It's cold here, colder than it has been all year.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
National Champs!
For those of you who do not know I was in Gainesville Florida covering the Arkansas/Florida basketball game on Tuesday.
It was pretty cool. The night before the Florida Gator football team beat the Ohio State Buckeyes in Arizona for the NCAA National Football Championship.
As we flew into Gainesville Tuesday there were several "live" trucks from all the TV stations parked by the tarmac.
If you have not had the pleasure of visiting the Gainesville Regional Airport it a little smaller than your local Wal-Mart, it has one or two gates and only accommodates a few commuter planes at a time.
There was a large jet parked on the runway in front of our plane and my first thought was “cool, we are arriving with the football team,” my realization was the Florida alumni plane was returning from Arizona and the football team was a couple of hours behind them.
As we walked from our plane to the terminal we were greeted with “Gator Chomps” and other Florida related cheers. The TV guys who were waiting for the team must have been bored because they were filming people getting their luggage and interviewing anyone wearing orange and blue.
By tip-off at the basketball game the stands of the O’Connell Center were jam-packed. We knew the football team was coming to the game after they arrived in Gainesville and figured that was why the crowd was so big. Sure enough at halftime the entire football team along with the National Championship trophy piled onto the floor at half-court.
The place nearly exploded.
Coach Urban Meyer spoke and then let some of the players take the mike.
The energy in the arena was unbelievable and the whole scene was pretty cool. It was a mix of unbridled enthusiasm and total chaos.
Following Monday’s victory Florida became the first school in history to hold the national championships in both football and basketball. Some of the fans made their own trophies and brought them to the game.
Although we weren’t in Gainesville Monday for the “big” party the whole night was pretty cool.
By the way, Arkansas lost the basketball game to Florida 79-72.
It was pretty cool. The night before the Florida Gator football team beat the Ohio State Buckeyes in Arizona for the NCAA National Football Championship.
As we flew into Gainesville Tuesday there were several "live" trucks from all the TV stations parked by the tarmac.
If you have not had the pleasure of visiting the Gainesville Regional Airport it a little smaller than your local Wal-Mart, it has one or two gates and only accommodates a few commuter planes at a time.
There was a large jet parked on the runway in front of our plane and my first thought was “cool, we are arriving with the football team,” my realization was the Florida alumni plane was returning from Arizona and the football team was a couple of hours behind them.
As we walked from our plane to the terminal we were greeted with “Gator Chomps” and other Florida related cheers. The TV guys who were waiting for the team must have been bored because they were filming people getting their luggage and interviewing anyone wearing orange and blue.
By tip-off at the basketball game the stands of the O’Connell Center were jam-packed. We knew the football team was coming to the game after they arrived in Gainesville and figured that was why the crowd was so big. Sure enough at halftime the entire football team along with the National Championship trophy piled onto the floor at half-court.
The place nearly exploded.
Coach Urban Meyer spoke and then let some of the players take the mike.
The energy in the arena was unbelievable and the whole scene was pretty cool. It was a mix of unbridled enthusiasm and total chaos.
Following Monday’s victory Florida became the first school in history to hold the national championships in both football and basketball. Some of the fans made their own trophies and brought them to the game.
Although we weren’t in Gainesville Monday for the “big” party the whole night was pretty cool.
By the way, Arkansas lost the basketball game to Florida 79-72.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Disney!
I had a day off while in Orlando for the Capital One Bowl. My Cousin Sabrina, her step-son Andrew and his friend Cole drove up from Boca Raton for the day and we, me, my cousin and two ten-year-olds tackled the Magic Kingdom in 55 degree pouring rain. The odd thing is despite the awful weather I had a really good time with my Cuz and the kids.
Here some pics she took.
Thanks Bean!
Here some pics she took.
Thanks Bean!
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Bowled!
Well I came, I saw, I conquered! If the Hogs would have won the Capital One Bowl I would have earned a Pulitzer for sports... ok, maybe not but I did a damn good job and here are the photos to prove it.
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