Since we're not going to sniff the NCAA Tournament this year, I'll make a thread about the second best college ever established: The University of Florida!


Thu Nov 2 Northwood
Boxscore Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) GVO WRUF W(70-41)
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Sun Nov 5 Barry
Boxscore Gainesville, FL 3:30PM(ET) GVO W(83-47)
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Fri Nov 10 Samford Gainesville, FL 8:00PM(ET) SUN GRN/WEB --
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Tue Nov 14 North Florida Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) SUN/FSNFL GRN/WEB --
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Thu Nov 16 Jacksonville Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) SUN GRN/WEB --
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Sat Nov 18 Tennessee-Chattanooga Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) FSNFL GRN/WEB --
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Tue Nov 21 Prairie View Gainesville, FL 7:30PM(ET) SUN GRN/WEB --
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Fri Nov 24 Western Kentucky Las Vegas, NV 10:30PM(ET) SUN GRN/WEB --
Sat Nov 25 Kansas Las Vegas, NV 10:30PM(ET) ESPN2 --
Tue Nov 28 Southern Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) FSNFL/SUN GRN/WEB --
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Sun Dec 3 at Florida State Tallahassee, FL 8:00PM(ET) FSN GRN/WEB --
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Wed Dec 6 Providence Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) FSNFL/SUN GRN/WEB --
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Sun Dec 17 Florida A&M Tampa, FL 6:00PM(ET) SUN GRN/WEB --
Wed Dec 20 Stetson Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) SUN/FSNFL GRN/WEB --
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Sat Dec 23 Ohio State Gainesville, FL 4:00PM(ET) CBS GRN/WEB --
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Sat Dec 30 UAB Sunrise, FL 6:30PM(ET) FSNFL GRN/WEB --
Tue Jan 2 Liberty Gainesville, FL 6:00PM(ET) SUN GRN/WEB --
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Sat Jan 6 Georgia Gainesville, FL Noon(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
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Tue Jan 9 Arkansas Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) ESPN GRN/WEB --
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Sat Jan 13 at South Carolina Columbia, SC 1:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
Sat Jan 20 Ole Miss Gainesville, FL 1:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
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Wed Jan 24 at Mississippi State Starkville, MS 9:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
Sat Jan 27 at Auburn Auburn, AL 5:00PM(ET) FSN/SUN GRN/WEB --
Wed Jan 31 Vanderbilt Gainesville, FL 7:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
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Sat Feb 3 Tennessee Gainesville, FL 3:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
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Wed Feb 7 at Georgia Athens, GA 7:30PM(ET) SUN-TD GRN/WEB --
Sat Feb 10 at Kentucky Lexington, KY 9:00PM(ET) ESPN GRN/WEB --
Wed Feb 14 Alabama Gainesville, FL 8:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
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Sat Feb 17 at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN 1:00PM(ET) CBS GRN/WEB --
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Wed Feb 21 South Carolina Gainesville, FL 8:00PM(ET) LF GRN/WEB --
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Sat Feb 24 at LSU Baton Rouge, LA 4:00PM(ET) CBS GRN/WEB --
Tue Feb 27 at Tennessee Knoxville, TN 9:00PM(ET) ESPN GRN/WEB --
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Sun Mar 4 Kentucky Gainesville, FL Noon(ET) CBS GRN/WEB --
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Thu Mar 8 SEC Tournament Atlanta, GA TBA LF/CBS GRN/WEB





What is everyone's thoughts? I'm predicting another SEC Title and a run to the Final Four. I think they can top Kansas or UNC in the title. I say Florida with a 50% chance to repeat, UNC 20%, Kansas 20%, Ohio State 10%.

11/6/2006 7:27:34 PM

Nah fuck them. Rowdy Reptiles my ass. Everyone knows who the real Rowdies are.

11/6/2006 7:33:05 PM

are you dumb?

11/6/2006 7:39:26 PM

ive got my 2k6 championship shirt to bust when it really starts heatin up.

11/6/2006 7:45:42 PM

uconn would have beat their ass if they showed up to play at the tournament

also

can you really be a dynasty when the only reason you're hyped is because you're returning several seniors?

next year they'll be back to mid-SEC form, if they aren't this year

plz remember they weren't even ranked at the beginning of last season; not exactly the beginning of a "dynasty"

11/6/2006 7:46:54 PM

it was a terribly weak year in the NCAA, evidenced by the poor depth of the draft in my opinion.


Florida will not win the NCAA again, and may not even win the SEC.

11/6/2006 8:04:22 PM

Bruce Pearl says....


NO

11/6/2006 8:15:05 PM

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"are you dumb?"

i guess you're talking to me. nah, i just don't like copy cats. i mean certain cheers and stuff like the "Hey Cheer" is somewhat ok, but ripping off another team/school/fans of their traditions is stupid. while i respect LSU, i always refer to Tiger Stadium as "The Other Death Valley" b/c Clemson was the original ones to call their stadium Death Valley and even has a rock from Death Valley, CA to go along with the stadiums moniker. i think the fact that the NIT Champs South Carolina swept Florida is proof of how weak this past year was. i don't even think that's ever happened before, and if so, it was a hell of a long time ago. they should be ranked No. 1 in the preseason polls though, just b/c they are the defending champs and have a bunch of players returning.

