@TampaDan I want his take on what has been happening on my post if he’s going to invoke it to advance his political agenda. Either he agrees that I stole a spot at UF despite everything he knows about me and is willing to acknowledge it or he doesn’t, in which case I’ll concede your point.
@TampaDan What Dan failed to mention is that we know each other. We were in the same fraternity and he‘s well aware that I’m not some rando who stole a spot at UF. But of course he wants to score political points, so why acknowledge that? Much easier to throw me under the bus instead.
I’m so tired of my alma mater sucking at football, failing to hire competent leadership, and parroting inflammatory MAGA propaganda. 15 years ago I got into UF on an appeal by describing the challenges I overcame as an immigrant. Today they’d throw my letter right into the trash.
.@EDSecMcMahon is correct. DEI is discriminatory by design, antithetical to the purpose of a university, and incompatible with the pursuit of truth.
The University of Florida has already acted on that conviction. In December 2025, our Board of Trustees adopted institutional neutrality and embedded an anti-DEI mandate within the presidential contract itself, ensuring that no university funds, public or private, will underwrite DEI at this institution.
Dr. Stuart Bell stands with Secretary McMahon, the Board, and the people of Florida on this. He is ready to lead UF forward as a university defined by merit, rigor, and the pursuit of truth.
@BamaGator1963 The honest answer is, no idea. Colleges don’t usually reveal the exact criteria they use for accepting students and “merit” is made up of so many factors including grades, standardized testing, extracurriculars & volunteering that it’s hard to quantify what ultimately got me in.
Bad news for everyone in the comments. If you want to take my spot away, you're too late. I got my degree years ago already. Good news for you is the next generation of immigrants applying to college won't be as fortunate. You won. UF has become exactly what you want it to.
@AriWasserman Also, if you opt out of your conference title game because you‘re too afraid to compete, sure, feel free to, but that means if another bubble team goes instead and wins, they get to take your spot in the playoff because you sat at home idle and missed a chance to prove yourself.
This is why I was always skeptical about the “good guy, bad coach” narrative. A good guy would have recognized his obvious limitations and learned from his mistakes. Instead, his arrogance took the whole ship down with him. No sympathy whatsoever. He had his chance & blew it.
@alex_kirshner@Slate Fair analysis, but I do think people tend to overstate Florida’s status in college athletics. This is the first major sign of life in either flagship sport for us in a decade, and with the new & harsh reality of what it takes to win titles, we had clearly fallen behind until now.
At what point, if it happens often enough, do you get to call it strategy instead of dumb luck? Aged 20 years over the past 20 days, but it’s awesome to get to celebrate something big for the first time since I started at Florida in 2011. Hell of a tournament. Go Gators! 🐊🏀🎉
@joshjurnovoy I was a little confused why you would have talked about an 80s movie in your podcast about new releases but I honestly didn’t question it lol Mississippi Burning is great though. One of my favorite Gene Hackman performances
Speaking of whom, anyone else miss the days when the biggest awards controversy of the cycle were some awkwardly phrased song lyrics about how awesome the nominees are?
I’m a little confused. I thought the tariffs were going to bring a golden age of economic prosperity, pay for IVF, eliminate the debt, and ensure countries stopped ripping us off!
Why would we trade away that bounty for a few mounties on the northern border?