I wanted to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter. May God bless you and your family this special Day and for the year to come. Alleluia, Christ is Risen!!!

What is everyone doing today? Church, Brunch, family time, etc?

We went to the Easter Vigil Mass last night, my wife and I are having an Easter egg hunt in the morning, and my wife set up Brunch. I plan to take in the primary Sunday Service also this morning. I hope to have a nice cookout this evening, doing smoked/grilled Chicken and Lamb.


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When do these go on sale? I saw the UCF home single game tickets go on sale today, would like to buy for my road trips. Anyone know when that drops? Or is it specific by team?

This could be completely unrelated, but Qua flipped here because of Sims...this tweet would make perfect sense if it was about that (could be about something completely different/not UCF)


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How does that happen? Thought same manufacturer made all the courts? (All have the same exact desgin).

Both HCs agreed to play the game anyway.



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The UCF Knights Baseball team welcomed the Texas Tech Red Raiders to Orlando for a three game Big 12 Conference series. After taking the first two games, the Knights dropped the third contest, narrowly missing out on a sweep of the series. Head Coach Rich Wallace was pleased with the performance of his team, even though there was some disappointment in a loss.

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UCF is looking to a former SEC team captain to lead their linebacker unit.

Ethan Barr, a transfer from Vanderbilt, has been manning the No. 1 mike linebacker position this spring. We caught up with him following a recent practice.

Barr initially committed to Washington during his portal recruitment process, but flipped to UCF after the coaching change in Seattle. He said it's been a smooth transition ever since.

He had met Lee Hunter and Ricky Barber during his December OV, and already knew Trent Whittemore. He had actually worked with Ted Roof during his freshman season at Vandy.

"Getting back with (Roof) was a pleasant surprise. It was a great coincidence and kind of made me feel like this is where I'm supposed to be."

Barr sees the offense as being very explosive.

He has a great rapport within the guys in the LB room, particularly the fellow transfers.

Barr says he'll be a leader and great communicator within the defense.

On Thursday (when this interview was conducted), there were back-to-back-to-back interceptions.

A lot of work is being done to stop the run.

He never faced KJ Jefferson while he was at Vanderbilt.

His dog has an Instagram account.

After playing at Vanderbilt, Barr is looking forward to playing for a program capable of winning at a high level.

"The reason I came here is to win and win big. That's what Coach Malzahn has been saying this whole time. Win championships. That's ultimately what I came here to do."

As for the recently-approved NCAA legislation for helmet communication, Barr thinks he'll be the player on defense with the speaker in his helmet. They haven't started utilizing yet, but will soon.

On KJ Jefferson, Barr says he's a really good player with a big arm that can run. He's fast and very strong in the run game.

He's been impressed with WR Bredell Richardson, CB Chasen Johnson and S Christian Peterson. Among returners, he really respects RJ Harvey from going head-to-head in practice.

Barr is really excited about the UF game. They did beat the Gators in Nashville once, but never in Gainesville.

One of his former Vandy teammates, Ken Seals, transferred to TCU to play QB, so Barr is excited about the Big 12 opener in Fort Worth.

TJ Bullard is his apartment next door neighbor so they hang out often. Xavier Townsend is there often. He's become close with Cam Vining as well.

Nice 18/3/1 on 6-11 shooting. 4 of 6 from 3.

I'd love to see him take advantage of this opportunity and develop...quickly.

Thursday, March 28 (Sweet 16)

• (2) Arizona vs. (6) Clemson | 7:09 p.m. | CBS
• (1) UConn vs. (5) San Diego State | 7:39 p.m. | TBS/truTV
• (1) North Carolina vs. (4) Alabama | 9:39 p.m. | CBS
• (2) Iowa State vs. (3) Illinois | 10:09 p.m. | TBS/truTV

Friday, March 29 (Sweet 16)

• (2) Marquette vs. (11) NC State | 7:09 p.m. | CBS
• (1) Purdue vs. (5) Gonzaga | 7:39 p.m. |TBS/truTV
• (1) Houston vs. (4) Duke | 9:39 p.m. | CBS
• (2) Tennessee vs. (3) Creighton | 10:09 p.m. |TBS/truTV

I guess the Washington Redskins are on the clock.

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2018/01/cleveland_indians_58.html

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Now entering his third season with UCF, wide receiver Xavier Townsend is expected to take on an even bigger role within the offense. He talks about how he and his teammates did during their first scrimmage of spring on Saturday.

(recap to come later)

The UCF Knights football team continued their 2024 spring practice, and one of the main areas of focus is stopping the run. The Knights struggled in 2023, and after some changes on that side of the ball, there is renewed optimism and a chip on the shoulder for returning players like DT Ricky Barber.

