Tell me about Florida

[gatormarc 937]

On 8/30/2024 at 9:44 AM, closetojumping said:

Hey man, you’re a regular here and a good poster, but come on with “UTx”. It’s either Texas or UT on this board. Outside of clowns around Knoxville, everyone in the world knows who UT is referencing and you’re on our board to boot. Texas is just fine though as well and preferred. 

Look. I was told to stop using OUT and I did.

Edited September 1 by gatormarc

[gatormarc 937]

On 8/30/2024 at 8:21 PM, pantone159 said:

On 2/16/2024 at 7:48 PM, locodos said:

Also make sure he stops by Lake Alice.  There are real gators on campus.

Can confirm. I have only visited once, and met this guy, who hissed at me, at Lake Alice.

My fondest Lake Alice memory was seeing a family walk their kids over one of the small bridges and the kids got excited because they saw a little turtle in the water, and then they got to hear the crack when a gator appeared out of nowhere and the turtle was no more.

Well, that and the bat house. So many bats. I still love to watch them at dusk in my backyard but it's only usually one or two at a time. I need to build a bat house.

[Vic Mackey 47950]

Lol

[gatormarc 937]

He seems upset but I'm not sure because of that 2 pixel line.

Edited September 2 by gatormarc

[pantone159 727]

4 hours ago, gatormarc said:

My fondest Lake Alice memory was seeing a family walk their kids over one of the small bridges and the kids got excited because they saw a little turtle in the water, and then they got to hear the crack when a gator appeared out of nowhere and the turtle was no more.

My favorite Lake Alice fact, as a crocodilophile, is that if you search for news stories about people trying to have a picnic at Lake Alice, and then an alligator crawls out of the lake to steal their lunch, you have to keep track of the dates on the stories since this happens repeatedly and otherwise the different stories will run together.

[locodos 5590]

9 hours ago, pantone159 said:

My favorite Lake Alice fact, as a crocodilophile, is that if you search for news stories about people trying to have a picnic at Lake Alice, and then an alligator crawls out of the lake to steal their lunch, you have to keep track of the dates on the stories since this happens repeatedly and otherwise the different stories will run together.

As a freshman my biology teacher offered extra credit for a group outing.  Each member would be given a broom to chase/whack the alligators sunning themselves around Lake Alice.  The goal was to dissociate humans with easy meals in the minds of the gators.  I did not attend.

[gatormarc 937]

On 8/29/2024 at 6:53 PM, gatormarc said:

Nothing happens in a bubble. The record alone doesn't really tell us anything.

Napier is probably not going to get fired unless he loses the team and recruiting class, which is just OK at this point.

Next year's schedule is not much easier, so you have the additional challenge of finding a coach who would be willing to walk into that.

vs. UGA
Texas
Tennessee
FSU
@ LSU
@ Miami
@ A&M
@ Kentucky
@ Ole Miss
Miss St
USF
FAMU

There are plenty of Gators who think that Jedd Fisch would be interested but he just got to Washington and I can't imagine him wanting to walk into the current schedule at UF.

I feel like even if Napier just treads water this year, he'll get another year.

After that, we could be looking at a new coach and a new AD. UF also has a new prez search going on which I won't go into because it's quite political.

Well, our season is over and the "nothing happens in a bubble" couldn't be more true.

Napier did in fact lose the team and the recruiting class if news reports were to be believed in September. Remember that he allegedly got in a fight with Albert?

But then he didn't lose the team and the recruiting class recovered.

I don't think many people expected 7-5 regular season when looking at the schedule.

Even though the schedule is just as tough next year, I think most people will have higher expectations.