DAY 12: TIDE DISAPPOINTS

trader rick in his element...

It is 7:32 a.m. and 20.9 degrees with a freezing rain advisory. Oh, goody. Junior is a t friends and Patrick is still curled up under the covers. [60 degrees and clear in Clearwater; hIGH FOR NEXT THREE DAYS IS 79!] This is the day the Lord made. OK , little white dog just rolled in, tail wagging and ready to go out.

GRIDIRON: Well, Kentucky did us proud, beating East Carolina, whoever that is, 25-19. Miss beat Texas Tech 47-34--that was BIG ; Tide loses to Utah 31-17--three quick first quarter TD's by Utes couldn't be overcome...Oh, well.

STOCK MARKET INCHES UP TO OVER 9,000!! GLORY BE!!

MORE LATER.

GATORS: NEWS TIDBITS--

1.'Star wide receiver Percy Harvin will play in next Thursday's BCS Championship Game.

That was the word from UF coach Urban Meyer moments after the Gators arrived from Gainesville on their American Airlines charter flight.

"He's playing," Meyer said. "Unless there is a setback (in practice). He's good. He should practice (today)."'

2. NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops earned $3 million when the calendar flipped.

A clause in Stoops’ contract — approved in 2005 by the university’s board of regents — provided for the 48-year-old coach to receive a so-called “stay bonus” of $3 million after completing 10 seasons as the Sooners’ coach.

GO GATORS WHIP STOOPS!