Re: [gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Ha! When a server would crash, and we'd have to canvas all the gatortalk member to re-compile all the email addresses. 

On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 1:15 PM 'Oliver Barry' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Merry Christmas, Gatortalkers!

We have sure come a long way.

I remember chiseling out that first stone tablet email to the group. 😹🎅🏻

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

Real Estate Broker 

Crye-Leike, Realtors 

5111 Maryland Way 

Brentwood, TN 37027

Office: 615-373-2044

Mobile: 615-972-4239

barryo@realtracs.com

On Dec 23, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com> wrote:

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my Gators out there for sure!  YES!  I so wish that we could go back to the Spirrier years!  Fun times!!! 

Sent from Shane's iPhone

Go Gators! 

On Dec 23, 2023, at 11:12 AM, 'Scott Lucas' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:



It has been quite the ride... but can we go back to the Spurrier years?  LOL

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!

Scott

On Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 08:55:25 AM EST, <jdbelloit@gmail.com> wrote:

I predict the Gators will be undefeated this bowl season.

Merry Christmas to all my GatorNet friends.  I still would love to have a reunion someday!  It is hard to believe we have kept this going for all these years.  

Jerry

  

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 23, 2023, at 6:03 AM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays, Gators. Hey, the basketball team is playing well at least....

Time for a Bowl Extravaganza Pick 'Em.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck and here's to a happier 2024, Gator football-wise.

John and Oz

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Re: [gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Merry Christmas, Gatortalkers!

We have sure come a long way.

I remember chiseling out that first stone tablet email to the group. 😹🎅🏻

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

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5111 Maryland Way 

Brentwood, TN 37027

Office: 615-373-2044

Mobile: 615-972-4239

barryo@realtracs.com

On Dec 23, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com> wrote:

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my Gators out there for sure!  YES!  I so wish that we could go back to the Spirrier years!  Fun times!!! 

Sent from Shane's iPhone

Go Gators! 

On Dec 23, 2023, at 11:12 AM, 'Scott Lucas' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:



It has been quite the ride... but can we go back to the Spurrier years?  LOL

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!

Scott

On Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 08:55:25 AM EST, <jdbelloit@gmail.com> wrote:

I predict the Gators will be undefeated this bowl season.

Merry Christmas to all my GatorNet friends.  I still would love to have a reunion someday!  It is hard to believe we have kept this going for all these years.  

Jerry

  

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 23, 2023, at 6:03 AM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays, Gators. Hey, the basketball team is playing well at least....

Time for a Bowl Extravaganza Pick 'Em.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck and here's to a happier 2024, Gator football-wise.

John and Oz

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Re: [gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my Gators out there for sure!  YES!  I so wish that we could go back to the Spirrier years!  Fun times!!! 

Sent from Shane's iPhone

Go Gators! 

On Dec 23, 2023, at 11:12 AM, 'Scott Lucas' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:



It has been quite the ride... but can we go back to the Spurrier years?  LOL

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!

Scott

On Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 08:55:25 AM EST, <jdbelloit@gmail.com> wrote:

I predict the Gators will be undefeated this bowl season.

Merry Christmas to all my GatorNet friends.  I still would love to have a reunion someday!  It is hard to believe we have kept this going for all these years.  

Jerry

  

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 23, 2023, at 6:03 AM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays, Gators. Hey, the basketball team is playing well at least....

Time for a Bowl Extravaganza Pick 'Em.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck and here's to a happier 2024, Gator football-wise.

John and Oz

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Re: [gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

It has been quite the ride... but can we go back to the Spurrier years?  LOL

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!

Scott

On Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 08:55:25 AM EST, <jdbelloit@gmail.com> wrote:

I predict the Gators will be undefeated this bowl season.

Merry Christmas to all my GatorNet friends.  I still would love to have a reunion someday!  It is hard to believe we have kept this going for all these years.  

Jerry

  

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 23, 2023, at 6:03 AM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays, Gators. Hey, the basketball team is playing well at least....

Time for a Bowl Extravaganza Pick 'Em.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck and here's to a happier 2024, Gator football-wise.

John and Oz

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Re: [gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

I predict the Gators will be undefeated this bowl season.

Merry Christmas to all my GatorNet friends.  I still would love to have a reunion someday!  It is hard to believe we have kept this going for all these years.  

Jerry

  

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 23, 2023, at 6:03 AM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays, Gators. Hey, the basketball team is playing well at least....

Time for a Bowl Extravaganza Pick 'Em.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck and here's to a happier 2024, Gator football-wise.

John and Oz

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[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Happy Holidays, Gators. Hey, the basketball team is playing well at least....

