won't tell you about how Jarvis Moss was the forgotten man during Zook's tenure. Moss, the Gators defensive end, began to lose weight and stamina and didn't know what was causing it. When Meyer got to a Florida, a tearful Moss explained his situation and Meyer promised that the Florida medical staff would figure it out. Turns out Moss had a pelvic infection, the result of a cortisone shot he got in High School.

They won't tell you about how the Gators only have 5 Senior starters because almost that entire Zook recruiting class washed out academically, on the field or off of it.

All that said, there is a chance (remote though it may be) that Illinois wins that bowl game. Rashard Mendenhall scares me. But I expect total preparation from the Gators, something Illini fans can't expect from any Zook coached team.