Hey... i admit.. i was surprised I was able to get them at all. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Helen Huntley <[email protected]> wrote:
> So has anybody seen numbers on UF season ticket orders? I wonder if the > only reason our sales are not down is that demand has always exceeded supply > and this year we simply filled more the demand (like Woody's order). > What about the rivalry rankings? I think leading up to the Alabama game, it > will seem like the No. 1 rivalry, but Georgia is still tops with me. FSU > still has to prove it's back. > > ** > > 15. Another topic that is sure to result in some questions out in Hoover is > the lagging season ticket sales at several SEC schools. Georgia, South > Carolina and Tennessee are all down this year. Is it the economy or a lack > of expectations or both? Is there any way to blame BP for the drop? > > 16. People like to get on the SEC for scheduling cupcakes and there is > plenty of icing been spread around this year's schedules. But the Big 12 > gets the softness award for scheduling only 12 of its 48 non-conference > games against BCS teams. (The SEC has 16 of 48). Maybe we're starting to > understand those lagging season ticket sales. > > 17. I brought this up on my radio show and offer it up to the Gator Nation. > It's my contention that Florida's rivalries change in importance depending > on what's going on with those schools. And right now I'd rank them this way > — 1. FSU, 2. Alabama, 3. Georgia, 4. Tennessee. The Vols are harmless but > the Seminoles believe they are back. That makes venom spew more freely. > Discuss. > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Some boring golf, SEC talking points and ranking rivals >> >> >> By Pat Dooley <[email protected]> >> Gainesville SUN sports writer >> >> Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 9:19 a.m. >> Last Modified: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 9:19 a.m. >> >> >> >> >> >> Summer is over for the Back Nine because it's football season. Pay no >> attention to the humidity or the fact that it is July. It's football season. >> Because I said so. >> >> >> >> 10. Is it a conspiracy? Did the world's golfers get together and decide to >> try to ruin my summer? Seriously. OK, maybe my life is a vapid waste of >> brain cells but one of the real joys of summer is waking up early and >> watching the British Open. It was so boring, well, so boring I didn't watch >> much. Instead, I went to the beach and had a couple of Oosthuizens. Oh, >> wait, that's the guy who won. After a U.S. Open that failed to deliver the >> British was 10 times more boring. On the way to Daytona Beach, we went by a >> couple of sod farms and I joked that if one of those farmers was asked what >> he does for a living he'd say, "I watch grass grow." Which would have been >> twice as interesting as watching this Open. I like Louis Oosthuizen. Seems >> like a good guy. Great golf swing which makes me wonder why he missed the >> cut in seven of his previous eight majors. But Sunday was a drag. Bad >> production values and way too much love for the mystique of the tourney. >> That I could have lived with if there was interesting golf. Like, say, Tiger >> Woods could still play. >> >> 11. We find ourselves wondering about the biggest reason we turn the TV on >> to watch golf. Woods was very average all week. When he switched putters it >> sounded like the act of a desperate man. I'm not ready to write him off but >> I am going to say he's not back, not really that close. St. Andrews was >> supposed to be his return to the throne. So was Pebble Beach. But the truth >> is the mental strain seems to have taken its toll on the world's No. 1 >> golfer. Phil Mickelson? I have no explanation for the way he played, >> especially the iron he hooked out of bounds on Saturday. >> >> 12. There was one great moment on Friday and that was when Tom Watson >> kissed the Swilcan Bridge on 18 and took one final ovation at the old >> course. Watson said he's not done with the tournament but he knows he's >> probably played his last British Open at St. Andrews. It was touching. And >> kudos to Tiger for letting Watson's group play up. Watson has been one of >> Tiger's biggest critics, but there are times when you have to let those >> things go. >> >> 13. Speaking of which, Michael Jordan needs to back off his criticism of >> LeBron James. Jordan said he wouldn't have gotten together with other >> superstars to form a super team like James did. Yeah, except one of the 50 >> greatest players of all-time ended up on your team, MJ. Jordan is the best >> ever to play the game and he's hardly the only person to be critical of >> Miami Thrice, but I think he went a little far. All I know is the NBA has >> been relevant in July for the first time since, well, ever. Not always for >> the right reason. Dwyane Wade's comments pushed the good taste boundaries. >> He said that the media would make it seem like the World Trade Center was >> falling down again if the Heat lost two or three games in a row. He did >> apologize Monday. There should be a rule for all athlete's that the >> following subjects are off-limits to analogies — Hitler, Manson, 9/11, the >> Holocaust and slavery. >> >> 14. Just when things appeared to be calm this summer, we head to Hoover >> with controversies springing up everywhere. It looked like we might be >> talking only football out there a couple of weeks ago, but Georgia lost its >> athletic director, Vanderbilt its coach, Tennessee and Georgia have players >> get in trouble with the law, South Carolina has an agent issue with Weslye >> Saunders and Florida is dealing with the possibility of vacating the Sugar >> Bowl win because Maurkice Pouncey might have taken money from an agent. >> Vacating wins is the lamest NCAA punishment there is. I'm just not sure that >> there is an alternative that makes sense. And if Florida has to vacate the >> win over Cincinnati, do the Gators have to give the trophy back? Do Tim >> Tebow's records stand up? >> >> 15. Another topic that is sure to result in some questions out in Hoover >> is the lagging season ticket sales at several SEC schools. Georgia, South >> Carolina and Tennessee are all down this year. Is it the economy or a lack >> of expectations or both? Is there any way to blame BP for the drop? >> >> 16. People like to get on the SEC for scheduling cupcakes and there is >> plenty of icing been spread around this year's schedules. But the Big 12 >> gets the softness award for scheduling only 12 of its 48 non-conference >> games against BCS teams. (The SEC has 16 of 48). Maybe we're starting to >> understand those lagging season ticket sales. >> >> 17. I brought this up on my radio show and offer it up to the Gator >> Nation. It's my contention that Florida's rivalries change in importance >> depending on what's going on with those schools. And right now I'd rank them >> this way — 1. FSU, 2. Alabama, 3. Georgia, 4. Tennessee. The Vols are >> harmless but the Seminoles believe they are back. That makes venom spew more >> freely. Discuss. >> >> 18. The iPod will be plugged in for the long drive to Hoover with these >> dandy songs I picked up — "American Sun" from Maida Vale, "All the Love" >> from Sister Hazel and we go back in time for "Do You Believe in Love" by >> Huey Lewis and the News. >> >> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. You can >> listen to The Pat Dooley Show weekdays from 4-6 p.m. on 104.9 FM. And follow >> at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel >> (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > > > -- > Helen Huntley > (727) 823-3801 > www.helenhuntley.com > > -- > 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 > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- 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 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
