bgator85
| Favorite team: | Florida  |
| Location: | Sarasota |
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| Number of Posts: | 6304 |
| Registered on: | 8/27/2007 |
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UF has had a strong club rowing team since 1984. It would be a pretty easy sport to add.
Yeah - and a lot of local talent being developed in state now. We'd be really good right away.
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re: Congrat's to the 2026 SEC Rowing Champions - Tennessee Volunteers!
Posted by bgator85 on 5/10/26 at 11:24 am to Wishbone85
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I wonder if this will eventually move to OKC. There is an awesome rowing and kayaking setup in the boathouse district that's hosting the 28 Olympics.
Facility in Sarasota seems to host more of the big college events since its completion. Hosted the NCAA championships in 2021 and 2022, and will again in 2027 and 2028. Hosts the Big 12 championships this year.
Would be nice if UF would add this sport, but not sure that's realistic for the foreseeable future.
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I'd throw Spurrier in off the cuff, but a deeper dive might disqualify him.
Why? In what scenario is Spurrier not in the top 10, especially compared to others on that list.
re: Nobody can get into Texas or Vanderbilt, but what the next hardest school to get into?
Posted by bgator85 on 4/30/26 at 11:41 am to GoGators1995
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What about that sweet, sweet out of state tuition?
It's capped at 10% statewide in FL but UF is probably closer to 20%.
Undergrad enrollment is usually around 90% in state or better. That's pretty damn good for a top end public institution like UF.
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But you would still be getting the easiest possible game in the round of 64.
Why should automatic qualifiers get auto bids into the seeded tourney when better teams would have to win a game to get in?
Because the tournament is being expanded for the benefit of middling at large teams from power conferences. The automatic qualifiers are in this tournament whether there is expansion or not. Why should they have to do extra work?
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This would be a great idea if they actually seeded the first 52 teams 1 thru 13, then let the lower 24 have a play in for the seeds 14-16.
If you did it that way, there’d be no more Florida vs Miss Valley State in the 1st round as 16 seed. Instead a #1 seed would be getting a team (using this year as example) on the level of Boise State, assuming they knock out the trash low major auto bid conference winner.
The benefit of being a top seed is playing one of those automatic qualifiers and having an easy first round game. If you won your conferences bid you shouldn't have to do more to work to participate in the primary tournament, you did your job already.
Let the last at large teams battle it out for the last spots in the tournament.
re: There is no such thing as the Men's College World Series
Posted by bgator85 on 4/29/26 at 9:36 am to Diamondawg
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If you haven't noticed, ESPN is really trying to force us to watch women's sports.
Not sure they need much help for the WCWS, it's pretty popular.
re: SEC states that produced the most '26 draft picks.The big 3 (FL,GA,TX) lead the way
Posted by bgator85 on 4/28/26 at 9:58 am to RelicBatches86
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FL is behind per capita
Yes, but the demographics of these states are very different. Significantly higher % of retirees living in the FL. We have somewhere close to 5M people living here over the age of 65.
Don't think Micah is coming back. Sounds like our most likely path is bringing in some European guys to help sure up the bench.
Not a bad fall back plan. But with Haugh deciding to return today, pretty good indicator Golden isn't going anywhere. More likely an extension gets announced soon, likely around $8M/year.
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Doubt it. He wants the Golden State job.
He's also assembling a roster that will be preseason #1
re: Tommy Haugh to return to UF for Senior Season
Posted by bgator85 on 4/21/26 at 12:57 pm to UltimateHog
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That list shows Aberdeen who has no eligibility left and almost a zero percent chance of getting a waiver having played too much and too late in his freshman season to qualify.
TG and UF aren't utilizing time and resources on a player if they don't think they have a better than decent shot of having them play next year. If there was no shot, it wouldn't even be a conversation. They're going all in to win a national title next year.
re: Tommy Haugh to return to UF for Senior Season
Posted by bgator85 on 4/21/26 at 11:12 am to joshnorris14
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I wonder if it'll be enough to make UF the preseason #1 going into 2026-2027.
Likely at this point.
re: Todd Golden to Warriors, Billy D back to Univ of Florida?
Posted by bgator85 on 4/21/26 at 11:02 am to Go Go Gata
Haugh just announced he is coming back. Condon is back. Chin will likely come back after testing the NBA waters again.
The team is mostly returning, leads me to believe TG isn't going anywhere yet.
The team is mostly returning, leads me to believe TG isn't going anywhere yet.
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I feel like Billy aged hard, but it's been some time since he was at UF.
I mean he is 60 years old. Ain't Billy the Kid anymore :lol:
re: SEC States Ranked by Happiness...
Posted by bgator85 on 4/17/26 at 12:21 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Yea people love Cali so much they are fleeing at record numbers
I mean people that can afford to live there seem to love it.
Net migration is still positive in Florida, but we are seeing record departures as well. Over 500K moved away each of the last couple years.
re: Alex Condon returning for senior year.
Posted by bgator85 on 4/15/26 at 6:29 pm to Go Go Gata
Maybe he should, but he is very much in conversation with TG and staff about another year.
re: Alex Condon returning for senior year.
Posted by bgator85 on 4/15/26 at 6:23 pm to littleavery1948
Yeah, Florida is spending way more than $10M this next season.
re: Alex Condon returning for senior year.
Posted by bgator85 on 4/15/26 at 6:06 pm to Go Go Gata
Wouldn't count out Haugh just yet.
re: 2026-27 Gators Men’s Basketball
Posted by bgator85 on 4/10/26 at 3:35 pm to Jorts R Us
I like that we are giving it a go with Aberdeen, I'm assuming the coaches and admin feel pretty good about him getting a waiver. It's hard to see them going this route and potentially hurting chances with guys in the portal without some kind of confidence. TG wants to win big next year!
re: Top college football coaching gigs
Posted by bgator85 on 4/9/26 at 9:05 am to GoGators1995
FWIW - here is what chatgpt returns on EADA reporting
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No Standardized Accounting: Unlike corporate financial reporting, EADA data allows for varying interpretations of expenses, making it hard to compare "apples to apples" between institutions.
Inconsistent Cost Categorization: Schools choose differently whether to include certain capital expenses, coaching salaries, or indirect institutional overhead in their reports.
Revenue Recognition Timing: Reporting of donor contributions often varies based on when the funds are received versus when they are spent, leading to discrepancies.
Practice Player & Roster Discrepancies: Treatment of practice players, multi-sport athletes, and non-duplicated student-athlete counts causes inaccuracies in participation numbers.
Lack of Rigorous Review: Unlike NCAA financial reports, EADA reports do not always require external review, increasing the likelihood of reporting errors.
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