Do We Get a Win?

[twodaparty]

Like getting a W in baseball if the losing team gets 5 full innings of at bats? :)

Just sayin...

What does the official NCAA rule book say? If it's like the game doesn't count it could hurt our seed etc.

Discuss....

We were winning the game after all.

[austingtr]

No we don't get credit.
That is too bad.

[ArtVandelay]

They can decide to continue the game where they left off, but they won't...

[Jaggator]

So it will stand as just another exhibition game for both teams.

Not good for those that shelled out some hard cash to see only 1/2 a game that won't count.

Oh well, UF got some good practice out of it.

[G8rNkoko]

ESPN is now reporting that the game will not count and will not be made up.

[BurnKarma]

John Thompson is class act

[number1]

Such a waste.

[ufgator4ever]

Jeremy, thank you for this risk of injury and valueless crap!!!!!

[JohnC1908]

Jeremy, thank you for this risk of injury and valueless crap!!!!!

Nobody got injured and the university received a lot of publicity from the game. UF joined other fringe programs like UNC, MSU and OSU on their quest for valueless crap. :roll:

[jhsgator]

Jeremy, thank you for this risk of injury and valueless crap!!!!!

Obviously we should have turned down the exposure and played a crappy team from the sun belt

[NorthCaptivaGator]

Our guys got to watch a naval induction ceremony on a ship and shake the hands of some very brave men and women, they got a taste of how fortunate they are and they played a good first half shorthanded- ill take all of that over a Sunday game against Alabama State

Even the OSU guys put on a dunking exhibition for the crowd on their ship, despite not playing, do you think the players wish the game would never have been scheduled?

Still, the logistics, man, how do you not account for that? Play the game at sunset

[Tu_Gator]

Media!!!!!!

[channingcrowderhungry]

Jeremy, thank you for this risk of injury and valueless crap!!!!!

I think you should change your screenname

[ThePlayer]

1/2 win

[tilly]

Jeremy, thank you for this risk of injury and valueless crap!!!!!

What risk of injury? They stopped before it got to that point.
Jeremy has our program at a level where we are invited to do such things. They were highlighting Mayport and wanted the most recognizable local program.

This is a problem in the NBA where sometimes the court is laid directly on top of the hockey ice. The injury risk is minor and we stopped before it even got there.

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[Juggernautz]

No.

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20121109/ARTICLES/121109483?tc=cr

[themistocles]

A woman's game was played in the afternoon successfully.

Two men's games were schedules in the Fall evenings and both were cancelled due to dew.

Figure it out.

It's all about the money, and it was idiotic to schedule an evening game on shipboard (except, perhaps on Lake Mead).

[outbackjack]

Publicity?

You mean from the backwoods NBCSports station that no one has.....

(except me, which I purchased yesterday just for the game, and will get rid of ASAP)

[Go2gtr]

It's all about the money
I think you missed the point on this one.

They played this on an battleship (inconveniencing EVERYONE) in front of a few hundred fans, mostly non-paid service men and women, to honor them and their families and their sacrifices.

This was not about the loot.

[Osiris_DPM]

I think you missed the point on this one.

They played this on an battleship (inconveniencing EVERYONE) in front of a few hundred fans, mostly non-paid service men and women, to honor them and their families and their sacrifices.

This was not about the loot.

Well, a carrier*, but close.


*Made famous for transporting the "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh back to the US, and for the "spice" court-martials

[Go2gtr]

Well, a carrier*, but close.


Well to be precise:
USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship.

It is not an aircraft carrier like the USS Yorktown the other ship that was used that night and had the Ohio State vs. Marquette game cancelled.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/USS_Bataan_%28LHD-5%29%3B10080504.jpg/300px-USS_Bataan_%28LHD-5%29%3B10080504.jpg

The flight deck on the Bataan is only used for helicopters.

[Osiris_DPM]

Well to be precise:
USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship.

It is not an aircraft carrier like the USS Yorktown the other ship that was used that night and had the Ohio State vs. Marquette game cancelled.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/USS_Bataan_%28LHD-5%29%3B10080504.jpg/300px-USS_Bataan_%28LHD-5%29%3B10080504.jpg

The flight deck on the Bataan is only used for helicopters.

An amphibious assault ship is a "carrier." I did not say it was a carrier like the Yorktown, but it is technically an aircraft carrier. An "amphibious assault ship" is also known as a "commando carrier" or an "amphibious assault carrier." It is not, however, a battleship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship

There are only 31 aircraft carriers in in the world, and 20 of those are US NAVY carriers (10 Nimitz class carriers, 1 Enterprise carrier, 9 Amphibious Assault carriers). The Bataan is one of those 20. It is sometimes classified among the STOVL carriers or "short take off vertical landing" (1 of the 3 common classifications, CATOBAR, STOBAR, STOVL).

