John Rohde: Sooners, Gators are rivals with a cause

 
No Author Published: August 19, 2009   


During Big 12 Media Days last month, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford was asked several questions about Florida.

Is Bradford consumed with thoughts about getting even against the Gators? Has Oklahoma-Florida become a budding rivalry? Does college football have a new showcase showdown?

photo - BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES / BOWL GAME / CELEBRATE / CELEBRATION: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow celebrates after the Gators scored the final touchdown in the fourth quarter during the BCS National Championship college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the University of Florida Gators (UF) on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Florida Gators won, 24-14. PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN ORG XMIT: KOD
BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES / BOWL GAME / CELEBRATE / CELEBRATION: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow celebrates after the Gators scored the final touchdown in the fourth quarter during the BCS National Championship college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the University of Florida Gators (UF) on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Florida Gators won, 24-14. PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN ORG XMIT: KOD

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Bradford paused before answering. You could envision his mind trying to connect the dots that didn’t warrant being connected.

Bradford didn’t want to give an answer that...
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