Time for a Bowl Extravaganza Pick 'Em.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck and here's to a happier 2024, Gator football-wise.

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congrats to Bill Perpich and Jimbo Murphy, who were 9-3 last Saturday to take first place in Pick 'em. Second place at 8-4 was shared among Bo Wroble, Heather Friend, Mark Thomas, and Scott Francis.

And we have a winner for the whole season: Patrick Petty finished first at 84-60. A three-way tie for second was shared by Badrish Davanagere, Justin Harrell, and Sarah Till. In third place at 82-62 were Don Sparks, Roger Wilson, and Scott Francis. Congratulations to all of you!

We'll have a Bowl Edition of Pick 'em later in December. And maybe the Gators will be more fun to watch in 2024. That would be nice. 

https://pickem.g8r.com

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em...closes THURSDAY!!!

Last Pick 'em of the regular season, it closes THURSDAY at 6:30pm. 

https//pickem,g8r.com

GO GATORS!! 

John and Oz 

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Five-way tie for first this past Saturday at 9-3: Alan Russell, Cathy Duncan, Kevin Fraze, Scott Francis, and Will Terry. Second place at 8-4 were Avery Duncan, Badrish Davanagere, Bill Perpich, G Anderson, Hal Jarvis, Joseph Smith, Keith Choe, TJ Hammond, and Tim McCausland.

With one week to go, Patrick Petty leads by one game at 79-53, followed by Badrish Davanagere at 78-54, and Sarah Till in third at 77-55.

We will wrap it up this Saturday.

https://pickem.g8r.com

GO GATORS!! BEAT THE SEMIS!!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Two games to go in the regular season. Try your luck!

https://pickem.g8r.com

GO GATORS!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida basketball pulls away in second half to beat Florida A&M

Still trying to figure out of this is possible in a game that did not go to overtime.

Maybe he got a point in warmups.

-Zeb

On Nov 16, 2023, at 12:04 PM, Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com> wrote:

After going scoreless in the first half, freshman forward Alex Condon provided a lift by scoring 16 of his 17 points in the second half.

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congrats to Hal Jarvis, he was 10-2 to snag first place last Saturday in Pick 'em. Second place at 9-3 were John Harrison, Tom Wilde, and Wendy Gaff. A whole bunch of people were 8-4, so cheers to all of you.

For the year, Patrick Petty and Roger Wilson now lead at 72-48, followed by Justin Harrell and Sarah Till at 71-49. Badrish Davanagere and Don Sparks are third at 70-50.

Most years the eventual winner is very close to 60%, so we are right on target. More than 60% long-term is very difficult.

We'll play again this week and next. Just two more weeks.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Go Gators! Beat....somebody.

John and Oz 

[gatortalk] Let's play pick 'em

https://pickem.g8r.com

Best of luck, and maybe some good fortunes will befall the Gators....

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Bill Perpich was 10-2 Saturday to snag top honors in Pick 'em. Second place at 9-3 were Eric Bunce and Scott Kamien. At 8-4 we had Badrish Davanagere, Draughon Silcox, Eric Wimer, Justin Harrell, Keith Choe, Michelle Piazza, Roger Wilson, Steve Crider, and Wayne Gaff.

For the year, Patrick Petty and Sarah Till lead at 66-42, Don Sparks is second at 65-43, while Justin Harrell and Roger Wilson sit at third, 64-44.

We shall play again this week. The Gators are off to Baton Rouge.

https://pickem.g8r.com

Go Gators!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck, and GO GATORS! 

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congrats to Jim Schenone, Scott Francis, and Stephen Rockey, who were 9-3 to take top honors Saturday in Pick 'em.

Bunch of folks at 8-4: Buzz Howard, Heather Friend, Jeffery Herman, Jimbo Murphy, Joel Dubey, Jong Limb, Justin Harrell, Michael Ciferri, Patrick Petty, Scott Kamien, Shelly Mintel, and Tom Wilde.

For the year, Sarah Till leads by one game at 61-35. Patrick Petty is second at 60-36, and Don Sparks is 59-37.

We will play again this week. 

https://pickem.g8r.com

GO GATORS! 

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play pick 'em

Two words are all Gator fans need to know this week:

Beat Georgia.

https://pickem.g8r.com

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Avery Duncan, Dom Bubri, Draughon Silcox, Jack Yant, Jay Richardson, Ozzie Sabina III, and Tom Kelly were 10-2 Saturday to tie for first place in Pick 'em. 

