The Football Insider: October 25th, 2008

By
Franz Beard
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Where were you the last time the Kentucky Wildcats beat the Florida Gators in a football game? To put it in perspective how long it has been, consider Joe Haden’s response when told it has been 21 years.

“I wasn’t even born 20 years ago,” said Haden, who will be making his 20th career start at cornerback Saturday when the Gators (5-1, 3-1 SEC East) host the Wildcats (5-2, 1-2 SEC East) for Homecoming at The Swamp (12:30 p.m., Raycom TV).

Florida’s 21-game winning streak is the third-longest in Division I among teams playing an uninterrupted series. The last time Kentucky beat Florida was 1986 at Commonwealth Stadium. The last time the Wildcats beat the Gators in Gainesville was 1979, the last year the Gators posted a losing record.

To put the streak in better perspective here are a few things to consider:

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Franz Beard
Franz Beard
Back in January of 1969, the late, great Jack Hairston, then the sports editor of the Jacksonville Journal, called me on the phone one night and asked me if I wanted to work for him. I said yes. The entire interview took 30 seconds. It's my experience that whenever the interview lasts 30 seconds or less, I get the job. In the 48 years that I've been writing and getting paid for it, I've covered Super Bowls, World Series, NCAA basketball championships, BCS championship games, heavyweight title fights and what seems like thousands of college football, baseball and basketball games. I'm a columnist and special assignments editor for Gator Country once again, writing about the only team that ever mattered to me, the Florida Gators.