Thanks for the report, Jerry. I enjoy reading the first-hand observations too. Did you get one of the shirts with the 4 on it? Helen
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > They had to get back to the halfway house before curfew. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > *From: * <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:39:20 -0700 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *RE: [gatortalk] I just got home from Athens! > > Jerry, > > Great write up, I love these first hand reports. That was one great > college basketball game last night, both teams fought very hard. I was very > surprised that Oliver's Dawg fans all bolted during the second OT. I would > think after the battle they gave and the effort put forth, you should stick > around and congratulate them on a job well done. If UGA had won, you know > they would have stormed the court, was it so disgraceful to lose in double > OT that they had to leave early? Was it time for the night shift at > Walmart? > > Thanks again. > > Ken K. > MN Gator > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] I just got home from Athens! > From: Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, January 26, 2011 12:06 am > To: [email protected] > > It was a great win tonight! The crowd was the largest I have ever seen > in Athens. The weather was cold and rainy and kept some of the season > ticket holders home. Even though I was surrounded by Dogs, they were > generally polite. I was careful to avoid being obnoxious, however. The > announcer warned the crowd several times to be polite and courteous. I got > to the game about 5:30. (I was taking my 92 year old uncle who is a > long-time season ticket holder.) My seats were on the eighth row just > center court of the Georgia Bench. The Georgia Coach’s wife was in the row > in front of me just across the aisle. She was there with her two > daughters. To the right of me at end court was the Georgia student > section. They had given all of the students white t-shirts and white > handkerchiefs to waive and they were pretty rowdy but not like the rowdy > reptiles. > > The game was very tight during regulation. We played OK the first half but > Georgia out rebounded by ten at the half. The second half, we played much > better until the last two minutes. Scotty and Prather were overwhelmed > during the first half. Prather played very little the second but Scotty > contributed several quality minutes giving the two starters some rest. > Patrick Young made several freshman mistakes especially on defense but > contributed in giving Macklin a blow. Murphy also was manhandled during the > first half and played relatively little. The second half he still made a > few defensive mistakes but did very well on offense. He had two post > baskets and a killer 3-pointer. Parsons played hard but could not buy a > basket with a bucket of cash during regulation. I don’t remember what he > scored during regulation, but he missed several. Defensively he played > pretty well but was out-quicked defending the post. However, in overtime, > he was a beast at both ends of the court. Walker played a very good game > and had fewer turnovers than normal. In fact the team was generally better > about turnovers than what I have seen much of the season. Boynton and > Walker generally did a good job on defense but Walker got caught several > times on ball screens and allowed some threes especially late in regulation > when Florida almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The only time > the crowd came close to making as much noise as the O-dome was an the end of > regulation when Georgia got the put-back to tie the game. > > During the first overtime, it looked like we were starting to be gassed. > In fact, I thought that we had blown it until Walker streaked down the court > and hit that amazing 3-pointer to send the game into the second overtime. > > We actually played with much more energy the second overtime. Georgia > began to lose their legs. With about two minutes to go in the second > overtime, the Gators pulled away and the crowd begin to thin. By the end of > the game, the Georgia crowd was almost gone. I was surprised at the end to > see as many Gators as I did. Early I only counted about a dozen. It was > clear that there were several more scattered around the gym. > > On the way back to my uncle’s home, we listed to the Georgia radio station > post-game. The Georgia coach and his players were demoralized. They > thought they had won it during the first overtime (as did I). > > Well it is almost 1:00 now and way past my bedtime. I wanted to send this > before I called it a night. > > Good night Gators! > > Jerry > > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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