You are also technically wrong about the flight deck. It has been used for years in the middle east as a "Harrier Carrier" for Marine Corps Harrier II squadrons, and has also hosted the Osprey "tiltrotor" vessels - neither of which is a helicopter.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/United_States_Marine_Corps_AV-8B_Harrier_II_hovering.jpg/300px-United_States_Marine_Corps_AV-8B_Harrier_II_hovering.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/US_Navy_080220-N-5180F-015_A_Marine_Corps_MV-22_Osprey_prepares_to_land_aboard_the_amphibious_a ssault_ship_USS_Nassau_%28LHA_4%29.jpg/300px-US_Navy_080220-N-5180F-015_A_Marine_Corps_MV-22_Osprey_prepares_to_land_aboard_the_amphibious_a ssault_ship_USS_Nassau_%28LHA_4%29.jpg

[Osiris_DPM]

Harrier hovering above the flight deck of the USS Bataan in Iraq:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/US_Navy_030425-N-4008C-508_An_AV-8B_Harrier_aircraft_hovers_above_the_flight_deck_o f_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_Bataan_%28LHD_5% 29_.jpg/800px-US_Navy_030425-N-4008C-508_An_AV-8B_Harrier_aircraft_hovers_above_the_flight_deck_o f_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_Bataan_%28LHD_5% 29_.jpg

[Go2gtr]

I will revert back to the layman's term, battleship. It's a ship that is sent into battle so it's a battleship. :wink:

[Osiris_DPM]

I will revert back to the layman's term, battleship. It's a ship that is sent into battle so it's a battleship. :wink:

During World War II, the battleship was replaced by the aircraft carrier as the most powerful kind of warship afloat. Some battleships remained in service during the Cold War and the last were decommissioned in the 1990s.

They have all been decommissioned by the US Navy...just go with it. Carrier

We would also accept "warship" or "capital ship" or "Sea Control Ship"

The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships

In the 21st century, the aircraft carrier is the last remaining capital ship, with capability defined in decks available and aircraft per deck, rather than in guns and calibers. The United States possesses supremacy, in both categories of aircraft carriers, possessing not only 11 active duty supercarriers each capable of carrying and launching nearly 100 tactical aircraft, but an additional 12 amphibious assault ships as capable (in the "Sea Control Ship" configuration) as the light VSTOL carriers of other nations.

:wink:

[Go2gtr]

CBS Sports headline on a story about next year's shipboard games being planned:

Carrier Classic isn't going away; battleship game to return in 2013

[Osiris_DPM]

CBS Sports headline on a story about next year's shipboard games being planned:

Carrier Classic isn't going away; battleship game to return in 2013

The event namers got it right, CBS got it wrong. Stop fighting it.

[Go2gtr]

You don't understand. People are not required to adhere to military jargon.

[Osiris_DPM]

You don't understand. People are not required to adhere to military jargon.

Ehem - you were the one who responded with the "to be precise" treatment Mr. Go2 :ninja: :wave:

[Go2gtr]

Ehem - you were the one who responded with the "to be precise" treatment Mr. Go2 :ninja:
True, that's why I said I would revert back to my layman's definition.

[StrangeGator]

You don't understand. People are not required to adhere to military jargon.

Women aren't, but men are. (I know that's sexist) Even then, military women and women from military families are required to adhere to military jargon. I'm a whack job liberal and borderline pacifist, but I know enough to show proper respect. Calling a carrier a battleship is like referring to a tank as a truck.

[Go2gtr]

Go tell CBSSports, maybe they care about your opinion.

[dnigels]

Wow this sight can produce some butt floss aka anal threads!

[VAg8r1]

Terminology aside, the game(s) should be permanently moved back to San Diego, where the temperature is higher and the humidity is lower at this time of the year. No condensation problems with the game last year when it was played on the Carl Vinson. The game was also played earlier in the day, if I recall 5:00 pm local time (8:00 pm EST).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/US_Navy_111111-N-OK922-208_The_Michigan_State_University_and_the_Universi ty_of_North_Carolina_basketball_teams_gather_on_th e_court_before_the_tip-o.jpg/800px-US_Navy_111111-N-OK922-208_The_Michigan_State_University_and_the_Universi ty_of_North_Carolina_basketball_teams_gather_on_th e_court_before_the_tip-o.jpg

[VAg8r1]

Duplicate

[GatorLurker]

Even then, military women and women from military families are required to adhere to military jargon.

Indeed.

From "Full Metal Jacket" (This is my rifle. This is my gun):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU0XCVey_U