Florida AD Jeremy Foley releases statement on rescheduling LSU game
The postponed game between Florida and LSU continues to be one of the most discussed topics in college football. It’s a matchup that could have potential division ramifications and one the SEC says needs to be played.
As ideas continue to circulate about how the game can be fit into the remaining schedule, some have wondered if it will even be played at all. In a statement released on Monday, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said the Gators are working with all parties to make sure the game gets played.
Statement from #Gators AD Jeremy Foley regarding #LSUvsUF. pic.twitter.com/57qYutk6ST
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) October 10, 2016
There are many possible solutions that have been discussed, including moving the annual Georgia-Florida game or buying out non-conference teams, but none appear to be favored as of now.
Florida looks so bad in this. I honestly don’t know how Florida can save face on this one. There were plenty of alternatives to play either in Baton Rouge, or at a neutral site, or in Gainesville on Sunday or Monday. Florida and/or the SEC rejected each one. It looks more and more like Florida drug its feet until Thursday despite knowing the hurricane projections and having time to come up with a contingency then called in the SEC and said that nothing will work. They look terrible in this. Of course LSU doesn’t want to give up a home game to go play 3 road SEC games in 12 days. Don’t blame them. That’s brutal… This is on Florida and the SEC, but mostly on Florida for not having contingencies in place or at least being open to the options put on the table.
I agree 100% and it’s wonderful to hear from someone else. I’m being lambasted because I’m LSU and prejudiced, well I am prejudiced but the truth is still the truth. We offered to even fly in Sunday, playing the game & fly back out so no evacuees would be misplaced; that still wasn’t enough. We offered to play at a neutral site so as to not take emergency personnel away from needed areas. Nothing would make them happy. No way should we have to play 3 away SEC games in 12 days but I bet they make us.
If you think Tennessee fans are not prejudiced in this you are really ignorant.
C’mon man… You are from Florida. This ain’t your first rodeo… I mean hurricane. Y’all are straight fronting. Grow a pair and play your schedule like we will week in and week out. No excuses, hence GA and SC. Y’all had a big oppotunity to play in an NFL stadium with the Saints on a bye week.
Holy morons batman! You think UF is going to lose out on millions of $$ for the program and local businesses because they don’t want to lose a football team.
I guarantee no one pays either of you to think.
* lose a football game
Suck it up man
People should get the 19th of Nov date outta their heads, ain’t gonna happen captain. LSU should not play 3 SEC road gms in 12 days. It’s a safety issue and LSU leadership shouldn’t but it’s student athletes in harms way. At this point, the only option is to move the SEC Title game back 1 week and have LSU play in Gainesville that date. There is president of playing regular season gms that late. It’s not a big issue asked the bowl gms and cfb playoff is a month after that.
Once UF loses to Mizzou and UGA, there will be no need to play it anyway.
I’m not buying the safety issue for LSU. The reason you don’t play three conference road games in 12 days is preperation. You can’t prepare to win three tough games in that amount of time. LSU can’t be as cowardly as Foley has been though.
So now it’s safety…..
Seriously? That’s your takeaway? I’m not saying it’s all about safety but there should be some concern that the players may be so exhausted they’re not concentrating the way they should be.
The main issue is LSU tried every way possible to make this game happen and Florida drug their feet until it was too late. Why should we give up a home game to play 3 SEC games away within 12 days when the fault is Florida’s?
At what point did I reply to you? The person I replied to used safety as the reason…..Can’t keep up or the same person with two accounts?
So now you get to determine who can reply to what post?? That’s rich for a person who’s been spouting off on just about every article on sds.
Both of you must be slow. You clearly stated Safety as the issue which I replied. He made it seem like safety wasn’t mentioned……..I didn’t say he couldn’t reply. I pointed out my reply wasn’t to him and that it was in response to your safety comment……Try to keep up.
The Ga/Fla game will not be moved.Too many alumni on both teams have booked their rooms and made travel arrangements.If that was plan A better start looking at Plan B.
The conference needs to go ahead and issue the following exception to the SECCG rules.
If Florida goes 6-1 and Tennessee goes 6-2, there will be no taking advantage of the rules to back door UF into the SECCG, I.e. Would treat the game as a L for SECCG purposes and Tennessee should rightfully go and play in the Dome. Anything else would be deep injustice and a mockery to the conference championship game. They would actually be better off just declaring Bama the SEC winner based on overall record and forego the SECCG than allowing UF to possibly backdoor their way in.