Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Ken Kirkley]

There were two coaches hired after NSD (two years ago?) but a bit different 
circumstances.  Rumph was hired after NSD  because the other coach didn't leave 
for the NFL until then.  Can't remember the other guy, but that was one that 
was open before NSD.

Also, keep in mind, many of the assistant coach contracts have significant 
penalties and/or bonuses to stay until after NSD.  That is why you always see a 
lot of assistant moves afterwards.

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> On Jan 18, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Woody Bass  wrote:
> 
> Good report. Thank you. I saw that tweet before too. If I remember right he 
> didnt hire a coach until after NSD last year too?  WR coach?
> 
> 
> Woody
> 
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 7:01 AM, Helen Huntley  wrote:
>> 
>> 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  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 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
 
 
 
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Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Charles Simpson]

IIRC last year there was a lot of talk about the hire being a big name. 
Speculation was a NFL coach who was still involved in the playoffs. Of 
course as we now know that didn't happen and I believe the guy hired 
wasn't much of a splash.

Charlie


On 1/18/2017 9:09 AM, Woody Bass wrote:
> Good report. Thank you. I saw that tweet before too. If I remember right he 
> didnt hire a coach until after NSD last year too?  WR coach?
>
>
> Woody
>
>
>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 7:01 AM, Helen Huntley  wrote:
>>
>> 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  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 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



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Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Ken Kirkley]

I'm unemployed and paying out of state tuition, they are getting out of me all 
they can!



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> On Jan 18, 2017, at 7:01 AM, Helen Huntley  wrote:
> 
> 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  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 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
>>> 
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Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Woody Bass]

Good report. Thank you. I saw that tweet before too. If I remember right he 
didnt hire a coach until after NSD last year too?  WR coach?


Woody


> On Jan 18, 2017, at 7:01 AM, Helen Huntley  wrote:
> 
> 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  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 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
>>> 
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Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Helen Huntley]

Thanks for the report, Ken. Hope you signed up for a big  contribution 

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> On Jan 17, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Charles Simpson  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 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
>> 
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Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Ken Kirkley]

Forgot one - he was asked about the coaching hires.  His basic answer was he 
doesn't meddle in coaching decisions, that if he is going told Mac accountable, 
he can't be micromanaging him.  He did go on to say that recruiting is priority 
1 right now and the coaches may be hired before NSD, but not at the expense of 
finishing the class up (he did say that if hiring someone would help with 
recruiting, it would be done).

I have already seen a tweet from Thomas Goldkamp (247 Gator beat reporter) that 
said Mac won't be hiring until after NSD.  This was not said, so I'm sure there 
will be noise in the system in the next few days over this 'decision'.

What I take from this is Mac knows who he is getting and the recruits that need 
to know do.  Scott did say that we have our full compliment of recruiters in 
the field as we tapped some of the internal staff to fill those rolls.



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> On Jan 17, 2017, at 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 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
> 
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Re: [gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Charles Simpson]

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 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
>

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[gatortalk] Scott Strickland booster presentation

[Ken Kirkley]

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 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

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(1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007)
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