Steve- I like the concept, but "lunchtime" sounds too early for a 7 p.m. game. How about 3 or 4 p.m.? Helen
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Steve McKibben <augiega...@yahoo.com>wrote: > One of the 'perks" that Randy let me know comes with this gig is being "in > charge" of the semi-annual picnic. > > With that in mind, I'd like to hear some (serious!) opinions from the group > as to what, if anything, we'd like to do to observe that tradition during > this upcoming football season. > > I believe that there have been two such events to date. I wasn't present at > the first one, but did attend the last one, hosted by Randy at the Paynes > Prarie State Park, following the infamous loss to Ole Miss (the Tebow > "promise" game). I believe that the first one was funded by GatorNet through > donations and proceeds from the now defunct web site. The second may have > been partially funded the same way, but I suspect that Randy paid for > some/most of it out of pocket. By the way, I'm not that benevolent! :) > > If there's enough interest, I'd really like to able to do this when Randy > is available, and the only game that he knows he'll be able to attend will > be the one against Kentucky on 9/25. I don't know what his plans for the day > are, so that could be a moot point - read on... > > It wasn't until yesterday that they announced the time for the game - it is > scheduled for a 7:00PM kickoff. > > I understand that many of the folks on this list that attend games > regularly have their own game day traditions that they may not want to > deviate from. > > That being said, here's one idea - For the last couple of seasons I have > been tailgating by Lake Alice, across the street from the bat house. If > there's interest in doing so, I'll be willing to bring a grill and cook > burgers and bratwurst. Others can bring a covered dish and we can have a > lunch time gathering. > > Any interest/thoughts/alternative suggestions? > > Steve > > > -- > 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 -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 www.helenhuntley.com -- 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
