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Sec Country: LSU/UF fact and fiction(long)
Posted on 10/11/16 at 11:58 am
Posted on 10/11/16 at 11:58 am
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Both schools and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey have received a ton of criticism for how the situation was handled and who’s to blame for the outcome.
The obvious answer should be Hurricane Matthew, which caused at least 19 deaths in four states, record flooding, millions of power outages and an estimated $6 billion in economic damage.
Those aren’t the only facts that have been glossed over this weekend:
1.Fiction: Florida decided to cancel the LSU game
Fact: Florida and LSU were involved in the decision-making process, but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and his office ultimately made the call. Both athletic directors, Florida’s Jeremy Foley and LSU’s Joe Alleva, said this Thursday.
Foley: “This is the right decision. I fully support the Southeastern Conference’s decision to postpone the game.”
Alleva: “At the end of the day, the Commissioner’s office had the final say on what happens.”
2. Fiction: Florida could have played LSU on Saturday
Fact: Hindsight is 20/20. Florida and the SEC got ripped Wednesday and early Thursday for even considering the possibility of playing the game. But by Thursday afternoon, Hurricane Matthew had slightly shifted to the west (toward Gainesville) with the potential of becoming a Category 5 storm.
Fortunately for Gainesville, the hurricane weakened, stayed east and did not cause significant damage in the city. That was an unpredictable outcome, however, and weather projections suggested otherwise Thursday. But come Saturday, many questioned why a game wasn’t being played.
3. Fiction: Florida could have played LSU on Sunday
Fact: Again, that’s easy to say after the hurricane had not been as devastating in Gainesville as initially feared.
But Matthew still decimated nearby cities such as St. Augustine. Instead of working the Florida-LSU game, the Gainesville Fire Department was deployed to assist surrounding areas affected by the storm.
Their absence in Gainesville and that of other first responders — as well as law enforcement — prevented a home game from
this weekend.
SEC country.
I do hope for UF/LSU sake this game is played.
This post was edited on 10/11/16 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:00 pm to TJGator1215
But but.... LoSerU demands a forfeit since they think it's all Florida's fault.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:01 pm to TJGator1215
Fact: you made some real good points in this thread
Fiction: thinking that most on this board has the attention span to read them all
Fiction: thinking that most on this board has the attention span to read them all
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:01 pm to TJGator1215
Good thread. Deserves a sticky.
But LSU fans are about to be like:
But LSU fans are about to be like:
This post was edited on 10/11/16 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:02 pm to TJGator1215
11. Fact: Florida done caught the ghey.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:03 pm to TJGator1215
Fact: That was very long.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:04 pm to ForeverGator
This is all on Sankey.
Slive told LSU-UT frick you, play on Monday in 2005.
Sankey folded and didn't make a decision.
Now he has to lay in the bed he made.
Slive told LSU-UT frick you, play on Monday in 2005.
Sankey folded and didn't make a decision.
Now he has to lay in the bed he made.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:05 pm to TJGator1215
Get out with this rational analysis
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:05 pm to viceman
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Fact: you made some real good points in this thread Fiction: thinking that most on this board has the attention span to read them all
That's what I was trying to say.......
But you said it better.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:10 pm to TJGator1215
Article makes Politifact look like a reputable news source.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:10 pm to TJGator1215
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2. Fiction: Florida could have played LSU on Saturday
Fact: Hindsight is 20/20.
Agree
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3. Fiction: Florida could have played LSU on Sunday
Fact: Again, that’s easy to say after the hurricane had not been as devastating in Gainesville as initially feared.
Could have postponed to Sun/Mon, then assess damage and go from there
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4. Fiction: Florida could have played at LSU
Fact: LSU offered to host the Gators, but they could not make the trip with such short notice and a hurricane potentially affecting their travel. Last year, South Carolina began planning Sunday to play the upcoming Saturday in Baton Rouge instead of Columbia, S.C. So that comparison is apples to oranges.
Total crap
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Others have pointed to Florida’s soccer and volleyball teams making road trips Sunday. The traveling party for football is three times the size of those two teams combined and requires security personnel and police escorts.
We offered our buses, planes, etc. Again, total crap.This game should have been played this weekend. However, LSU should be more cooperative in trying to reschedule this for 11/19. Flat out refusing to cooperate is just as bad as what UF pulled this weekend.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:11 pm to TJGator1215
author is a florida alum
article smells like pussy
article smells like pussy
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:11 pm to TJGator1215
I agree with some points, but it still does not address what everyone knows was true and is conveniently tip toed around.
U of F dropped the ball by not planning to play this game on Sunday or Monday. If for some reason (city damage) you could not play the game they could have made that decision Saturday morning after the storm had passed. By not planning for it, you are guaranteed not to play it.
LSU never planned to stay in Gainesville so the point of the team taking up hotel rooms is utterly false, not fact.
This whole fact and fiction article is good, but has holes like all the others.
Edit - I was wrong I agree with some points, not many though. The spin ability is strong with this one.
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“You’ve gotta look at it far enough out: Can hotels accommodate fans coming in, as well as residents being relocated? You have people that are dislocated by a storm that may be moving into hotels, may be consuming things that teams would use, and people’s safety would take priority over these teams coming in and using rooms to play a game.”
U of F dropped the ball by not planning to play this game on Sunday or Monday. If for some reason (city damage) you could not play the game they could have made that decision Saturday morning after the storm had passed. By not planning for it, you are guaranteed not to play it.
LSU never planned to stay in Gainesville so the point of the team taking up hotel rooms is utterly false, not fact.
This whole fact and fiction article is good, but has holes like all the others.
Edit - I was wrong I agree with some points, not many though. The spin ability is strong with this one.
This post was edited on 10/11/16 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:11 pm to TJGator1215
Lsu fans just can't handle the truth. They're mentally weak
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:13 pm to Not Cooper
LSU has moral high ground here.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:16 pm to TJGator1215
Fact: This article was written by a Florida reporter
Fact: nothing in this article is any different from the excuses or spin jobs we've already heard
Fact: some of his facts are not facts
Fact: this game is not going to get played
Fact: Sankey screwed up
Fact: nothing in this article is any different from the excuses or spin jobs we've already heard
Fact: some of his facts are not facts
Fact: this game is not going to get played
Fact: Sankey screwed up
This post was edited on 10/11/16 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:16 pm to TJGator1215
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TJGator1215
quote:I seriously doubt that
LSU/UF fact
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:17 pm to lsufball19
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SEC Country Writer at Atlanta Journal-Constitution Former GatorSports Writer at The Gainesville Sun Studied at University of Florida Went to Gainesville High School Lives in Gainesville, Florida From Gainesville, Florida
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:18 pm to TJGator1215
Funny, this writer states things as fact....that aren't fact. And he doesn't prove them. Because Bret McMurphy reported this (same guy that reported game was switched to Tallahassee, then said his account was hacked, lol) it makes it fact? When one of the parties directly involved in talks said it didn't happen?
Insurance would cover LSU, $3MM, is a fact?? bwahahahahahahahhahahahaha!!!!
UF fans will grasp at anything written they can get their hands on, and call it "fact". The truth is, the rest of the nation knows exactly what happened. Foley and UF ducked and SEC game, because losing it (which was predicted) would have hurt their chances of winning the east over UT.
Fact.
Insurance would cover LSU, $3MM, is a fact?? bwahahahahahahahhahahahaha!!!!
UF fans will grasp at anything written they can get their hands on, and call it "fact". The truth is, the rest of the nation knows exactly what happened. Foley and UF ducked and SEC game, because losing it (which was predicted) would have hurt their chances of winning the east over UT.
Fact.
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