This is a big game, maybe huge. You know the drill. Game is Wednesday, 7pm on ESPN2. Sog is clock time and which half when Martin picks up his second foul (thanks for the suggestion @GatorLurker). Gators 84 Tide 87 Mvg Condon Sog 14min (remaining)/ 1st Half
Two high octane offenses, one elite defense and home court makes for an even match-up. My guess is that Clayton comes out on fire. Gators 88 Red Tide 87 MVG Clayton SOG 9:30 left in the first half
Gators won 2 out of 3 last year and should haven the 3rd one in Tuscaloosa. I feel Gators match up well against Tide and their style of b-ball. Chomp Chomp - 87 Roll Tide - 80 MVG - Clayton SOG - 11:11 1st half
I have so many conflicting thoughts about this game. First, I just kind of feel like the gators are gonna win this one, so I can clearly not choose the team in crimson and white. But, the money line will likely favor Alabama, and I believe the spread to be the single best predictor of sports outcomes, so I can clearly not choose the team in orange and blue. Then again, the Gators are the better team, so I can clearly not choose the team in crimson and white. But I also realize no team should be expected to take down a top 10 team on the road no matter how good they are, so I should clearly not choose the team in orange and blue. But I also recently witnessed the Gators taking down the #1 team in the nation on the road, so I should clearly not choose the team in crimson and white. But of course Alabama also witnessed that game and will be extra prepared for the Gators, so I can clearly not choose the team in orange and blue. But, I must also recognize that I’m a gator fan and probably biased toward the gators, so I can clearly not choose the team in orange and blue. You may wonder, GatorRade, are you nearly finished? I am just getting started! Oh wait, my wife is telling me to stop playing my little friends on that nerd website and clean the kitchen, so I’ll just get to my pick. Gators: 88 Tide: 87 MVG: Clayton SOG: 11 min into first half
Good company! And we actually chose almost the exact same time for Martin to get his 2nd foul. Too much coincidence for it not to be true!
9 - 3 win / lose as of now. Seems optimistic. The pre-season picks in the Extravaganza sees 76.5% of us picking a loss tomorrow. Kenpom had us winning this a week ago (by a point). Now it has us losing (by a point). Torvik has us losing by 4 with 68% confidence. Certainly a winnable game. So f it: UF 89 Bama 83 MVG Condo SOG 4:20 1st half
