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Local News Anchors Interview Ryan Lochte, Then Make Fun Of Him

Posted by on April 20, 2013 Comments Off

If you’re a pop cultural hermit, Ryan Lochte is the bro graduate of the University of Florida who won 11 gold medals in swimming. He uses the word “jeah” a lot. For some reason, the network of such quality entertainment as Keeping up with the Kardashians, E!, gave him his own reality series, called What Would Ryan Lochte Do, probably because he thinks he’s the Jesus of swimming. The series premieres this Sunday, April 21st, so he’s been giving interviews to spread the word.

One of them was with the Philadelphia Fox affiliate anchors, who start the 90 second interview by asking “Why should we care?”, end it on a bathroom water sports joke, and then follow it up with another 90 seconds of straight up laughing their asses off, wondering how E! would get 13 episodes’ worth of material from him. The best footage local news has produced since they covered the Shake Weight.

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From YouTube, via The Superficial

The Creepiest Gators Fan Ever

Posted by on October 26, 2012 1 comment

From YouTube, via Neatorama

Tebow Doesn’t Change: He Changes You

Posted by on January 11, 2012 Comments Off

Tim Tebow: on the left, while playing for the Florida Gators; on the right, while playing for the Denver Broncos

 

From CBS Sports

Urban Meyer’s Own Statements On Coaching At OSU

Posted by on November 28, 2011 Comments Off

Now that former Florida football coach Urban Meyer has officially left his commentator gig at ESPN and accepted the head coach position at Florida’s quasi-rival OSU, some OSU and most Florida fans are up in arms. Here’s why, in Meyer’s own words:

 

Urban Meyer at his resignation, for health reasons, from Florida (December 2010)

 

“At this time in my life, however, I fully grasp the sacrifices my 24/7 profession has demanded of me, and I know it is time to put my focus on my family and life away from the field.  The decision to step down was a difficult one. [...] I will profoundly miss coming to campus every day to coach this team, but I will always be a Gator at heart.” – From his resignation announcement, December 8th, 2010

“I am committed to ESPN and will not pursue any coaching opportunities this fall. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the people at ESPN this spring and remain very excited about my role with the network this fall”. — May 30th, 2011

“When rumors are out there — last week, a guy hit me with something, ‘Did you meet with so and so?’ Of course not. I don’t know how those things get printed, just, ‘Source says.’ Who’s your source? A guy walking down the street? Those things bother me, but it comes with the job, I guess.” — When asked about how he deals with speculation about coaching at OSU, October 13th, 2011

“I am very happy with my role at ESPN, I have no plans to return to coaching at this time.” — November 11th, 2011

“I can only tell you what Urban just texted me back about rumor that he has accepted job at Ohio State — ‘No truth to it.’” — Journalist Pat Dooley, via Twitter, November 18th, 2011

“Well there’s no truth to that. I know it’s that time of year, but I have not been offered any job and I have certainly not accepted any job.” — November 19th, 2011

“I’m in a good place right now mentally and physically. So if something happens with Ohio State, I’ll have a decision to make. But there has been no interview. There has been no offer to make a decision about.” — the day after his first contact with OSU, November 21st, 2011

“I have not been offered any job nor is there a deal in place. I plan on spending Thanksgiving with my family and will not comment on this any further.” — November 23rd, 2011

“A year ago in my mind I was convinced I was done coaching. Then I moved away. I didn’t realize I’d miss it so bad. [...] But for the coaching position at the Ohio State University, I would not have coached this coming year. [...] Florida was my dream job. I will always be a Gator. However, this is my home state and it’s great to be back home.” — From the press conference announcing his new position at OSU, November 28th, 2011

Urban Meyer at his first press conference at OSU (December 2011)

 

Every Florida fan feels like they just got the it’s-not-you-it’s-me routine. At least Steve Spurrier left for better pastures in the NFL and failed miserably before returning to coach a rival team. Meyer on the other hand, resigned for apparently no reason — over the course of 11 months, his health and family became a non-issue. Pat Dooley says he just needed a sabbatical, and that Florida’s program is broken, while OSU’s is not; in other words, Florida was too much to deal with for Meyer.

 

Florida Gators Are Smart And Romantic

Posted by on May 27, 2011 Comments Off

Assuming buying a lot of books in general means you’re well-read and smart, and buying romantic books, movies, music and — ahem – paraphernalia means you’re romantic, then Gainesville, the venerable home of the University of Florida (go Gators!) has a lot of smart and romantic people. Amazon has access to a lot of data on what people buy, and last year they released a list of the top 20 most romantic cities, on which Gainesville was sixth. This year, they released a list of the top 20 most well-read cities, on which Gainesville was eighth.

The lists, however, contained all but two of the same cities in somewhat different orders… so maybe these 20 cities just buy a lot of stuff from Amazon? The CS Monitor notes that many of the cities on these lists are home to major universities, and maybe they’re actually measuring how affluent or educated their population is. Whatever underlying trait is responsible for these lists though, it seems to be a good thing.

Ranking Most Romantic Cities Most Well-Read Cities
1 Alexandria, VA Cambridge, MA
2 Miami, FL Alexandria, VA
3 Cambridge, MA Berkley, CA
4 Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor, MI
5 Berkley, CA Boulder, CO
6 Gainesville, FL Miami, FL
7 Arlington, VA Salt Lake City, UT
8 Salt Lake City, UT Gainesville, FL
9 Pittsburgh, PA Seattle, WA
10 Orlando, FL Arlington, VA
11 Washington, DC Knoxville, TN
12 Bellevue, WA Orlando, FL
13 Seattle, WA Pittsburgh, PA
14 Richmond, VA Washington, DC
15 Cincinnati, OH Bellevue, WA
16 Knoxville, TN Columbia, SC
17 Columbia, MO St. Louis, MO
18 Tallahassee, FL Cincinnati, OH
19 Columbia, SC Portland, OR
20 Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA

Via The Christian Science Monitor

Go ‘Noles Parody of Go Gators Commercial

Posted by on March 25, 2011 Comments Off

Someone made a hilarious parody of the “Go Gators” commercial, which accurately portrays the Seminoles.

In case you’re lost, the original “Go Gators” commercial is below. For background, the University of Florida (Gators) and Florida State University (Seminoles) are bitter football rivals — mostly due to historical reasons, since the Gators have won six out of the past seven games and the record is 33-20 overall. Also, UF is by all measures the best school in Florida, and handily outranks FSU is virtually all ranking systems. Finally, FSU used to be a women’s college, which explains their aptitude in football. For more on the rivalry, see the Wikipedia article.