Florida Gulf Coast University

Um, Once I kind of knew the hockey dream wasn't going to keep going, I decided to try to branch out and experience something new.

And I picked Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers to go to school.

Gotcha.

One, of course, the weather was phenomenal, but two, being a different part of the country and getting exposure to different people and different ideas.

But luckily got the opportunity to get into an entrepreneurial program.

And now I'm teaching entrepreneurial mindset at Florida Gulf Coast University and focusing on some of those fundamentals of not just running out and getting cash and startup monies and how you you know get in front of pitch groups but really what do you want for a business why are you starting your business what is your motivation behind it rather than just chasing money it's chasing more of it and then getting them to understand okay now we're going to start building a business around your fears around your limitations, your mindsets, how are you structuring this, how are you starting to get these things to work together and build up from there.

So just taking more of a holistic view than just here's the final solution, go after it, kind of more teaching some actual underlying thinking because that underlying thinking is still those same foundational fundamentals that have always been there.

It doesn't matter that you've got newer technology.

This is probably the only one we're going to talk about extensively because it is worth the discussion.

UTampa getting the unofficial sweep over FGCU 4-3 on Friday and 6-5 in a shootout on Saturday.

There was a lot of penalties in this one, and if you have a chance to go look at the box score, holy shit.

shit 164 combined minutes of penalty time in game number two that's some Matthew Brady Kachuk old school Bruins I mean Broad Street Bullies whatever physical hockey team from the NHL you can think of it was there I want to see this series again for another weekend just because this is a rivalry that I think should be developing and can develop Man, oh man, good action all around.

Game's super tight, but a shocker for FGCU to drop both of those games to

UTampa.

19 power plays over two games is insane for what Tampa had.

We swept Ohio 4-1 and 5-4 and then took a 3-2 shootout win over High Point on that Sunday.

A great game, and it is, I'm pretty sure I do have it down in the honorable mention, so I will talk about it there.

Instead, number seven is Florida Gulf Coast at Pepperdine.

Yes.

Zach and I had a debate about whether it should be Pepperdine going up to Ithaca to play Cornell.

Cornell's preseason Ken Palm is somewhere in the high 100s.

I want to say they finished last year at 97 or something like that.

Florida Gulf Coast is entering the season at 273 in Ken Palm.

They finished 16 and 18 last year at 244.

One last thing.

A week ago today, the president came to FGCU and we talked about it.

What I wanted to do along the same lines as the people, the U.S. Secret Service is obviously in charge of the president's security.

There's a presidential team and then there are local field offices all over the country.

And he's going to get pissed at me for saying this because he listens every day and he's a good man and I like him.

But Ken Kavanaugh is the former athletic director at Florida Gulf Coast University.

I can't speak about a lot of people because I know Ken.

And I'm not saying anything I wouldn't say if Ken were sitting right next to me.

But when Ken was at FGCU, and he's been gone for a little while now, and hell, they've had a hell of a time replacing him because they've gone through a handful of people already.

But Ken hired someone to get the money.

And I'm not trying to compare Florida Gulf Coast University with Florida State.

But I will in this regard.

Right off the bat, we're going to Indiana.

And so when it comes to going down to Florida Gulf Coast and UNF and the teams we play in the league – we've already seen those crowds.

We've already played in those environments and then some.

And so it also prepares us really well for what matters most, and that's league play.

Yeah, so we're wrapping up both soccer seasons.

The women just clinched a tournament spot last week.

The men's soccer team is they're playing for their spot this weekend against Florida Gulf Coast and women's volleyball, who was second last year.

We had a coach of the year last year.