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...many locals feel they can't miss a game? Fan Gary Elliott, 56, has a theory: "Invite 10,000 Cajuns anywhere, serve 'em beer and tell 'em there's gonna be a fight, and they'll fill the place up." Chris Valicevic, 32, a fifth-year Gator, recalls that "when I first got down here, people would ask me if the fights were real. They figured we were doing some kind of TV-wrestling stuff. I asked them, 'Where do you think this blood's coming from...
...Gators' booster club, 106 families strong, assigns each player a "foster family" that is his host for the holidays and gives him an elaborate "care package" before each road trip. Several Gators have married local women. Others have refused trades or quit hockey altogether to avoid leaving--the second wave of Canadians to settle here, two centuries after the first. Corey Neilson, a Gator defenseman from New Brunswick, Canada, loves the warm weather, the food and the way the fans simply enjoy the game instead of critiquing it. He says, "It doesn't really get much better than this...
...country. We have more hair salons on every corner and more car dealerships than any city in the country. People are really into how they dress and how they look. To a formal in Detroit, you would wear a red suit with white gloves, a red hat, red gator skin shoes and a pinky ring on the outside of the glove. You might have a gold tooth. One of the clubs I used to hang out at was called Chickenwing. The owner's name was Chickenwing and he used to have parties called Chickenwingthangs. That's my environment...
...Though Blake had considerable success against Morrison in the past--including a victory in the quarterfinals of his Rolex championship--the Gator got the best of him in a three set thriller...
Notre Dame (9-2) fell out of the BCS picture after its 10-0 loss to Southern California (8-4) on Saturday night. It looks like the Irish will play in the Gator Bowl against Georgia Tech (9-2), a 21-19 winner over Georgia (8-3) on Saturday...