Monthly Archives: November 2009

FINISH THE MISSION

Today’s rivalry game is at 3:30pm EST on CBS. The Gators are looking forward to finishing this year’s mission of a perfect season and planning to be at 12-0 after the game. The Gators have won the last five games against Florida State. We’re also looking to keep our school’s longest winning streak going, now...

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The 80th Annual KCP&L Plaza Lighting Ceremony

We decided to spend Thanksgiving Night on the Plaza in Kansas City. When we got there the traffic was already pretty bad and we couldn’t find anywhere to park besides the $20 and $10 lots that weren’t even actually in the plaza. We discovered the valet parking at The Capital Grille (cheaper than $10 and...

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Nike Pro Combat Uniforms

Not too long ago UF received a shipment of white helmets and there were rumors that our last home game of the season would be a throwback game. Those rumors were WRONG! The Gators will be one of 11 football programs to debut the Nike Pro Combat uniform this month before they are officially introduced...

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FIU @ UF

There isn’t too much that we can say about this game. We’re still excited that we finished out our SEC games undefeated. PS- I hear Tim Tebow will make a 55 yard rushing touchdown. UPDATE: Gators won 62 to 3!

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Operation Christmas Child

This week is the national collection week for Operation Christmas Child by the Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian international relief organization. It is a really good cause. It allows people like us to send a gift to a child in need, such as refugees, in a different country. Here’s our box that we created for a boy...

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snow day [kind of]

We got our first snow of the winter this week. It wasn’t too much but it did stick around long enough to cover our roof and our trucks. Wish you were all here…

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the first time in 13 years!

Today we’re going to try to finish out our conference season undefeated for the first time in 13 years. We plan to do it against Spurrier and we haven’t done it since Spurrier (1996). Our offense needs to step up and get the ball in the endzone and as a side note; Brandon, keep your...

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Roadtrip : Ottawa

One of the nearby towns that we hadn’t been to yet is Ottawa, KS. It’s about 26 miles directly south of Lawrence. We decided to take a drive down that way and check it out. Caught in the act! I held the wheel for Chris while he took these pictures. Nice old houses, pretty trees… small town, USA....

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