Content provided by Swamp Things – Gators Blog. Urban Meyer’s sudden decision to leave the Florida football program stunned a lot of people butnone so as Gators punter Chas Henry. Chas Henry Henry, who was at Disney Wednesday as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards show which the senior is up for the Ray Guy Award, talked to media about his coach and his thoughts on Meyer’s departure. Henry: “It’s a family decision. I have complete understanding and respect for it. You have to take care of yourself and take care of your family.” Henry: “This year he [...]

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Content provided by Jerry Tipton on UK basketball. Although UK Coach John Calipari expressed as recently as Tuesday his reservations about returning to the Maui Invitational, Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart gushed about the experience the fan base had in Hawaii Thanksgiving week. “You literally had people talking to you, ‘I planned for four years to come’ and ‘We cashed in all our Frequent Flyer miles to come back,’ ” Barnhart said. He noted that UK fans travel far and wide to watch the Wildcats play. But when asked if the trip to Maui held a special place in a [...]

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Content provided by Jerry Tipton on UK basketball. Dubbing UK’s appearance in the BBVA Compass Bowl as “Operation Thank You,” Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart said the school hoped its fans would buy tickets to give children, military veterans and senior citizens in the Birmingham area. Barnhart acknowledged that tickets sales might not be brisk for the Jan. 8 bowl in which Kentucky plays Pittsburgh. “The date’s a little more difficult” when compared to UK’s bowl trips the past four years. “We’ve sold a few thousand tickets so far, which is good.” “Operation Thank You” was intended to “show the [...]

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Content provided by Jerry Tipton on UK basketball. John Pelphrey, one of UK’s “Unforgettables,” embraced his Arkansas team’s 71-62 victory over Seton Hall Wednesday night. Asked if he could blockout this return to his home state, Pelphrey said, “I’d like to sit here and tell you I don’t think about it. But when you walk into the building, moments of time flash back.” Pelphrey called the game in Freedom Hall “very humbling.” And, he added, “the task at hand becomes even more valuable to me. I want to do well. This was the first win in state (for Pelphrey) as [...]

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Content provided by Jerry Tipton on UK basketball. University of Kentucky Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart said the men’s basketball program should continue the tradition of playing a game in Louisville each season. “We want to continue to play over here,” Barnhart said before the Cats played Notre Dame. He noted the many alumni that live in the Louisville area and the potentially rich recruiting ground. Earlier this week, the Kentucky State Fair Board said it paid between $10,000 and $12,000 to re-paint the Freedom Hall court blue. Spokesman Edward Brown said part of the reason was to try to [...]

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Content provided by Kentucky Wildcat sports beat. Kentucky’s men’s basketball program will continue to play an annual game in Louisville if athletic…

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Content provided by Razorback Expats. ESPN.com’s SEC blogger has consulted his tea leaves, or perhaps a few sources actually in the know (it isn’t entirely clear from his post what he’s basing this on), and says that Bobby Petrino is on Florida’s short list of candidates to replace Urban Meyer. Says Low: In his third season at Arkansas, he has the Hogs in a BCS bowl game for the first time in school history. He’s one of the top offensive minds in the game and was on Foley’s radar when Meyer was hired back in 2005. Giving Petrino the keys [...]

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Content provided by Dawg Sports. Ok folks so here’s the deal. I am willing to bake a pan of my brownies and ship them to you.  Since I don’t usually make you this offer, you might guess there is a bit of a catch.  I’m not going to make a pan of brownies for each and every one of you.  I’m only making 1 pan of brownies here.  So that means y’all are going to have to work for it.  I’m using the term “work” pretty loosely here.  In order to have a shot at the brownies – you have [...]

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Content provided by Swamp Things – Gators Blog. Urban Meyer’s sudden decision to leave the Florida football program stunned a lot of people but none so as Gators punter Chas Henry. Henry, who was at Disney Wednesday as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards show which the senior is up for the Ray Guy Award, talked to media about his coach and his thoughts on Meyer’s departure. Henry: “It’s a family decision. I have complete understanding and respect for it. You have to take care of yourself and take care of your family.” Henry: “This year he was [...]

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