Nice report, Mary!! Thanks! Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 22, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Mary Weigly <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gators! > > I arrived for session #1, today, at halftime of the UM-Pacific game. It > wasn't much of a game at all, although the Pacific mascot was fun to watch. > Much better than that stupid DUCK scUM has (yeah, I know it's supposedly an > ibis named Sebastian, but I don't see much difference from the Oregon > mascot). The Illinois-Colorado game was lots of fun to watch, as I was > surrounded by both Colorado and Illinois fans. Colorado has scads of cheers > and songs and chants -- it reminded me of Gators. > > Since the Austin regional was sold as three sessions, the Erwin Center had to > be completely cleared after the Illinois-Colorado game before people were > admitted for the second session. Since the Illinois-Colorado game didn't end > until a little after 6:00, this meant that the doors opened at about 6:33 > p.m. for the 6:40 tip. There were three people at each door; one held the > door open, one had a penlight to look in purses and bags, and the final one > had a hand scanner that took a good 10-15 seconds to scan each ticket. When > we got to our seats (since they were the same ones from session #1, this took > less than a minute), only 26 seconds remained before tip. The place had > maybe 200 people in it at tip-off. I felt bad for both teams! NO ONE was in > the center for warm ups. > > The Gators were well represented, but we were spread out. The NW St fans > solidly filled up their section of the stands. I read that we sold out our > allotment of tickets, but our section was maybe 75% full. We were also quite > subdued, but I chalked that up to our experiences of watching second half > collapses by our team anytime they play outside of the O'Dome. :-) It pains > me to say this, but scUM was very well represented in the first session. > There were about the same number of UM as UF fans, but the 'Canes were much > louder and supportive. I'll let you know what Sunday is like... > > Pat Dooley's column in today's G'ville Sun contained a rave review of the > Erwin Center. As much as I hate to dis the O'Dome, UT's basketball home is a > better venue. All chairbacks, lots of concessions, and the number of > bathroom facilities (all my Gator Grrrls know what I am talking about!) are > far superior. Sight lines in the arena are great, and even the nosebleed > seats don't seem that far away from the floor. > > Aside from a brief contagion of "underdog fever" by non-Gator fans during the > second half of the game, the crowd didn't pull for NW St much. I was a > little concerned that we'd be subjected to that all game long, but it didn't > happen. Probably the defensive domination by UF shut up lots of people, as > well as all the defensive rebounding. That was pretty nice to watch. > > Late in the second half, a man in the row behind us loudly said (clearly for > our reaction), "Are those dirty Gators winning?" David and I both slowly > turned around, and a man in a garish neon yellow-green shirt said, "It's just > the good old Tallahassee boy coming out. Nothing personal." Turns out, he > lived there all of six years -- how typical, right? More surprising: I bit > my tongue and didn't point out the obvious. [That he had embraced the last > refuge of the pathetic: cheering for a team to do what his team couldn't... > beat Florida.] > > I wanted to stay for the UCLA-Minnesota game, but my day started with a 5:45 > a.m. alarm, and we have a 40-min drive to get home. > > It was great to get to watch a Gator team in person in Austin. I'll be there > Sunday, and hope to file a happy report afterwards... > > Go Gators! > > Mary > -- > -- > 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 > --- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 --- 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/groups/opt_out.
