UF

So I visited Gainesville and saw the University of Florida, or should I say, just a small part of it. 

I saw the outside of the Football Stadium and a tiny bit of the Athletic Offices in "The Swamp" aka Ben Hill Griffin Stadium aka the Football Stadium.  The Football Stadium felt like a professional football stadium.  It was huge.  I also saw the Gator statue outside.  I saw the exterior of a few athletic buildings as well, including the basketball arena.  It appears to be a Pepsi campus which I like.  I like both Pepsi and Gatorade 100 times as much as Coca-Cola and Powerade. 

The posters for all of their teams were huge, like the size of the old UCONN Basketball and Football Posters. 

What's nice about the Gators is that they really have good teams in all of their sports.  It's rare for their to be Gator teams that aren't decent enough to atleast make the NCAA's.  There are certain advantages to being able to recruit in-state athletes from Florida.  Florida has great year round teams, not just good Fall and Winter Sports typically found up North.   

The other thing that really got my attention was how clean everything appeared to be in the offices I was in.  The set-up of the offices gave me a more professional feel and more of a business type of environment.  It seemed very formal to me. 

I also learned that all of the Heisman Trophy Winners at Florida were Quarterbacks with ministers for fathers.  Tim Tebow, Danny Wuerffel and Steve Spurrier all were sons of ministers. 

The University of Florida looked like it was a really beautiful campus, even though I only saw a small portion of it and it is certainly a place that I would love to work at one day if I get lucky enough to get an opportunity.