And a big pileup in second place among (deep breath here) Allen Lamb, Dan Lucas, Dan Silvis, Gator Bowen, Harry Chiles, Jeffery Herman, Jenny Lamb, Jim Bowen, Jim Murphey, Joe Proctor, John Coyle, Larry Green, Phillip Patterson, Robert Marcus, and Terryl Bowen. Hope nobody got left out.

For the year, Sarah Till leads at 54-30, followed by Don Sparks at 53-31, and Mike Holland and Patrick Petty in third at 52-32.

No Pick 'em this week as the Gators finally have an open date. We'll be back next week as Florida heads up to Jagsonville to beat Georgia. 

GO GATORS!

https://pickem.g8r.com

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck, and here's to a win on the road Saturday!

Go Gators!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congratulations to Larry Clark and Robert Rieders, who were 9-3 to take first place Saturday in Pick 'em. Second place at 8-4 were Bo Wroble, Carolyn Marlowe, Courtney McDonnell, Jeffery Herman, Jessie King, Michael Ciferri, Mike Holland, TJ Hammond, and Wayne Gaff.

For the year Sarah Till now leads at 46-26, followed in second place by Don Sparks, Edward King, and Russ Beyer at 45-27.  In third are Mike Holland and Patrick Petty, 44-28.

https://pickem.g8r.com

We will play again this week as UF travels to South Carolina. 

Go Gators!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck, and please, please Go Gators.

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

First place Saturday was a seven-way tie at 10-2: Allen Lamb, Buzz Ryan, Cathy Duncan, Don Sparks, Hagan Kohler, Paul Barnett, and Tom Wilde. And 31 people were second at 9-3, so forgive us if we don't list each of them by name!

Year to date, Don Sparks leads at 41-19, followed by Sarah Till at 39-21, and Edward King, Justin Harrell, Patrick Petty, and Russ Beyer at 38-22.

https://pickem.g8r.com

And yes, we'll play again this Saturday.

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Bluegrass Pick 'em

Pick 'em, Bluegrass style.....

https://pickem.g8r.com

Good luck, Go Gators!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick em results

Congrats to Edward King, Justin Harrell, and Peter Sones who were 10-2 on Saturday to take first place in Pick em.

And another big pile-up for second at 9-3: Don Orth, Don Sparks, Greg Stewart, Jack Yant, Jim Espejo, Jody Barry, Joshua Wirth, Patrick Petty, Robin Cramer, Sarah Till, Tracy Gill, Wanda Kromer, and Wayne Gaff.

Year to date Patrick Petty leads at 33-15, followed by Don Sparks at 31-17 and Justin Harrell and Sarah Till at 30-18.

https://pickem.g8r.com

We shall play again this week.

BEAT KENTUCKY!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Let's play some Pick 'em, and Go Gators!

https://pickem.g8r.com

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] After Gators beat Vols, can we please stop with the Napier nonsense?

I just got around to reading this. I can only say, Yea!

Nice job Mike Bianchi! (Nice job, Gators!)

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

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5111 Maryland Way 

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Office: 615-373-2044

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From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Date: September 17, 2023 at 12:09:34 PM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] After Gators beat Vols, can we please stop with the Napier nonsense?
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.com



Can we please stop with the ridiculous rhetoric now?

Can we please stop all of this nonsensical talk about how Billy Napier is going to be fired after this season?

Will the lunatic fringe of Florida Gators fans now please quit ripping Napier on social media and saying he's not up to the challenge of coaching in the SEC?

Will those in the national media — people who are supposed to be responsible and credible — quit speculating on Napier's job security after only one season at UF?

All of you, go up to the blackboard and write it 100 times:

Billy Napier is not getting fired.

Napier and his Florida Gators not only beat the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers 29-16 on Saturday night; the game was never really in doubt.  And now, hopefully, the nattering nabobs of Napier negativity will be muzzled for good.

First of all, Napier wasn't going to get fired this season even if he'd lost the game Saturday night, but now maybe the clanging cymbals on social media will finally shut up. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Gators and their administration are going to give Napier an adequate amount of time to rebuild the program. And by an adequate amount of time, I mean more than one season and three games.

But if you listened to some of those in the national media and the many more on social media, you would have thought Saturday was a make-or-break game for Napier's future. No doubt, it was a big win for the Gators and Napier, who was 1-6 against ranked teams heading into Saturday night and 0-4 last year in UF's rivalry games (Tennessee, Georgia, LSU and FSU.), but it wasn't  a must win.

But in the days leading up to the game, all we kept hearing was how Napier needed to win this game to perhaps save his job. Is this where we're at now in college football — a coach who takes over a program mostly bereft of talent is placed on some sort of make-believe hot seat after one 6-7 season?

