In other words... He doesn't want to get embarrassed again in front of a a packed house.
Woody (via iPhone) > On Jul 26, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hoops Scoop > Florida-FSU to play Dec. 30 > Friday, July 25, 2014 at 3:32 > by Kevin Brockway. (Gainesville SUN) > > > > Florida will play at rival Florida State during a time year when few students > are on campus. > > Florida State released its non-conference on Thursday and announced it will > face the Gators on Dec. 30 at the Donald L Tucker Center. If the timing of > the game seems odd, there’s an explanation. > > Normally, Florida likes to play rival Florida State the night before or week > of the football game at the O’Connell Center, which usually falls around > Thanksgiving. But Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton has always felt the > basketball game between the two in-state schools should stand on its own > merit, and has chosen for the most part not to schedule the same week of the > football game when the game is held in Tallahassee. > > Also, Florida will play in the Battle4Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas > during Thanksgiving week (Nov. 26-28), which left no room to schedule around > the Nov. 29 football game. > > The two schools could have chosen to play in early December, but both have > commitments with the SEC-Big 12 challenge (Florida will play at Kansas on > Dec. 5) and the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (FSU will host Nebraska on Dec. 1). > > In early November, Florida will host in-state rival Miami at the O’Connell > Center on Nov. 17. > > That left late December or early January as the lone alternative for the two > schools. And the Gators intend to host Connecticut in early January, just > before the start of Southeastern Conference play. > > Florida hasn’t released its full non-conference schedule yet, but here are > the dates we know. It projects to be another challenging road before > conference play: > > Nov 17 — Miami > > Nov. 26-28 — Battle4Atlantis Tournament, Nassau, Bahamas (possible matchups > with Butler, UAB, North Carolina, UCLA, Oklahoma, Georgetown, Wisconsin). > > Dec 5 — at Kansas (SEC Big 12 challenge) > > Dec. 20 — vs. Wake Forest (Orange Bowl Classic, Sunrise) > > Dec. 30 — at Florida State > > Early January — Connecticut > > Other notes: > > Florida confirmed on its athletic website that swingman DeVon Walker tore his > ACL during a summer workout at UF’s basketball facility. Walker’s knee > buckled after planting his foot while trying to make a cut. The 6-foot-6 > swingman from Winter Haven will be sidelined for the season and faces a tough > road of rehabilitation ahead of him. “It’s hard, but I’ll just have to attack > it,” Walker told Gatorzone.com. “I’ll be all right.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
