Kind of interesting, they might cancel the game. UF writers are saying it's the SEC's decision.
Something to keep an eye on.
Something to keep an eye on.
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South Carolina and Georgia are playing and it was Carolina's decision according to announcement 30 mins ago. Did say they coordinated with the league office but ultimately it was Carolina's decision.
So the sec is going to pony up 10 million dollars (tickets plus buy outs plus concessions) Bc florida's administration is incompetent?
No way I agree to give up a home game if I'm Lsu unless it benefits me some other way (like gives me a better chance to win the west).
May not come to that after all. Another option is to play the game Dec 3 if neither team makes it to the SEC championship game. I guess bottom line is, no one really knows right now.
LSU had offered to play the game in Baton Rouge and the use of LSU's plane and had secured hotel rooms in BR and NO. If I were them, I'd be pushing hard for a forfeit win.
LSU had offered to play the game in Baton Rouge and the use of LSU's plane and had secured hotel rooms in BR and NO. If I were them, I'd be pushing hard for a forfeit win.
Very generous of LSU***
But seriously UF should do anything necessary to play this game in Gainesville
It's better than the other options they had. There probably hasn't been a school in the country that has lost or had home games moved due to hurricane than LSU, so I'm willing to cut them some slack on that. They also offered to play in Gainesville Sunday or Monday.
After listening to the BR Advocate guy on Finebaum....
and then Foley's press conference, it's fairly obvious that Foley was spinning. You can only point out that there are "more important things" so many times before it just becomes a charade. I loved that his reasons for not traveling included a lack of security for the buses, and the difficulty of finding gas for the equipment trucks. He also tried to act like the decision process just started today.
Veritable nail in the coffin of "we wanted to play" was his admission that they didn't look into a single venue besides Baton Rouge.
A competent department (and I think Florida's is) that wanted to play this game would've had a plan in place four days ago.
Side commentary: Why do we even have press conferences any more? Half the schools do nothing but spin things, and the other half actively try to bully the media into following their story lines. The days of honesty are gone. Now, we get the occasional funny sound bite from Saban and the rare Gundy-esque rant.
and then Foley's press conference, it's fairly obvious that Foley was spinning. You can only point out that there are "more important things" so many times before it just becomes a charade. I loved that his reasons for not traveling included a lack of security for the buses, and the difficulty of finding gas for the equipment trucks. He also tried to act like the decision process just started today.
Veritable nail in the coffin of "we wanted to play" was his admission that they didn't look into a single venue besides Baton Rouge.
A competent department (and I think Florida's is) that wanted to play this game would've had a plan in place four days ago.
Side commentary: Why do we even have press conferences any more? Half the schools do nothing but spin things, and the other half actively try to bully the media into following their story lines. The days of honesty are gone. Now, we get the occasional funny sound bite from Saban and the rare Gundy-esque rant.
Well this will be something for new Florida AD Scott Stricklin to handle when he takes over duties on Nov. 1.
You have to know part of him is thinking, "Dang, I am starting to long for the days when the largest problem was the smell of *** in our stadium cups."
You have to know part of him is thinking, "Dang, I am starting to long for the days when the largest problem was the smell of *** in our stadium cups."
The shoe will be on the other foot, eventually LSU will have the chance to move a conference game away from BR.
Bet they will wHine then, too.
Bet they will wHine then, too.
Fall 95 we were scheduled to play here in Auburn on a Thursday night but Opal came through that night and the game was moved to Saturday.
ESPN reported at halftime of Memphis game that LSU wasn't going to cancel the S. Alabama game due to the loss in revenue. Also said if LSU had to play at FL that weekend they would be playing 3 SEC road games in 13 days. Ark, FL, & A&M on Nov. 12th, 19th, & 24th.
The FL vs LSU game will probably not be played this year.
If I'm LSU's AD, I'm going public that we offered to do anything we could to play the game this weekend. We've lost home games to hurricanes in the past and we've gone on the road to Tempe to play a "home" game against Arizona St. Florida refused to play, so the game should be a forfeit.
If lsu's ad is pushing that while a hurricane is hitting the university of Florida, he'll probably get a response he isn't looking for from the media. I do think Florida is chickening out though
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