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Healthy dose of humility a good lesson for Gators

By Dana O'Neil
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The two perfectly lit trophy cases sit, appropriately enough, back to back. One houses the 2006 Siemens Trophy; the other the hardware from 2007. The national-championship trophies fit so perfectly inside Florida's well-heeled practice facility it's as if they -- not the spiral staircase that encircles them -- came first. Last season the sparkling examples of Florida's basketball supremacy were the first thing the Gators saw when they came to practice each day. Tha ...

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