UF Mystery Solved; Plant High Player Admits To Mishap

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Midweek Mierda: From the Bad Omen Department
Published 4/17/2008 by Massey at Buckeye Commentary
... First Percy Harvin’s heel, now this. Orson Charles, a Tampa area recruit, shattered the Florida's 2006 Championship crystal trophy while touring the football stadium. Charles was posing for a picture with Tim Tebow’s Heisman and bumped the table holding the trophy. A couple of Florida coaches, including Urban Meyer, joked that Charles had to commit to the Gators to pay them. Apparently, “you break it, you buy it” applies to SEC football. Insert Albert Means joke here. The best line, however, belongs to Plant ...

Reporters' Notebooks
Published 4/17/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Bill Ward, Tampa Tribune: Who is responsible for breaking the Waterford crystal that sat atop Florida's 2006 national championship trophy? It was Orson Charles, a tight end prospect from Plant High. ...

THE NEWS
Published 4/17/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --A Florida football recruit leaned in for a picture with Tim Tebow's Heisman and knocked over and destroyed Florida's 2006 BCS Championship Waterford Crystal trophy, valued at $35,000. Whoops. ...

Quick Thoughts
Published 4/18/2008 by Under Review at Play is Under Review
... How would you like the be the high school recruit that knocked over the 2006 National Championship Trophy at Florida? Here's the best line from the story: ...

Welcome to Rocky Top
Published 4/23/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Then there is the Sears Trophy, representing the Volunteers' 1998 national championship season. The Waterford crystal that sits atop the trophy is still in one piece, unlike Florida's broken trophy. ...