Well, Florida vs. Missouri wasn't the greatest Gator game of all time, but I sure did miss being in The Swamp. It was great to make my return - even if the nightlife scene in Gainesville got a little weird. The Gators won though, and I had a wonderful weekend in sunny Florida after Hurricane Sandy hit New York. Now we're dealing with a snowstorm.
I didn't watch too many games this past weekend, but I will make a few points: Alabama is better than LSU (I'm glad Alabama won - they need to win out and Georgia needs to beat Auburn despite what most casual fans seem to think. I'd rather play in the Sugar Bowl than lose in the SEC Championship....see my last blog post.) Pittsburgh is terrible/Notre Dame is the luckiest team ever. USC is not good. Nebraska likes to scare me with these last-minute comebacks.
Just a few picks this week for football...Stanford beats Oregon State. Picking Virginia to beat Miami (really don't know why). Alabama rolls. TCU plays a close one...would love to see an upset there. LSU beats Miss State. Oregon will struggle at Cal but win. You'll see. Rutgers will beat Army. Nebraska will beat Penn State (bigger question here - which school has the better ice cream?). Florida will win its homecoming game over Louisiana-Lafayette.
And now...I must mention that my favorite time of year begins Friday: COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON!!!!!!!!!! So excited to see NCAA hoops. I'm not sure if the Gators will be as good as last year, but I can't wait to find out. Some games I'm looking forward to in the next week....
11/9 - FLORIDA vs Georgetown (in Jacksonville)
11/13 - Duke vs Kentucky
11/13 - Michigan State vs Kansas
11/14 - Wisconsin at FLORIDA
Of course, the Nov 14 game has special significance to me because my brother went to Wisconsin. I will have to DVR the game of course....and not just because I won't be home to watch it, but mostly because I know I'll fall asleep trying to watch Wisconsin play basketball, and I'll need to be able to resume the game when I wake up. Final score? 64-42 Gators. I know what you're thinking: the Gators have too much offense to score only 64 points! But I'm accounting for the Gators taking a nap on the court the last 15 minutes of the game. Besides, the Gators never have their chemistry set early in the season. It takes a couple months for them to really warm up.
GO GATORS!!
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