I probably have most of those magazines in my collection. File cabinet in garage and others in my Gator Room. I discovered SI around 1971 maybe. In our school library. Thank GOD the quiet little lady ordered it. I discovered UCLA basketball , John WOoden and Bill Walton. I had a subscription up till a few months ago. Like my Gainesville Sun it was just a shell of its self. All the good writers and good writing was gone. CHanged format. Wrote shttt NOBODY cared about or maybe a tiny fraction did. I loved SI. I swear back in the Spurrier years when we were killing it and SI wrote about us a lot my damned mail man would snag it and read it before delivering it to me. It should have been there a certain day but came much later when SI had a good UF story. I thought "you SOB you make more as a mailman than I do as a teacher. Get your own fckikkn subscription.' I used to LOVE reading the morning paper and SI cover to cover each week. All that shttt has gone the way of college football, uncluttered Florida roads, easy access to small lakes in Fla. (all bought up), affordable college and health care and civility in general. But I got to enjoy it for many decades. The world has bowed down to the almighty dollar and the bottom line has ended the Golden age of a life of quality at least in my realm. But now my real enjoyment comes from reading history and some fiction and talking to and spending time with friends. Even this place seems much less fun. I guess the demise of UF football and basketball has accelerated the negativity and that doesnt appeal to me.
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