Thanks for the report, Ken. Hope you signed up for a big $$$$ contribution 😊
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 17, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Charles Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good stuff. Thanks for the update. > > Charlie > > >> On 1/17/2017 9:06 PM, Ken Kirkley wrote: >> I went to see Scott Strickland speak to the Gator boosters in Orlando >> tonight, nice event. >> >> I went alone and when we walked in I approached a group that was talking and >> it happened to be Stumpy Harris, pretty cool. Then before the event got >> started, I was standing near the back and lo and behold, The HBC is coming >> in, got a chance to chat with him and thank him for all the years of >> enjoyment. >> >> The event itself was interesting, it was billed as an update on the >> facilities and there was a folder on each seat with artist renderings of the >> baseball, softball and football facilities. Coach Spurrier got up to talk >> first and introduce Scott. He told a couple of stories, one in particular >> on the origin of the God is smiling on the Gators phrase. >> >> When he was coach, Jamie Speronis would organize the walk on tryouts. One >> day Coach was walking around the field and came across this player and asked >> him his name and where he was from. The player says I'm Tremayne Allen and >> I'm from Nashville. Coach says, what brought you all the way to Florida? >> Tremayne's response was God was smiling on me to which Coach responded me >> too, and the Gators. >> >> Scott (he was asked during the session what to call him and he said Scott), >> is a really likeable guy and you can tell he knows his stuff and will get >> things done. He started off talking about the $100+ million we have spent >> in facility upgrades over the past 16 months, but also talked about the >> $250+ million left to go! He has been around quite a bit with stints at >> Auburn, Tulane and Baylor before Miss St. Greg Byrne, the new AD at Alabama >> is the one who hired him back to Miss St as Associate AD. Scott was >> promoted to Ad when Greg left. >> >> The Q&A had a few good questions, one about why we don't schedule better >> teams rather than 2 patsies, one about noon starts for September games and >> one about the ref bias against Florida. The last one got HBC fired up and >> he grabbed the mic to basically say yeah, it's true. He said every time he >> would complain, he would get reprimanded, but it would start to even out >> after that for a while... >> >> Afterwards I asked Scott where he thought we ranked as far as football >> facilities in the SEC, while he didn't answer directly it was clear he >> thought we were way behind and in the bottom 1/3. >> >> All in all it was fun, they showed highlights from all sports fro this past >> year on the big screens before and after and had nice appetizers and a cash >> bar. They are doing the same in Jacksonville next week and in Tampa the >> last week of the month. >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> > > -- > -- > 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) > --- > 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. -- -- 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) --- 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.
