I haven't seen any figures on UF's ticket sales. However, Paula and I did qualify for Tennessee away tickets this year for the first time which verifies that UT is having trouble with ticket sales. I immediately saw the fact that Woody got season tickets as a sign that UF ticket demand is soft as well. No offense meant, Woody. It's just that you hadn't mentioned that you had donated a building to UF. A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain
________________________________ From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 9:18:09 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: 7/20 21:19 --- Some boring golf, SEC talking points and ranking rivals [Dooley] 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 >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. 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