Filed under: Florida, Penn State, Coaching, Bowl Games
TAMPA, Fla. -- As Florida senior strong safety Ahmad Black loped down the west sideline in front of the Penn State bench with the football in his right hand, his head coach wondered if he would draw a celebration penalty before reaching the end zone."I was going to hit him right square in the mouth if he got a 15-yard penalty for holding the ball up," Florida coach Urban Meyer joked.
High above in a Raymond James Stadium suite, Will Muschamp, Meyer's replacement starting Sunday, looked on in approval. Back down on the field, Penn State coach Joe Paterno watched helplessly as Black raced by, denying Paterno his 25th bowl win and 402nd victory.
On the Florida sideline, Ian Lockwood, wearing an orange skull cap to cover the scars from his most recent -- and second -- surgery to try and remove the cancer that is eating his brain, cheered as Black reached Penn State's 30, changing the football from his right hand to his left hand.
Black kept striding, pointing with his free hand to the Gators' faithful in the north end zone. Upon finally reaching the end zone to cap off his 80-yard interception return and cap off Florida's 37-24 Outback Bowl victory against Penn State, Black simply dropped the ball to the ground.
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