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by Drew Gillis, Finance Director 

I was asked to write something for our blog earlier this week. While I consider myself somewhat tech savvy (I am part of Generation Y) and I enjoy the many facets of the Internet (get your head out of the gutter), I have never written a blog. And although I do know what a blog is, I wasn’t sure how to go about writing one exactly, so I went to our own Benedict Advertising blog to see what my fellow colleagues had written about. The one blog that caught my attention was the one written by our resident nerd, Darin, about fantasy football. I too participate in and enjoy fantasy football, but that’s not what the beginning of the fall means to me.

See, I’m from the South (not to mention the fact that I’m a Gator), so this time of year means college football. I already have all my travel plans set and tickets lined up and it’s not even September yet. Despite my salivating as the first kickoff approaches, I’ve had to opt out of this year’s home opener up in Gainesville.

See, I guess the SEC (that’s the Southeastern Conference) has these contractual obligations and they thought it a good idea to have Florida play Western Kentucky at 12:30 PM in Gainesville (it don’t get much hotter than that). For me, the heat isn’t so much an issue; it’s trying to start tailgating at 8 AM. Trying to get up and tailgate that early in the morning in near impossible after a night out on University Avenue. Been there, done that.

One “noon time” game that I am looking forward to is when the Gators take on the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, MS. For one, I’m going to the game. And two, I can’t wait to exact revenge on the Rebels after they beat us on our last trip to Oxford. Of course Ron Zook was our coach then, but come on, Ole Miss?  That’s just inexcusable. But that’s neither here, nor there.

So anyway, I look forward to experiencing the Grove (as long standing tradition at Ole Miss as I understand it) and watching a Gator game in yet another SEC stadium (I’m trying to watch a game in each one, but I guess I might have to wait awhile to see a game in Sanford Stadium). So as I sit here and blog about college football, I’m realizing something, and I can’t believe it’s only a couple days away.

So, Go Gators!

And if you bet, just do the exact opposite of what Lee Corso says.

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