Off to the Sugar Bowl

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The bowl Gods have spoken and No. 3 Florida will play No. 21 Louisville in the Sugar Bowl on January 2, 2013. Kickoff for the Sugar Bowl is at 8:30 at the Superdome in New Orleans! Florida will be playing in the Sugar Bowl for the ninth time while Louisville will be making its first appearance.

In my biased opinion, this will be an easy game for Florida, but here are three reasons why the Sugar Bowl will still be worth watching:

1. Louisville head coach Charlie Strong previous coaching resume includes multiple positions at the University of Florida.
2. Rumors are flying about Charlie Strong leaving Louisville for other schools so there is a chance he won't even be coaching Louisville in the Sugar Bowl. 
3. Florida juniors Matt Elam, Dominique Easley, Sharrif Floyd and Jordan Reed may be playing their last game as Florida Gators since they are all eligible to enter the NFL draft.

Bottom line, this game will be drama filled even if it isn’t a close game! 

Shopping For SEC Merchandise? Your Team Has A Planet.

Yes, there are eight million places to buy your favorite college football gear these days, but sometimes you just want to feel at home. I was actually trying to find some Florida baby gear for a new addition to the family recently and stumbled upon a pretty cool series of stores - My Team Planet.

From what I learned these guys have been slowly adding stores across all of the major conferences and have a pretty huge selection of gear for all of your favorite SEC teams as well as some of those other conferences that sometimes have good basketball teams...

Pricing and selection seems pretty good, so if you've got a rooting interest in one of the mighty SEC teams, or if you're just buying gear for a fan who has the good taste to cheer for a team in the best conference in all of college sports I recommend you check them out. Here's a few links to the SEC stores, you can figure out how to find the other stores if you're one of those types that think Ohio State or Texas are football schools. ;)

Here ya go!

• Crimson Tide Planet
• LSU Tiger Planet
• Aggie Planet
• Georgia Bulldog Planet
• Auburn Tiger Planet
• Razorback Planet
• Vol Planet
• Wildcat Planet
• and most importantly - Gators Planet

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