Even ESPN's Paul Finebaum, who I consider the most influential media voice in college football, began writing Napier's coaching epitaph earlier this week when he floated the rumor that Deion Sanders of Colorado could end up at Florida after this season.

"You've got a brand new president [at UF] in former Sen. Ben Sasse who is a forward-thinking guy who would look at Deion and go, 'I like this.' I think he could consider this the ticket," Finebaum said on a podcast hosted by prominent national college football writers Bruce Feldman and Stuart Mandel. "It is considered as one of the premier public universities in the country. They just finished No. 1 in a [Wall Street Journal] poll and I think Deion fits their makeup very well.

"The fact that he played at Florida State makes it even more intriguing and more enticing for Deion. How can you not be attracted by that fertile recruiting ground down there?"

Really, Paul?

Seriously?

Personally, I always thought this Napier's-on-the-hotseat talk was absurd and he will  end up being a great coach at Florida if the fans and media just give him a chance to do his job.

And maybe now they will.

That's why the victory wasn't just a victory for Napier and the Gators; it was a victory for prudence and common sense.

"How sweet it is," Napier said as he walked into his postgame news conference. "You want to see your people experience some success and see the fruits of their labor, and I'm not just talking about the players. I'm talking about the adults. It validates your plan. It validates what you're selling."

Napier no doubt heard all of the negative overreaction to Florida's 24-11 road loss to 12th-ranked Utah in the season opener. Granted, the Gators didn't play well and made a ton of mistakes, but they lost on the road to the two-time defending Pac-12 champions who haven't lost a home game in more than two years.

After the Utah loss, the offensive line was called terrible, the running game was called terrible, quarterback Graham Mertz was called not ready for primetime and there were screams for Napier to give up play-calling duties, hire a special teams coach, show more emotion on the sideline, blah, blah, blah

Do all of those Napier critics out there still think he needs to hire an offensive coordinator? No, it wasn't an offensive fireworks show Saturday night, but I consider Tennessee's Josh Heupel to be the best offensive mind in college football and Napier's offense outgained Heupel's 281-182 in the first half before the Gators went conservative in the second half. If you're scoring at home, Heupel's teams never scored less than 17 points during his three seasons at UCF.

Does anybody still think the offensive line is terrible and the Gators can't run the ball? Running back Trevor Etienne rushed for 172 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown.

Does anybody still think Mertz is just some rum-bum, run-of-the-mill transfer from Wisconsin. Mertz was a 5-star recruit coming out of high school and played like it Saturday when he efficiently completed 19 of 24 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown. He also deked a defender on a key third-down play and ran for a touchdown as well.

Does anybody still think the Swamp has lost its magic and mystique? The 12th-largest crowd in school history (90,751) was at its rocking, roaring, loudest, proudest best on Saturday night, consistently disrupting and distracting Tennessee's offense and sending the Vols home with yet another loss at a stadium they haven't won at in 20 years.

It was a good night to be a Florida Gator.

It was a good night to be Billy Napier.

Can we please stop with the ridiculous rhetoric now?

Email me at mbianchi@orlandosentinel.com. Hit me up on X (formerly Twitter) @BianchiWrites and listen to my Open Mike radio show every weekday from 6 to 9:30 a.m. on FM 96.9, AM 740 and HD 101.1-2

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[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congrats to Dean Tilman, Eric Bunce, and Jay Richardson, who were 9-3 to take first place Saturday in Pick 'em.

Another big pile-up at 8-4 among Brian Duffield, Ed Porras, John Bowers Jr., Keith Choe, Kevin S. Robinson, Lew Carter, Patrick Petty, Reggie D, Scott Kamien, Sheri Weathers, Tom Kelly, and Wanda Kromer.

For the year, Patrick Petty leads at 24-12, followed by John Bowers Jr. at 23-13, and Badrish Davanagere, Don Sparks, Jeffrey Legg, Russ Beyer, and W. F. Cuthbert at 22-14.

By the way, how 'bout them Gators?!

We will play again this week.

Results:https://pickem.g8r.com

Go Gators! 

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick em

Give it your best shot, Gators! 

https://pickem.g8r.com

Beat Tennessee.

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results week 2

Tim McCausland was 10-2 Saturday to take first place for the week in Pick 'em. Second place were Jody Barry, Patrick Petty, and Shawn Kopelakis at 9-3. Third were Bo Wroble, Daniel Jackson, Mary Weigly, Mike Holland, and Peter Sones.

