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Fall trips more about practice than fun

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, August 27, 2004

Fall trips are about the extra practice time, not the games and rarely about the sightseeing. There simply isn't enough time for the latter, and the former is usually not too much of a challenge. Florida coach Billy Donovan couldn't wait for the practices. He got eight of the allowed 10 practices in before the trip to Nassau, Bahamas, had to be canceled Wednesday due to Hurricane Frances. The Gators were supposed to play a few "club teams" from the area over Labor Day weekend. The best compe ...

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