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> On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Helen Huntley <hhsga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What a great kid. Accepted to UF med school. Way to go! > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Nov 1, 2014, at 10:32 PM, Shane Ford <goufgat...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> Former walk-on provides key play for UF >> >> >> Kick holder Michael McNeely celebrates a fake kick for a touchdown during >> the first half of the Gators' game against the Georgia Bulldogs on November >> 1, 2014 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. Rob C. Witzel / Staff >> photographer >> By Kevin Brockway >> GAINESVILLE SUN Staff writer >> Published: Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 10:10 p.m. >> Last Modified: Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 10:10 p.m. >> JACKSONVILLE — The touchdown that turned around Florida’s moribund football >> season was run by a former walk-on who bags groceries at Publix to help >> raise money for school. >> >> Redshirt senior receiver Michael McNeely was the unlikeliest hero of >> Florida’s 38-20 win Saturday over rival Georgia. His 21-yard touchdown run >> on a fake field goal attempt for the Gators is a story he will be able to >> tell his children and grandchildren. >> >> “I’ll never forget this for the rest of my life,” McNeely said. >> >> Florida trailed 7-0 with 8:25 left in the second quarter when McNeely came >> in as a holder for a Frankie Velez 39-yard field goal attempt. The Gators >> had practiced a fake with McNeely about 10 times during the week. Georgia >> didn’t notice McNeely had replaced normal UF holder Kyle Crofoot. >> >> McNeely said he saw the right look from Georgia’s kick block unit and >> decided to go ahead with the play. >> >> “It was a great call,” McNeely said. “It was drawn up perfectly. The guys >> blocked. I know Tevin (Westbrook) had a great climb and Clay (Burton) kicked >> out. Frankie faking helped. All the linemen blocking, it was perfect. All I >> had to do was run.” >> >> Florida coach Will Muschamp said he had no reservations about putting the >> crucial play in the hands of a former walk-on. >> >> “Mike runs extremely well,” Muschamp said. “He really does. He’s a really >> good athlete. Mike is one of our best special teams players.” >> >> The touchdown tied the score at 7 and put a charge into a Gator team that >> had struggled against the Bulldogs in the first quarter. Florida went on to >> take a 14-7 lead at halftime and scored 17 more points in the second half to >> take a commanding 31-7 lead. >> >> The 5-foot-9, 176-pound McNeely said he felt a charge on the sidelines >> following the play. >> >> “We really started rolling,” McNeely said. “All my teammates were mobbing >> me. Actually I had my shoe come off. I had to get back for the kickoff. But >> we really did start rolling after that so that was great.” >> >> McNeely is a study in persistence. He began working at Publix in his native >> Clearwater in high school in 2008 and walked on to the UF football program >> in 2010. Last August, McNeely was given a scholarship by Muschamp. The next >> day, McNeely was back on the job at the Publix at Westgate Plaza on 34th >> Street, bagging groceries and checking out customers at the cashier counter. >> >> “I use him as an example for some of our guys all the time,” Muschamp said. >> “When you guys complain about the foot, when you guys complain about this … >> go do what he does.” >> >> Earlier in the week, McNeely had a reason to celebrate when he found out he >> was accepted to medical school at Florida. He’ll be back at Publix on >> Sunday, bagging groceries and checking out customers for close to $10 an >> hour to save money for medical school tuition. McNeely said he’s more than >> willing to pick up shopping carts left sprawled around the parking lot, and >> has bagged all kinds of items, including crab legs (insert your own Jameis >> Winston joke here). >> >> “I’m just so thankful for God and the way that he’s blessed me,” McNeely >> said. “This week has been amazing, probably the best week of my life in >> terms of all the news that I’ve gotten.” >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent From Shane's iPhone >> Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! >> ALPCA #8756 >> Europlate #1045 >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorNews" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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