Florida Gators vs Kentucky Wildcats

Florida Gators vs Kentucky Wildcats
Saturday 4:00 PDT

Locations:

Eastside Viewing
· Ixtapa 22350 NE Marketplace Drive Redmond WA, 98053 (425) 868-8283
· Due to construction, the bottom of Novelty Hill is closed...alternate directions below

Downtown Viewing
· Spitfire 2219 4th Ave Seattle, WA 98121 (Belltown) (206) 441-7966

Happy Autumn Gators:

Well it certainly wasn’t the prettiest of victories against the Vols last weekend, but a win over Tennessee is always satisfying! Had it not been for the innumerable pass interference penalties (were there really five?!!) and dropped INTs, this one very well could have been an epic blowout. But you can’t always have perfection, and this was certainly a great early season win for the Orange and Blue.

Not that we should ding the Gators too much for what seemed like a nail-biter contest (at least to me). While the Defense did make several mistakes, their play against the UT running “attack” was absolutely outstanding. Holding Tennessee to a mere -9 yards on the ground, The Florida D turned in its third stellar performance of the season, and now stands atop the NCAA in run defense.

On the offensive side of the ball, what more can you say about Chris Rainey’s play thus far? He is quite simply electric and a threat to take it all the way whenever he touches the ball. With a total of 233 all-purpose yards against the Vols, including a scintillating 83 yard scamper (yes, the three yard toss from Brantley counted as an 83 yard TD pass), Rainey is undoubtedly putting himself in the Heisman discussion (I can only hope I didn’t just jinx him with this proclamation….) For his brilliant effort last Saturday, Rainey was awarded the SEC Co-Player of the Week, and one can only assume there are more accolades to come.

This weekend the #15 Gators face off against the 2-1 Wildcats for a night game in Lexington. True, Florida has beaten the UK Felines 24 straight times, and likely will win again the way our Defense is playing; however, lest we forget about the time we needed a miracle throw from Wuerffel to Doering, we should never take an SEC opponent lightly when playing on the road. Let’s hope the Offense shows some improvement in the red-zone this Saturday, and that we clean up the penalties on Defense. While a win against Kentucky would indeed be sweet, we also need to iron out some kinks, because we have much bigger fish to fry when we face Bama the following week under the lights in Hogtown.

Go Gators,
Courtney

Alternate Directions to Ixtapa

From Bellevue:
Take 520 to the end and the first right (traffic Light) onto Union Hill Road. Follow Union Hill to 208th (traffic light at top of hill) and take a left, take a right onto Novelty Hill and then a right at Marketplace (no light but first right after the first traffic light you drive through on Novelty Hill).

From Kirkland:
Take 124th (Totem Lake) all the way to Avondale, take a left on Avondale and then an immediate right onto 132nd, take a right on 133rd (just past fire station), take 133rd through Trilogy (it turns into Trilogy Parkway), take a right on Novelty Hill (at entrance to Trilogy), take a left into Marketplace (just after light at Redmond Ridge Road).

From Woodinville:
Take Woodinville-Duvall Road to Avondale, take a right on Avondale and a left onto 132nd, take a right on 133rd (just past fire station), take 133rd through Trilogy (it turns into Trilogy Parkway), take a right on Novelty Hill (at entrance to Trilogy), take a left into Marketplace (just after light at Redmond Ridge Road).

From Samammish:
Take Remond Fall City Road to 236th (Albertsons on the corner) and head north on 236th which turns into 238th (stay straight at the stop sign at top of hill) turns into Redmond Ridge Road. Take a left on Novelty Hill and an immediate left into Marketplace