Recent content by Chas in Boca

Away travel has been trending down at The Swamp. The Gainesville Sun has been tracking this and the biggest away crowd we've had the last few years was Texas A&M. That's likely due to novelty since they had never been there. LSU fans no longer come in droves and Kentucky only sold 798 tickets to...

Yep, that was a major misstep. The guy just doesn't get it. He's one of the most stubborn, "my way or the highway" personalities I've ever been around. He's also incredibly arrogant for someone who really hasn't accomplished much of anything. I'm not trying to sound like some elite insider...

I know you guys probably don't need a lizard chiming in here, but I really think the two situations are totally different. Butch isn't actively embarrassing and undermining your university with stubbornness and insubordination the way Mac is down here. In his time at UF, Mac has: -...

I'm not sure it's fair to Butch and Tennessee to make that comparison. Mac's issues stem from stubbornness and insubordination off the field more than what he's done on it. A lot of reports are surfacing about his refusal to work within the parameters of our administration and a failure to "sing...

At what point do Kentucky fans look in the mirror and say, "If we can't beat Florida and Tennessee this season, then when?"

So I know several people who work in our UAA. As you know, a good portion of our football staff comes from the Alabama program (not just on-the-field coaches, but I'm talking about back office staff, too). McElwain's son, for instance, continues to work in Alabama's recruiting offices to this...

I think we all maybe need to take a deep breath, step back, and give this East a chance. In my opinion, it's been quietly improved while the West has declined. Consider this: we may lose to Kentucky next week for the first time in 30-whatever years, yet beat both LSU and A&M at home. That...

...just basically asking Tennessee fans to be mindful that we've had 3 home games cancelled in the last 4 years and haven't been able to play in The Swamp since Nov. 12th, 2016. It's been a tough run as a Gator fan lately. Can't enjoy any offense - only 3 or 4 offensive TD's since the Arkansas...

Tennessee Sending University Police Officers to Help With Game Day Security at Florida

Yeah, but it's our home game and meant to be an emotionally uplifting event for us. We've lost 3 home games in the last 4 years and haven't played in the Swamp since Nov. 12th of last year - 308 days, if I'm not mistaken, which I believe is a record. Tennessee should let us have our moment. If...

To be insulated from the distractions and festivities of a typical Friday night in a college town. Also, in this particular case, if some players lived in one of the areas without power, they might oversleep, for example. CBS can function without the Pride of the Southland and Vol fans, but...

Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun reported today that the city still has large swaths without power and gas is hard to find. He advised all Gator fans coming into town for the game to make sure we had a full tank and not to rely on getting any in the area, otherwise we'd be stranded and looking...

Really gotta question whether Tennessee fans and their band should make this trip. The classy move would be to stay home and open up those hotel rooms for displaced residents. The Pride of the Southland alone will take up virtually an entire wing of a hotel in Ocala. Not to mention their huge...

The one thing I think a lot of people continue to overlook in these responses, though, is that Cal and UK simply do not get the whistles that other blue bloods do. That's why I don't know if we can directly compare him to K and Duke. Again, not a Kentucky homer - I'm a Florida fan - but...

So, I'm a Gator and obviously this is a Vol message board. I would think neither of our fan bases traditionally have had a lot of love for Kentucky basketball or John Calipari. That said, I was watching this 30 for 30 film that's been airing on ESPN about him, "One and Not Done," and I found...