Gymnastics - #2 UF v #11 Bama

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Making history, the first nationally televised regular-season meet at the O'Dome. Unlike the basketball games, look for a full and loud crowd. UF is coming off the opening season quad meet that looked like an experiment in line-ups. Several key gymnasts did not compete or did not compete in the all-around. Bama meanwhile is coming off a disappointing opening meet against Oklahoma. Bama looked pretty sloppy and unfocused. Several falls, missed connections on routines, and just poor form. Still, it is obvious the potential is there and if they come focused and hit, they can give UF a run.

Look for Leanne Wong to compete for her all-around. If she does, pay attention to her vault (UF's first event) as she does a vault rarely seen in college, a Podkopayeva, a round-off 1/2 on and 1/2 pike. Most gymnasts either do a yurchenko full or 1.5. Also Sloane Blakely who earned Gymnast of the Week honors (first ever in the SEC for a freshman) to follow-up on her solid opening meet. I will be interested to see how much Rowland changes the line-ups or will she continue to protect some of the other athletes by holding them out. On a down note, world champion Morgan Hurd will not be competing for UF this season as she has a torn ACL and went under the knife.

For Bama look for Luisa Blanco,

who really came on strong in latter part of last season and won the individual national title on beam. A really solid gymnast and a key contributor for Bama.

Should be a fun one. Go Gators!

 

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Wife and I have been watching gymnastics for awhile. We will very likely tune in, GO Gators!

 

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Isn't gymnastics UF's most successful sport.? Very consistent wins.

 

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I will be watching.
I am anxious to see the freshmen.

 

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Making history, the first nationally televised regular-season meet at the O'Dome. Unlike the basketball games, look for a full and loud crowd. UF is coming off the opening season quad meet that looked like an experiment in line-ups. Several key gymnasts did not compete or did not compete in the all-around. Bama meanwhile is coming off a disappointing opening meet against Oklahoma. Bama looked pretty sloppy and unfocused. Several falls, missed connections on routines, and just poor form. Still, it is obvious the potential is there and if they come focused and hit, they can give UF a run.

Look for Leanne Wong to compete for her all-around. If she does, pay attention to her vault (UF's first event) as she does a vault rarely seen in college, a Podkopayeva, a round-off 1/2 on and 1/2 pike. Most gymnasts either do a yurchenko full or 1.5. Also Sloane Blakely who earned Gymnast of the Week honors (first ever in the SEC for a freshman) to follow-up on her solid opening meet. I will be interested to see how much Rowland changes the line-ups or will she continue to protect some of the other athletes by holding them out. On a down note, world champion Morgan Hurd will not be competing for UF this season as she has a torn ACL and went under the knife.

For Bama look for Luisa Blanco,

who really came on strong in latter part of last season and won the individual national title on beam. A really solid gymnast and a key contributor for Bama.

Should be a fun one. Go Gators!

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It's pretty telling that this is going to be on ABC! Unreal.

 

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The O'Dome is sold out. I just sold two of my extra tickets for $100 each. It should be loud.

 

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Some fairy tale.! ... I just realized that 6 out of 7 dwarfs were not happy.

 

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How did we get down so far? Just tuned in to see us down .350 going into the last rotation.

 

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Go Gators! What a finish. I'm guilty of watching the Bucs game through most of the meet, but this finish was awesome!

 

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Well, not sure how they got down, but that is one hell of a finish! Go Gators!

 

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Two 10 on final rotation. Nya Reed and Trinity Thomas. That was the 2nd for Thomas today

 

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Pretty awesome finish for the Gators.

 

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Well, not sure how they got down, but that is one hell of a finish! Go Gators!

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Bad Beam rotation and worse bars

 

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Wow.! I was sure we would lose, on such a big stage. Bravo Gator Gals.

 

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Did we win?

 

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Team Score Lead
1 University of Florida 197.000
2 Alabama 196.925 -.075

 

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The Lady Gators whipped Bama in basketball this afternoon. 85/77 . They are 13/5 For the season.

 

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Just got back, great finish. I was disappointed in the energy up until those last two. Nice win!

 

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I thought they were done after rotation 3 and after Alyssa doinked up her floor. But Bama left the door open and Nya and Trinity brought it home. Although, Trinity had a small slide on her last pass, and not sure she really hit a 10. However Gators still would have won with a 9.95.

Watch out for Leah Wong. College gymnastics is so different than world elite, so I am really excited to see her improve.

FYI. There is an insane talent level in college gymnastics. There are so many former world elite gymnasts on rosters this year. It should make it a very interesting and fun season to watch!

 

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grengadgy said:

The Lady Gators whipped Bama in basketball this afternoon. 85/77 . They are 13/5 For the season.

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Get rid of a pin head coach and the team plays better. Novel concept.

 

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