GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The big picture remains cloudy. For now, the coronavirus pandemic appears to have momentum on its side.
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.
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 ...
And when you do that, there is going to be speculation ...
And questions about what exactly this is about (insert popcorn-eating emoji here) ...
-- 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:
-- Former Gators standout
Al Horford p
lans 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 ...
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:
