Sometimes I ride 100 miles, sometimes I only ride 20. The football team can't climb Everest every week. It's good to have some easier games in the current environment of no playoff games. Randy makes a great argument.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-816-4040 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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