Oh, ok. I didn't even think about that. The play was over before I even realized it had started.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 145 Maple Row Blvd Hendersonville TN 37075 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Office: 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 31, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Esn <[email protected]> wrote: > > The kickoff was short. Looked like they were kicking away from Debose. > > GoGators!!! > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 31, 2014, at 10:14 AM, "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So, why did Valdez Showers return the kickoff instead of Andre Debose? >> >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI >> Bob Parks Realty, LLC >> Real Estate Broker >> 145 Maple Row Blvd >> Hendersonville TN 37075 >> Phone: 615-826-4040 >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> [email protected] >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Shane Ford >> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 8:47 AM >> To: GatorNews >> Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gator debut turns to washout >> >> Gator debut turns to washout >> >> >> >> Florida Gators kick returner Valdez Showers (10) runs a 64-yard opening >> return during the first half of the Gators' game against Idaho Saturday, >> August 30, 2014 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. >> >> Rob C. Witzel / Staff photographer >> By Pat Dooley >> Gainesville SUN Columnist >> >> Published: Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 11:54 p.m. >> Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 11:54 p.m. >> It was 9:25 Saturday night when Will Muschamp walked out on the field to >> loud cheers. By this time in the night we figured he would know a lot more >> about his team. >> >> Instead, it was then that we learned a lot about a lot of Florida fans. >> >> Muschamp signaled the ones who stayed with a thumb in the air and they >> screamed back at him. They had already dealt with lightning flashes, thunder >> rumbling and almost three hours of delay. >> >> But they stayed because they wanted to see this team. They had waited 329 >> days since their last win. What was another day? >> >> On a surreal night (I've never heard the national anthem sung with such >> gusto), it was only appropriate that Valdez Showers started the game with a >> 64-yard kickoff return. >> >> And then, as Jeff Driskel approached the line for his first snap since >> breaking his leg last year, there was another stoppage of play. Lightning >> had been spotted in the area and the teams headed to the locker room. >> >> They never came back. >> >> The fans who stayed, who gutted it out and cheered louder the harder it >> rained, deserved better, but rules are rules. It was a night I don't think >> I'll forget for a long time because of those fans. >> >> They were crazy loud for their numbers. And it was amazing how many hung in >> there. >> >> “The Gator Nation showed why they're the best fans in the country, starting >> with one of the most enthusiastic Gator Walks that we've had since I've been >> here,” Muschamp said in a statement. >> >> We didn't get a chance to learn a lot on Saturday night, but we did learn >> that any rumors about the disinterest of the students were greatly >> exaggerated. >> >> The drenched crowd made the most of the night, cheering against Florida >> State when the Seminoles were on the big video screen and belting out songs >> playing on the public address system. >> >> Muschamp talked often throughout camp about adversity, how he knew it was >> coming and wanted to see how his team handled it. He didn't have to wait >> long. >> >> The talking season was behind these Gators and they were ready to show us >> all what they had accomplished in camp. >> >> This first game was the carrot waiting for a team that has worked with >> opening day in mind since November. The Gators barely got to nibble it. >> >> Even after the lengthy first delay, we saw a team that hit the field with >> great enthusiasm and energy. You got the feeling they would have played in a >> hurricane just to get back on the field. But it wasn't their call. >> >> Now we have to wait to see the new offense, the revamped defense, the >> kickers, the receivers. All we know for sure is that Showers is still fast. >> >> The question that is obvious is how it will affect this team in the long >> haul. >> >> We remember all too well what happened in 2004. Ron Zook's opening game was >> canceled by the threat of a hurricane. It was rescheduled for Florida's open >> date, and Zook confided to friends he was worried that his team might be >> mentally drained at some point because it didn't have that open date to look >> forward to. >> >> Of course, that day came in Starkville, Miss., when the Gators lost to a >> team that had lost to Maine that season. >> >> It's different this year because Florida has two open dates. The one before >> Georgia is also an open date for Idaho, but there are so many issues that >> Jeremy Foley and his staff have to consider. >> >> Do you bring the Vandals back? Do they get expenses again? How many people >> will save their tickets? I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. >> >> We had a hundred discussions about different scenarios. Personally, I'd just >> forget about it and make it an 11-game season. >> >> I don't see any benefit in playing this game in October. >> >> But I sure wish we could have seen it Saturday night. >> >> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or [email protected]. 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