No. I was almost courtside (row 8). They were shooting the t-shirts into the upper deck. I was hoping they would throw one my way so I could give it to a cousin.
Jerry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Helen Huntley Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] I just got home from Athens! 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 -- 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
