I wouldnt be surprised if the 2013 game @ Miami is the first game of the year.
On 9/3/08, Oliver Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with Mike on most of his points. We are arrogant about Miami. > We don't need them, they, along with f$U need us. Miami should've been > rolling over to get us decent tickets, which they didn't do. We are all > suffering for this, me included. I hate not being able to play them every > year. F$U brags every year about playing both of us and being the state > champs. Of course, they're not, but they have to have something. > > I don't agree with him about the games getting smaller either. At least > they're not for us. No wonder Miami can't fill their stadium. No wonder > the semis can't fill theirs. We, on the other hand, have 119 sellouts in a > row! > > Suck up semis and scum!! Roll over or we'll never give you a chance to > play another big time football power. > > > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Halo Realty, LLC > > 700 E. Main St. > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > office: 615-822-3509 > > fax: 615-822-7741 > > mobile: 615-972-4239 > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:48 PM > *To:* gatortalk googlegroups > *Subject:* [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Ego, money sacking good grid > rivalries > > > > <<Because arrogance and ego and, of course, greed have hijacked college > football.>> > <<the games just keep getting smaller and smaller.>> > <<but I believe the death of the series had more to do with UF's feeling of > superiority than UF's ticket priority.>> > > <<how about giving in-state fans a game they can get juiced about?>> > > <<that "national" schedule turned into dog-food games against teams like > Montana State and Louisiana Tech.>> > > > > Is Mike Bianchi: > > A. Stupid > > B. Jealous > > C. Just trying to piss us off > > D. Has a deadline and needs to spew any old junk > > E. All of the above > > > > The games do NOT keep getting smaller and smaller. There are plenty of > games to get "juiced about". Tenn, Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, South > Carolina, FSU, the SEC championship. Yes we squeeze a couple of easy teams > - usually at the beginning of the year - but our strength of schedule is > still much higher than most of the other 115/120 division 1 schools. > > > > The money is poured into the university and the athletics program. Which > does what? Brings in more big time recruits. The program is self > supporting. How much $$$ does FSU and Miami have to charge the citizens of > the state of Florida each year to showcase "thugs on a field"? > > > > I agree with him about one thing - we don't need Miami. Miami and FSU > could have joined the SEC - but they chose the ACC - which about as > difficult as the leagues that USF and UCF play in. And Miami and FSU knew > exactly what they were doing in joining the ACC instead of the SEC. > > > > I hope this guy is on the sidelines and Patchan takes a personal foul again > ... > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatornews] Ego, money sacking good grid rivalries > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, September 03, 2008 1:20 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Ego, money sacking good grid rivalries* > > [image: Mike > Bianchi]<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/columnists/orl-bianchi,0,3285093.columnist> > Mike Bianchi | SPORTS COMMENTARY > > September 3, 2008 > > Tim > Tebow<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/football/tim-tebow-PESPT008528.topic>'s > eyes flashed with excitement and his voice raised a couple of decibels when > the subject of playing the Miami > Hurricanes<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/miami-hurricanes-ORSPT000191.topic>came > up. > > "Playing the 'U' is something I've never done before and I'm excited about > it," chirped the University of > Florida<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/education/colleges-universities/university-of-florida-OREDU0000153.topic>quarterback > in reference to the rare renewal of the UF-UM rivalry this > weekend. > > "I think we should play Miami every year. That would be awesome. I'd love > it." > > Everybody would love it. The players. The fans. The media. > > Everybody. > > But Florida and Miami don't play every year for the same reason UCF and > South Florida are likely ending their four-year series after Saturday's > game: Because arrogance and ego and, of course, greed have hijacked college > football. > > Remember when college football was supposed to be about the players and the > fans and the student body? Well, now it's about bean-counting athletic > administrators and ego-driven coaches. > > "When the stakes are this high, everything changes," said Bill Carr, the > former UF athletic director who took part in the failed negotiations that > helped kill the annual Miami series in the mid-1980s. > > Back then the > Gators<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/football/florida-gators-ORSPT000172.topic>were > just getting out of debt as an athletic program, and one of the main > reasons they dropped Miami was to add another home game to help balance > their budget. To this day, Carr insists UF would have kept playing UM if > former UM athletic director Sam Jankovich had just agreed to give UF fans > better seats in the Orange > Bowl<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/football/orange-bowl-PLTRA0000003.topic> > . > > Maybe so, but I believe the death of the series had more to do with UF's > feeling of superiority than UF's ticket priority. The Gators felt UM needed > them more than they needed UM. They felt they were subsidizing UM's budget > by guaranteeing a rare sellout in the Orange Bowl every other year. And it > wasn't just coincidence that they dropped Miami just as the Hurricanes > turned into regular national-title contenders. > > The Gators tried to soften the PR blow by saying they were dropping Miami > to play a more "national" schedule. Of course, that "national" schedule > turned into dog-food games against teams like Montana State and Louisiana > Tech. > > It's pretty telling that Carr, even today, expresses the same sentiment > that ran rampant back then. > > "Florida," he said, "doesn't need to play Miami." > > He's right, of course. The Gators don't need to play Miami, just as South > Florida doesn't need to play UCF. But -- and I know this a foreign concept > in today's big-money BCS world -- how about giving in-state fans a game they > can get juiced about? > > Is there any question UCF fans and players get more jazzed about USF than > any other opponent? And if USF fans were honest, they'd tell you the same > about UCF. But it doesn't matter to USF Coach Jim Leavitt, who is about to > kill a perfectly good rivalry. And why? Because of ego run amok, that's why. > > Because Leavitt is infected with the same "you need us more than we need > you" attitude the Gators had so many years ago. > > UCF Coach George > O'Leary<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/football/george-oleary-PESPT008434.topic>seems > tired of lobbying for the continuation of the USF series but still > stated his case yet again Tuesday. > > "I think it's a great game for both fan bases," O'Leary said. "I think it's > a natural game that provides a great college atmosphere. I'm not much for > traveling five or six states over to play a game when we've got one 60 miles > away. But it's not a big deal. If they don't want to play, we'll move on." > > I don't know what's worse -- USF's inexplicable arrogance or UF's incessant > money grab. > > Let's face it, now that college teams play 12 regular-season games, the > Gators could easily play Miami every year. Florida doesn't really need a > seventh home game. The Gators -- bankrolled by millionaire boosters and a > billion-dollar Southeastern Conference TV package -- are a money machine. > They could easily subtract one home game every other year, play Miami and > not even notice it in their budget. > > "Why would we want to do that?" UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley said. > "Why would you want to take $2 million out of your pocket every other year?" > > Such is the business of college football. > > In order to indulge bigger and bigger athletic budgets and bigger and > bigger egos, the games just keep getting smaller and smaller. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
