Emmitt Smith Congratulates Florida on Win Two Days After Loss

Information travels quick in at present’s sports activities information cycle, with info all the time not more than a click on away. It’s onerous to be out of the loop for too lengthy—except, apparently, you’re a Corridor of Fame operating again.

Emmitt Smith is a Florida legend who was a three-time All-SEC choice and convention MVP in 1989 earlier than embarking on an iconic profession within the NFL, so that you’d suppose he’d not less than pay attention to how his alma mater was acting on the gridiron. That makes his Monday morning tweet congratulating the Gators on their win over Utah—a sport that passed off 9 days in the past—all of the extra puzzling, particularly contemplating Florida’s subsequent house loss to Kentucky this weekend.

“Nice win in opposition to Utah,” Smith wrote. “Good work and hold this system shifting ahead!”

The Gators didn’t, in reality, sustain the nice work shifting ahead from their win over the Utes. Florida fell to the Wildcats on Saturday, 26–16, giving up 23 unanswered factors and getting shut out within the second half. After starring in opposition to Utah, Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson was not almost as efficient in opposition to Kentucky, finishing 14 of 35 go makes an attempt with two interceptions and simply 4 dashing yards. 

Maybe Smith was unaware of the Kentucky sport when he composed that tweet. His son, Emmitt Smith Jr., performs for Stanford, and the elder Smith was on the sport on Saturday when the Cardinal hosted USC. That sport kicked off across the identical time as Florida-Kentucky, so possibly he actually had not been clued in on the way it turned out.

If that is the primary time Smith is being knowledgeable of what occurred, although, then we apologize to the previous Gator for being the bearer of dangerous information.

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