TAMPA — It was Picture Day for the Florida football team Monday afternoon at the Outback Bowl. Position players posed with other position players, friends with friends, coaches with their families, cheerleaders with cheerleaders.
This wasn't the flag-waving, in-your face celebration in Baton Rouge when they won the East. This was more of a job-well-done, satisfied celebration.
Freshman linebacker David Reese grabbed senior linebacker Jarrad Davis and rubbed his head. Neither one played in the game, but Reese knew what it meant for the seniors to go out with a win.
This will be a different offseason for the mighty Gators, not that it means less work, but that it will mean better memories.