LOL!!!
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From: "Rob Alexander" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [gatortalk] GatorTalk Poll: First game of the year
I'm pretty sure I could derive some personal satisfaction by driving my Jeep
100 miles if there were ribs, wings and beer at the end! We all have
different levels of challenge... :-)
Rob
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On Jul 12, 2011, at 9:43 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
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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
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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? Remember, UAB is the week before we go to UT and Furman
is
the week before FSU.
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