Carter's Corner: Sankey on SEC's Stance, Beal's Pitch for Mets, Foley Q&A, More Gators Tidbits
Monday, July 13, 2020 | General, Scott Carter
Still, until there is no hope for college sports in the fall, there is hope. Southeastern Conference athletic directors met Monday in Birmingham in-person for the first time since the pandemic shut down college sports in mid-March.
Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin has a press conference on Tuesday to discuss the latest.
Here are @SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey's comments from today's meeting in Birmingham with league's ADs about fall plans amidst Covid-19 pandemic … pic.twitter.com/oJS1dOo8RI
— Scott Carter (@GatorsScott) July 13, 2020
Meanwhile, by now we all have our pandemic stories. Part of mine is typing this sentence from my bed Monday afternoon. The fever arrived late Saturday night and other symptoms soon followed. Sunday was kind of a blur. Today is much better. On Tuesday there is an appointment to receive a rapid-result test for Covid-19. If this is Covid-19 checked into my body, I consider myself one of the fortunate ones. If not, even better.
As we all wait to see what happens next, thankfully there is still stuff happening in the world not related to the coronavirus pandemic. And some of it has to do with the Gators.
Here are several fresh topical items from the internet for your perusal:
-- The Gators' official Twitter account dropped a hint on Monday morning about an upcoming announcement ...
Coming soon...#GatorsROH#GoGators pic.twitter.com/0TxtC01ab8
— Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) July 13, 2020
And when you do that, there is going to be speculation ...
Former #Gators coach Urban Meyer is expected to be #UF's new Ring of Honor inductee next week.
— Zach Abolverdi (@ZachAbolverdi) July 13, 2020
STORY: https://t.co/FU1lbhV6cj pic.twitter.com/fD4ztA5dCg
And questions about what exactly this is about (insert popcorn-eating emoji here) ...
While Urban Meyer is the only former Florida #Gators player or coach eligible for Ring of Honor induction based on current criteria, I'm told that — as of now — the July 23rd Ring of Honor promotion posted earlier today is not to announce a new induction.
— OnlyGators.com 🐊 Florida Gators news (@onlygators) July 13, 2020
-- Former Syracuse head coach Paul Pasqualoni, who gave Gators head coach Dan Mullen his first opportunity at the Division I level as a graduate assistant in 1998, is reportedly going to join Mullen's UF staff in an advisory role writes Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports.
-- Jeremy Foley, longtime Gators athletic director, provided some thoughts on the current landscape in college athletics in an interview with Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi:
Legendary former #Gators AD #JeremyFoley on financial crisis facing college athletics: Programs have cash reserves "for a rainy day, but this is a hurricane!" ... Here's my wide-ranging Q&A with Foley: https://t.co/uEMlj4ERyE pic.twitter.com/hojrJCQ46G
— Mike Bianchi (@BianchiWrites) July 12, 2020
-- Former Gators standout Al Horford plans to keep his name on his jersey rather than a pre-approved social justice phrase when the NBA returns writes Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
-- With Scottie Lewis and Tre Mann returning and Andrew Nembhard off to Gonzaga, a look at what the UF men's basketball team's lineup might look like next season from JM Soracchi of the Gainesville Sun.
-- NBA star Bradley Beal has come a long way since his season with the Gators and is reportedly looking to take his game to Major League Baseball ...
Bradley Beal, Travis Kelce and Brian Urlacher are among star athletes who've joined A-Rod and J-Lo's bid to buy the New York Mets, per @vxmcclure23 pic.twitter.com/uVbuQPFR3O
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 13, 2020
MASK UP
The Southeastern Conference released a video on Monday featuring the league's 14 football coaches wearing masks to promote one of the practices health officials are urging to help prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic:
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) July 13, 2020
