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[QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 521311, member: 34"]
The Daryl Johnston quick kicks which tipped the scales for us in regards to field position in several games were game changers.
 
Coach P is usually considered pretty conservative too but he had some tricks up his sleeve.
 
Don't forget about Kirby Dar Dars' 95 yard reverse kickoff TD run in the big upset of #1 Florida* in 1991 at the Dome. He was just a freshman playing in his 3rd game.
 
Then in the 1992 Fiesta Bowl in Tempe against Colorodo** the coaches asked him if he thought he could pull it off again. He told them absolutely and sure enough he did it again this time for 100 yards. I did some work for Kirby a few years ago, that's when he told me that story.
 
The Gators have not traveled north of the Mason Dixon line for an OOC game since that 38-21 beat-down 22 years ago.
 
[I]*Steve Spurrier[/I]:
 
[I]Just before we went out for the TV introductions - ABC was broadcasting the game - I told the kickoff coverage team to look for a reverse on the opening kickoff. It fell on deaf ears. After we watched Kirby Dar Dar run right past our bench on the way to a 95-yard touchdown on a reverse on the opening kickoff, I asked three members of the coverage team if they had heard me talk about watching for that play. All of them said no[/I]
 
[I]**[URL='http://www.deseretnews.com/article/267668/DAR-DARS-100-YARD-KICKOFF-RETURN-BOOSTS-SYRACUSE-OVER-COLORADO.html?pg=all'][B][COLOR=#000080][U]DAR DAR'S 100-YARD KICKOFF RETURN BOOSTS SYRACUSE OVER COLORADO[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL][/I]
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