Y-T-D there's the usual early-season pile up at the top. At 16-8 are Chas Starr, Don Sparks, Joe Leavell, Patrick Petty, Roger Wilson, Sarah Till, W. F. Cuthbert, and Woody Bass. 

At 15-9 are Allen Lamb, Archie Ryan, Badrish Davanagere, Heather Friend, Jeffrey Legg, John Bowers Jr., Justin Harrell, Russ Beyer, Shelly Mintel, and Tim McCausland.

We will play again this week. Big game coming up in the Swamp.

Go Gators,

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

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Give it your best shot! 

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Pick em results

Congrats to Jeffrey Legg and Sarah Till, they both were 11-1 to take first place in Week One of Pick 'em.

Second place at 10-2 were Allen Lamb, Chas Starr, Heather Friend, John Bowers Jr., Roger Wilson, W. F. Cuthbert, and Woody Bass.

We'll play again this week. Have a margarita in Jimmy Buffett's memory. And see your dermatologist at least once a year!

https://pickem.g8r.com

Go Gators!

John and Oz

[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Let's play Pick 'em

Woohoo! Pick 'Em is back! 

It almost feels like fall. It's only 96 degrees out. 

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

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On Aug 29, 2023, at 5:40 AM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

https://pickem.g8r.com

Time for another season of drama and angst!

Go Gators!

John and Oz

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https://pickem.g8r.com

Time for another season of drama and angst!

Go Gators!

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[gatortalk] Florida football adjusts travel schedule to No. 14 Utah due to Tropical Storm Idalia

Check out this article from GatorSports:

Florida football adjusts travel schedule to No. 14 Utah due to Tropical Storm Idalia

https://www.gatorsports.com/story/sports/college/football/2023/08/28/florida-gators-football-adjusts-travel-schedule-due-to-tropical-storm-idalia/70674621007/

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Re: [gatortalk] [gatornews] [SUN]: Orange, Black & Blue: Check out the new uniforms the Gators will break out in The Swamp

Well, that solves it! 

We wear black so we can be dominant!!

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI
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Brentwood, TN 37027
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On Aug 16, 2023, at 7:40 PM, John Vega <zebulon@gate.net> wrote:

I think the basis for the black uniform mess came from a study that Sports Illustrated did back in the 80s.

Since Oakland and Pittsburgh had won a disproportionate amount of Super Bowl championships, black was perceived as the most dominant color in sports uniforms.

-John

On Aug 16, 2023, at 7:16 PM, 'Oliver Barry' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:

😹😹🐊🐊🏈

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

Real Estate Broker 

Crye-Leike, Realtors 

964 Main St

Nashville, TN 37206

Office: 615-650-7447

Mobile: 615-972-4239

barryo@realtracs.com

On Aug 16, 2023, at 4:34 PM, Hhsgator <hhsgator@gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe it will make them invisible if it's a night game :)

You're right//whatever makes them feel good enough play well.

Helen

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On Aug 16, 2023, at 2:56 PM, 'Oliver Barry REALTRACS' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:

If the players like it, and it helps recruit high school kids, I'm for it.

I'll even wear a black uniform if it will help.

I hear black has a slimming effect, anyway.  

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI
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On Aug 16, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Helen Huntley <hhsgator@gmail.com> wrote:

I remember them wearing black uniforms before, but definitely not black helmets. Not sure how I feel about that.

Helen

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:55 AM Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com> wrote:

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Florida football will buck tradition with a different look, donning black tops, black helmets and black pants for the first time in school history for its Nov. 4 game against Arkansas at The Swamp in its Salute to Service game.

The black jerseys will commemorate all branches of the military and first responders by having nameplates on the back of the Florida Gators jersey that characterize the core values of their professions. The five words, chosen by a panel of military members and first responders, include commitment, courage, excellence, honor and integrity.

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"I know Gator Nation is excited about the team wearing black uniforms, but I don't want us to lose sight of the intent relative to creating awareness and showing gratitude and appreciation for all branches of our military and first responders," Florida coach Billy Napier said. "We're doing something that's going to be a lot of fun, but ultimately, we're hopeful that we can recognize and show appreciation for a lot of selfless people that have chosen a profession of service and put their lives at risk each day."

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In-state rivals Florida State and Miami have donned black jerseys for football, and Florida has worn black jerseys for men's basketball in the past. UF wore orange jerseys in the 1980s and in select games for the past 13 years but has traditionally donned blue tops and resisted wearing black until this season. The different look could serve as being attractive to high school recruits who like wearing different uniform colors and combinations during the course of the season.

On the mend:LB Shemar James making progress and other takeaways from Florida football practice

Marshall back:CB Jason Marshall Jr. back and other takeaways from Florida football practice

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