Scott Van Pelt

So, you know, coming back, even, you know, coming back here, like, dude, it's been a long time. Christ's about 30 years for God's sake. Uh, like not quite, but almost. And then you start doing the math. You're like, good God, you wake up one day and, and, you know, you're the old cat, but whatever, here I am.

So, you know, coming back, even, you know, coming back here, like, dude, it's been a long time. Christ's about 30 years for God's sake. Uh, like not quite, but almost. And then you start doing the math. You're like, good God, you wake up one day and, and, you know, you're the old cat, but whatever, here I am.

And it's, it's, it even, however many years in, you don't come and go, eh, you're like, Holy smokes, this place is something.

And it's, it's, it even, however many years in, you don't come and go, eh, you're like, Holy smokes, this place is something.

And it's, it's, it even, however many years in, you don't come and go, eh, you're like, Holy smokes, this place is something.

Yeah, somebody I saw made the point that you get what they're saying, that being down a dozen to Houston is like being down 50 to another team, right? Like you see, the Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, those SEC teams that are like up 15, down 15, we don't care. We're just going to keep playing like we play, and we're going to score in the 90s, and double-digit leads, kind of like the NBA.

Yeah, somebody I saw made the point that you get what they're saying, that being down a dozen to Houston is like being down 50 to another team, right? Like you see, the Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, those SEC teams that are like up 15, down 15, we don't care. We're just going to keep playing like we play, and we're going to score in the 90s, and double-digit leads, kind of like the NBA.

Yeah, somebody I saw made the point that you get what they're saying, that being down a dozen to Houston is like being down 50 to another team, right? Like you see, the Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, those SEC teams that are like up 15, down 15, we don't care. We're just going to keep playing like we play, and we're going to score in the 90s, and double-digit leads, kind of like the NBA.

They can evaporate quickly. Against Houston, that's just not how it goes. And so I give Florida a ton of credit for just staying in the fight. Now, a lot of that probably, Ryan, comes from the fact that they don't have to go back too far on the mental Rolodex to go, we're down nine with 251 to go against A&M, right? Auburn had us down a pretty decent number just Keep plugging away.

They can evaporate quickly. Against Houston, that's just not how it goes. And so I give Florida a ton of credit for just staying in the fight. Now, a lot of that probably, Ryan, comes from the fact that they don't have to go back too far on the mental Rolodex to go, we're down nine with 251 to go against A&M, right? Auburn had us down a pretty decent number just Keep plugging away.

They can evaporate quickly. Against Houston, that's just not how it goes. And so I give Florida a ton of credit for just staying in the fight. Now, a lot of that probably, Ryan, comes from the fact that they don't have to go back too far on the mental Rolodex to go, we're down nine with 251 to go against A&M, right? Auburn had us down a pretty decent number just Keep plugging away.

And you had to think at some point, Clayton's going to score buckets. I believe he didn't make his first basket till there were eight minutes left in the game. And it was an and one. And then he hits a three and like they're chipping away and they're chipping away. And then the thing that really bums me out about it, I love Calvin Sampson.

And you had to think at some point, Clayton's going to score buckets. I believe he didn't make his first basket till there were eight minutes left in the game. And it was an and one. And then he hits a three and like they're chipping away and they're chipping away. And then the thing that really bums me out about it, I love Calvin Sampson.

And you had to think at some point, Clayton's going to score buckets. I believe he didn't make his first basket till there were eight minutes left in the game. And it was an and one. And then he hits a three and like they're chipping away and they're chipping away. And then the thing that really bums me out about it, I love Calvin Sampson.

I love the whole idea of the program and what it's about toughness, the DNA of that. I hate for them that the last three times they had a basketball, they didn't take a shot. That's really going to be hard to live with. You don't get the ball on the rim. For a team, it's as offensive rebounding centric as anyone. They just turned it over three straight times.

I love the whole idea of the program and what it's about toughness, the DNA of that. I hate for them that the last three times they had a basketball, they didn't take a shot. That's really going to be hard to live with. You don't get the ball on the rim. For a team, it's as offensive rebounding centric as anyone. They just turned it over three straight times.

I love the whole idea of the program and what it's about toughness, the DNA of that. I hate for them that the last three times they had a basketball, they didn't take a shot. That's really going to be hard to live with. You don't get the ball on the rim. For a team, it's as offensive rebounding centric as anyone. They just turned it over three straight times.

And for as much, Ryan, as we talk about the toughness, the defense, and the rebounding of Houston, Florida won that basketball game because they were tough. They guarded and they rebound. They outright, they out rebounded Houston, which I don't know how they did it. Cause the length of Houston at the rims insane. Um, so in retrospect, like Florida was that team. They really were all year.

And for as much, Ryan, as we talk about the toughness, the defense, and the rebounding of Houston, Florida won that basketball game because they were tough. They guarded and they rebound. They outright, they out rebounded Houston, which I don't know how they did it. Cause the length of Houston at the rims insane. Um, so in retrospect, like Florida was that team. They really were all year.

And for as much, Ryan, as we talk about the toughness, the defense, and the rebounding of Houston, Florida won that basketball game because they were tough. They guarded and they rebound. They outright, they out rebounded Houston, which I don't know how they did it. Cause the length of Houston at the rims insane. Um, so in retrospect, like Florida was that team. They really were all year.