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The UCF Knights football team held the first scrimmage of their 2024 Spring Practice season, featuring new weapons on both sides of the ball. Offensively KJ Jefferson and Xavier Townsend led the Knights throughout the day, while defensive standouts Malachi Lawrence and Braden Marshall showed out for the defense. In the end, head coach Gus Malzahn was pleased with the performance from both squads.

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The UCF Knights are loaded with young talent, including tight end Grant Stevens. An athletic playmaker out of Nease High School, Grant has battled injuries in his young UCF career. After working hard all offseason, he is finally feeling healthy and is looking to contribute to the Knights offense in 2024.

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On air and off air staff will be cut at ESPN this coming week, part of Disney slashing 7,000 jobs as CEO Iger is on a cost cutting campaign.

Wonder who at ESPN survives or gets let go? (Heard some on-air personalities will be offered to stay on but at 50% pay cut, which some may not accept).

Not sure if we have any current WDW cast members on here — but the big guy is teaming up with Disney and giving away tickets to the Magic vs Bucks game on the 14th. The drawing is on the HUB. If you’re interested— enter your name & let me know!

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The UCF Knights are loaded with young talent, including tight end Grant Stevens. An athletic playmaker out of Nease High School, Grant has battled injuries in his young UCF career. After working hard all offseason, he is finally feeling healthy and is looking to contribute to the Knights offense in 2024.

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As UCF Football continues their 2024 Spring Camp, all eyes have been on new quarterback KJ Jefferson. A veteran player with a lot of game experience, KJ has been working hard to adjust to the offense and learn his new teammates. After a recent scrimmage, KJ caught up with the media to talk about his time in Orlando.

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What I am about to write are two true events that have happened in the last 96 hours.
A friend of mine was in Subway in Mount Dora. There were 2 or 3 Subway girls , my friend and a black lady ahead of my friend in line. The black lady orders some sandwich requiring heating. The Subway lady took her order and put her sandwich in the oven . She then takes my friends order. My friend orders a turkey sub and didn't want it posted. So the Subway girl asks my friend what veggies she wants . Upon hearing the question , the black lady turns to my friend and starts berating her for her white privilege because the Subway girl was making her sandwich first and she was ahead of the line. Yet her sandwich was being toasted.

What happens next is my friend initially ignores this until the black lady goes after the white girls working at Subway. She starts to berate them and calls them racist. At this point my friend steps up and tells the black lady to leave those young people alone. They didnt do anything wrong and she tells the Subway kids she notices they have security cameras and gave them their phone number if the manager wants to know the truth. My friend had courage to defend the innocent against an irrational person berating them.

Last night I went to a local place here in Sylva ,NC called Creekside . They serve ok seafood. I was in my Tundra and had my disabled son Kyke with me. I parked in the left side handicap spot so my son's door would open onto the ramp zone space and I coukd bring his wheel chair along side my truck. I go in to eat. I meet my business partner after work . My wife is in PCB for spring break.

We have a decent meal with blackened Mahi and I come out to load my boy and what do I find before me? A complete ass hole , his girlfriend and their Harley parked in the handicap loading zone between my truck and the white Hyundai SUV in the adjacent handicap spot! He is on his bike and his girlfriend still has her helmet on and taps the guy on his shoulder . He looks over at me and Kyle in his wheel chair and asks, do you want me to move ? I was like yah, if I can't my truck door open to load my son.

I was full on enraged inside. My door does fully open and comes within 2 or 3 inches of his precious Harley. I load my son in the truck and load his wheel chair in the bed . His girlfriend still hasn't removed her helmet and she watches this thing go down and the guy hasn't dismounted from his bike either . I get in my truck and leave.

I was kicking myself all the way home and this morning. I should have told the guy what a selfish jack ass he was and he was breaking the law. I should have had the courage to say it , to defend my son and every other handicap person thus guy has done this too. I didn't. I left there burning mad and that guy and his girl went in and enjoyed their meal.

My friend had courage to step up and do the right thing at that Subway when they stepped in to defend the employees against the uncalled for rage of the customer ahead of them. I stayed silent when the idiot squeezed his Harley in between two cars parked in handicapped spaces . I should have spoken up. My only hope is the guy's girlfriend who watched me load a 140 pound disabled young man into my truck let's her man know he was a jerk.

I need to be more like my friend and do the right thing when the time comes . Doing the right thing is often one of the most difficult things to do especially when it comes to strangers and their bad behaviors towards others. I share these events to encourage you guys to have courage especially to defend the innocent. I need to have that courage myself a bit more.

First time in over 10 yrs, Commercial Airline will service Lakeland.

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Well at least the dugout might.

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