I know Oliver will ride a 100 miles on his bicycle and his only motivation is a good rack of ribs, hot chicken wings and a cold one when he's finished. Personal satisfaction? Maybe afterwards when he's hugging the toilet? ;-)
GO GATORS!!!!! Shane Ford Sent From My iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Rob Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > All good thoughts, Randy, and I agree with most of what you say. The down > side of playing a major out of conference opponent are just as you said, and > I totally understand about your wanting as many visits for your season ticket > as you can get. > > What I would disagree with is that the only reason you'd play such a game is > to build a reputation. One might play such a game because it would be an > exciting challenge. One might play such a game for pride. One might play such > a game for fun. Being top-level competitors, our players might enjoy the > chance to face a team like Boise State who carry on publicly about how > they're as good as an SEC team. (Just one example.) > > By your argument, no one would ever climb Everest, walk the Appalachian > trail, compete in an amateur triathlon, or do any other dangerous or rigorous > thing that brings no public recognition or financial reward. After all, > there's no up side to climbing Everest except the personal satisfaction of > having challenged yourself and succeeded, while the down side may be fatal. > Sometimes you do these things anyway because you're a competitor and you want > to compete against the best. > > Personally, I wouldn't ask us to give up all the patsy games. I, too, think > that small teams deserve the right to their challenges. I'd just ask that the > twelfth game that the NCAA added be against a respectable out of conference > opponent whom we would otherwise be unlikely to play (changing the opponent > every two years). Even though I know that all of the bad things you said are > true, I'd still do it. The fans would love it and the players would love it. > It would keep the program invigorated and exciting. Anyway, that's where I'm > coming from when I say these things. > > Rob > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 7:51 PM, "Randy Platt" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> I really questioned if I wanted to chime in on this discussion. >> >> >> >> Personally, I am fine with the way our schedule is set up. I would rather >> have two games at home against patsies as opposed to a home and home with a >> head knocker. And really that is what everybody wants, a game against a top >> 25 team from another conference. I mean whenever this discussion comes up >> the teams mentioned are the Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Ohio State, USC >> (west), Stanford, nobody ever says why don't we do home and home with >> Baylor, Northwestern, Iowa State, Kansas or anybody from the big east. And >> just for the record, it takes two to tango, I feel pretty confident that >> other schools would want a home and home anymore than we want one with them. >> The only reason you play those games is to enhance your reputation. I >> believe major college athletics in general and football specifically are a >> business and about making money, but not just television and gate revenues, >> but licensing revenues and booster/donor contributions as well. There is no >> doubt in my mind that Jeremy Foley is equivalent to a CEO of a major >> corporation. >> >> >> >> Another reason I like the schedule format as is, it ensures I get an extra >> visit to Gainesville. Being a season ticket, I attend all the home games, >> hot, cold, rain or shine. So if you go to a home and home it would eliminate >> a visit. Since I have already stated that money is the driving factor, I >> believe I would still be paying about $1,000.00 (including booster >> contribution) for six games instead of seven. >> >> >> >> I also see nothing to be gained by playing a tougher out of conference >> opponent. I only see a downside. Regardless of winning or losing, a >> tougher opponent will not get us any closer to the SECCG or the MNCG, we >> still need to win our division and the SECCG to get to the MNCG. However, I >> believe such a game may cause us to lose an SEC game due to injuries or >> fatigue. Therefore, I see no upside potential in such a game. Granted the >> game would be exciting and fun to watch, but I can wait to catch them in a >> bowl game. >> >> >> >> I really have not thought about the impact such a series of scheduling would >> have on other teams. My point being how do the UAB's, UCF's, FAU's of this >> world improve their lot, since no one wants to play them because they are >> deemed a patsy. Now, Div I-AA (Furman for us this year) or whatever it is >> called now, I can see eliminating those games in favor of Div I teams, but I >> am not sure everybody could get a 12 game schedule without them. >> >> >> >> Anyway, I like the schedule because it give me more chances to get to >> Gainesville. >> >> >> >> JAFO >> >> >> >> >> >> Randy Platt >> >> aka "PCGator" >> >> aka "The Armchair Quarterback" >> >> aka "The Other Randy" >> >> >> >> Later Gators! Afterwhile the Rest! >> >> >> >> PS which of the three games this year FAU, UAB or Furman would you replace >> and with whom? 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