11/6/2006 8:19:18 PM

awesome response, too bad i wasn't talking to you

11/6/2006 8:22:59 PM

11/6/2006 9:02:15 PM

I dont know about dynasty in bball, but it was a fun run in basketball last season...
Great time to be a Gator, footballs also on the upswing
I'll be down there this weekend for the SC game/tour the law school, Go Gators!

11/6/2006 9:05:38 PM

several is a bit of an understatement when the entire championship-winning first string is returning mr. foot

[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 9:09 PM. Reason : but they have some decent players in the lineup. wont be as good obviously, but theres talent]

11/6/2006 9:08:35 PM

Florida will always be a football school first, but they're slowly getting the basketball culture. During my freshman year at UF, they went to the Final Four for the first time (in '94), and the city went nuts. Immediately after the game that got them in, a buddy and I went and camped out at the ticket office; six days later, we were in the 8th row behind the basket in Charlotte. Even though Grant Hill led Duke to a come-from-behind victory against the Gators, it was incredible to be there.

I'm glad to see some student-athletes pick team and camaraderie over money for once, and stick around at least for their junior year. A lot of fluky stuff happens in the NCAA tournament, but I think that a spot in the Final Four is very possible for this team, although another title may be too much to ask.

11/6/2006 9:37:13 PM

not gonna happen, last year was a college bball down year. returning starters or not, they aren't repeating.

MARK IT DOWN

BOOKMARK THE THREAD

REFER TO IN APRIL

11/6/2006 9:43:29 PM

Really going out on a limb there.

11/6/2006 9:45:33 PM

ive got 10 to 1 odds on you not winning the lottery next week.

[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 9:53 PM. Reason : no one said it'd be easy or guaranteed]

11/6/2006 9:53:40 PM

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"while i respect LSU, i always refer to Tiger Stadium as "The Other Death Valley" b/c Clemson was the original ones to call their stadium Death Valley"

you sure about that? I am not being a dick, I am really asking... I know that LSU's stadium is a LOT older than Clemson's but I dont know who used that name first. I always knew of LSU's being called that but didnt hear about Clemson's until I was like 8 or 9

11/6/2006 9:55:23 PM

too bad the state of florida doesnt give a fuck about college basketball. it's sad, really.

11/6/2006 9:59:40 PM

Trust me it's well documented that Clemson was the first one to go by Death Valley.

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"The term "Death Valley" comes from the fact that the field is physically situated in a valley. Two additional facts add to the mystique. First, the university cemetery sits on a hill that once overlooked the field before the upper decks were constructed. The other reference comes from the late Lonnie McMillian, the former Presbyterian College football coach. He used to take his teams to play at Clemson, and they rarely scored, never mind gained a victory. Once he told the writers he was going to play Clemson up at Death Valley because his teams always got killed. It stuck somewhat, but when Frank Howard start calling it that in the fifties, the term really caught on."

11/6/2006 10:06:31 PM

ok, but that doesnt prove it... not saying you are wrong, just saying that doesnt prove it

11/6/2006 10:08:44 PM

^^^^^^just respondin to tha thread title

11/6/2006 10:32:47 PM

well LSU used to be called Deaf Valley, which later became Death Valley. apparently in some book, don't know the name, by a LSU historian he admits that Clemson was the first one to go by that moniker. some say a reporter once mistakenly called it Death Valley instead of Deaf Valley and it kind of morphed from there. Clemson at least has provided some sort of evidence for how they got the nickname through the well known interview with Presbyterian College coach Lonnie McMillan in 1948. LSU has provided no such evidence to combat it.

11/6/2006 10:34:30 PM

Oden ain't shit!


86-60, Florida. Watch out SEC...The Gators are rollin'!

12/27/2006 1:36:28 AM

if they win the title again, are you gonna be a week late posting about that too?

12/27/2006 1:46:38 AM

lolololol

it takes a while to climb back up on the bandwagon i guess...

12/27/2006 2:17:05 AM

even if they win again this year, they are not a dynasty
do even know what constitutes dynasty status?

12/27/2006 1:08:59 PM

UCLA is the only dynasty in the history of college bball. No one else even comes close. In the modern sports world I think of a few teams that could be considered dynasties. The 1996-2000 Yankees, the early 80's Islanders, and to a lesser extent the Patriots during thier 3 of 4 run..

[Edited on December 27, 2006 at 1:11 PM. Reason : x]

12/27/2006 1:10:05 PM

UNC womens soccer

12/27/2006 1:38:49 PM

NCSU Cross Country

well..

is there a such thing as "in-conference dynasty?"

12/27/2006 1:56:15 PM

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"Oden ain't shit!"

Yes. You are absolutely right. That one picture right there proves beyond any doubt that Greg Oden "ain't shit." No good basketball player in the history of the game has ever had someone shoot a basket over them when they were out of position. Ever.

12/27/2006 2:07:36 PM

^ not sure if thats the same pic but in that exact same position oden stuffed the shit outta noah

12/27/2006 4:46:48 PM