Is Allison Cecchini really that tall?

Just read in the Independent Florida Alligator that Allison Cecchini was sporting a neck brace last night during FLA's disposal of SoCar. Reason?

"The sophomore setter injured herself walking into a low-hanging post outside the football practice facility earlier in the day."

Low-hanging post? Outside the football practice facility? Now, Cecchini's listed at 5'11" (which means she's 5'10"), and I'd suspect the football team averages taller than that. If Cecchini can't avoid these things, what hope is there for Urban Meyer's leaders of tomorrow? What kind of post is low-hanging? Don't posts come out of the ground? Is there some kind of reverse gravitational field around the football practice facility wherein posts can descend from the sky?

McGinnis / Hampton odds just went out the window

We're already on record saying that we think the San Diego duo of Jaimarie Sutherland and Andrea Csaszi are a good bet for the Collegiate Volleyball Championship coming up in San Diego, along with Texas' Ashley Engle and Alyson Jennings.

But since the pairings were announced (and amended with the dropping of players-without-a-country team of Salvo and Anderson), we've been trying to handicap the tourney by analyzing the teams. We think we just got a big hint on Florida's entry.

According to an article on Gainesville.com, Hampton, the outside hitter par excellence, "has never played beach volleyball," while McGinnis, setter superb, has "played beach volleyball sparingly at her family's Michigan cottage."

20:1 odds, right now.

"Just running in general is hard," McGinnis said. "There's also only one person to block. That makes it tough. And you can't go after every ball in the sand. You'll get exhausted. You have to let some fall."

Make that 30:1.

Plus, McGinnis' boyfriend, a military man she doesn't get to see very often, is stationed in San Diego. That kind of distraction can be CRIPPLING!

The Klinkenborg: Helloooo!

For the uninitiated, Florida middle Kari Klinkenborg is, well, she's hot. Can't put it much plainer than that. Along with being a stellar volleyball player, she's done quite a bit of professional modeling, and Sports Illustrated On Campus has posted a little article on her on- and offcourt accomplishments.
Couple of interesting quotes:

"Only a couple of her teammates know about her work off the court."

Well, until this article appeared on a major sports website, that is. But here's the kicker:

It's always been pretty difficult because I played for a club that was pretty strict as far as practicing, pretty time-consuming," Klinkenborg said. "I did have to pass up quite a few job opportunities for modeling because of practicing and traveling."

Way to go, Jim Miret. Thanks a lot.

Mary reads us! She really reads us!

OK, we're not positive Mary reads us, or even likes us (It's probably assistant coach Ryan Theis trolling around the Internet on his lunch break). But someone told her about the Great Hosing Debacle, because as you can see from this updated snapshot, "hosing" has been changed to the entirely more appropriate "hosting."

Success! Huzzah! Huzzah! Although we're kinda disappointed, as we were hoping to drag this out for a long time. You know, "Hose Watch, Day 38," that kind of thing.

Mary doesn't read us?

UPDATE: A quick check of this gatorzone.com article reveals that the Gators are still planning to "hose" Georgia Tech this spring, a fact we pointed out last week. We're just disappointed because this means head Gator Mary Wise must not read the blog, for surely she would have had a dude from sports info's head in a vise the next day to correct the typo.

Ben Bodipo-Memba? Still outraged. This is just the kind of lack of respect for the "Wreck" that drove Sally to Winthrop.

Fun with Typos, Gator style

Hey, let's have some fun at the expense of someone's typing skills! What do you think it means when an article on gatorzone.com states that Florida will be "hosing" Georgia Tech as part of their spring schedule? After all, the Wramblin' Wreck was 20-12, 12-10 in the ACC, nothing to sneeze at. So it seems rather presumptuous to say that the Gators will hose them, doesn't it?

Somewhere, Ben Bodipo-Memba is really insulted, outraged even.

(Yeah, yeah, we know it was a typo, but too much fun to pass up.)