College Colors Day is Friday, August 31!

College Colors Day is Friday, August 31!

Encourage your coworkers to wear orange & blue
on Friday, August 31 for College Colors Day.

Submit a photo of your office team to be posted on the Central Florida Gator Club Web site. The most spirited Gator team will win Gators prize packs from the Central Florida Gator Club.

Please e-mail your photos (jpg only, please) no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4 to kelly@centralfloridagatorclub.com . Make sure to include:

• JPG photo of your office team in Gators gear
• Name and phone number of contact at the office
• Full name of the business

Florida Governor Charlie Crist proclaimed Friday, Aug. 31 as College Colors Day, and he encourages everyone in the state of Florida to wear apparel representing their favorite college or university!

Read more about College Colors Day online, and download the attached poster to print and hang in your office!

Stay tuned to www.centralfloridagatorclub.com for the latest information and events from the Central Florida Gator Club. Winning photo entry will be selected by the Central Florida Gator Club Board of Directors.

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Saturday, Aug. 18 : Football Kickoff Pub Crawl

Downtown Orlando, 7:30 p.m. to Midnight
Tickets: $15 (first come, first served)
Register today or visit www.centralfloridagatorclub.com for more info!

Wednesday, Aug. 29 : Kickoff Dinner with Larry Vettel

Taproom at Dubsdread Country Club
Tickets: $30 members, $35 nonmembers
Register today or visit www.centralfloridagatorclub.com for more info!
*You may also download the attached form and mail your payment (for the Larry Vettel Kickoff Dinner only). Please register no later than Friday, Aug. 24.

Keep an eye on your e-mail inbox and visit www.centralfloridagatorclub.com for the latest news, information and event updates!

Kickers?

Last year is was no secret that the Gators had a problem with the kicking game. Chris Hetland in the 2005 season did a great job as Florida's PAT and Field Goal Kicker, but in 2006 Chris Hetland got into some kind of slump that worried many a Gator throughout most of the season. He still had the leg to kick the ball, but for the 3 point attempts he was missing the uprights by just a bit. It was great to see Chris Hetland redeem himself in the win over Ohio State that helped us win our second National Championship in ten years.

Now here in the 2007 season we have Jonathan Phillips and Joey Ijjas competing for the starting job. Of the two I have no idea on who will get the nod. I know very little about Jonathan Phillips and Joey Ijjas did most of the kick offs last season. I do know both have a good leg and can kick the ball a good distance, but I understand both are having problems with the short kick. This hopefully will be worked out with some coaching on both kickers behalf, but what I also find interesting it that this year the NCAA has move back the kick off line from the 35 yard line to the 30 yard line.

As anyone knows a little bit about Football field position is paramount for any chance of success in consistent scoring, and the kickers on any team now are notched up in importance a step or two in making a team effort in winning or loosing any given game.

Jonathan Phillips and Joey Ijjas I wish the both of you the best in this 2007 season, and I hope with the great coaching and team organization that Florida has that 2007 will bring us another SEC Championship (which seems to be a stepping stone to the National Championship game in many cases), and a back to back National Championship in Football too.

Go Get 'em Gators!

- Ric

2006 Season Schedule

2006 Schedule Current Standings: Overall(13-1) SEC(7-1)
DATE	OPPONENT	SEC	SITE	TIME	RESULT
Sat Apr 22	Spring Orange and Blue Game Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	1:30PM(ET)	--
Sat Sep 2	Southern Miss Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	6:00PM(ET)	W(34-7)
Sat Sep 9	Central Florida Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	6:00PM(ET)	W(42-0)
Sat Sep 16	at Tennessee Boxscore		Knoxville, TN	8:00PM(ET)	W(21-20)
Sat Sep 23	Kentucky Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	7:45PM(ET)	W(26-7)
Sat Sep 30	Alabama Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	3:30PM(ET)	W(28-13)
Sat Oct 7	LSU (HC) Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	3:30PM(ET)	W(23-10)
Sat Oct 14	at Auburn Boxscore		Auburn, AL	7:45PM(ET)	L(17-27)
Sat Oct 28	Georgia Boxscore		Jacksonville, FL	3:30PM(ET)	W(21-14)
Sat Nov 4	at Vanderbilt Boxscore		Nashville, TN	12:30PM(ET)	W(25-19)
Sat Nov 11	South Carolina Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	3:30PM(ET)	W(17-16)
Sat Nov 18	Western Carolina Boxscore		Gainesville, FL	Noon(ET)	W(62-0)
Sat Nov 25	at Florida State Boxscore		Tallahassee, FL	Noon(ET)	W(21-14)
Sat Dec 2	SEC Championship Game vs. Arkansas Boxscore		Atlanta, GA	6:00PM(ET)	W(38-28)
Mon Jan 8	BCS National Championship vs. Ohio State Boxscore		Glendale, AZ	8:00PM(ET)	(41-14)
All home games in bold.

National Championship Congratulations Rally

University of Florida Gators Football National Championship Congratulations Rally 01/13/2007 @ Florida Field. I wish I had a good digital video recorder, but I was able to take some video shots with my Kodak EasyShare CX6445, and did my finger get tired of holding down the shutter button! But we had FUN!

GO GATORS