Sportsfrog.com

…public quixotic quest to stop the sun from rising in the east:

The Florida Times-Union reported Machen sent a letter earlier this week to Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton requesting more city investment in curbing binge drinking at the game once popularly known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. The two longtime football rivals will meet Oct. 31 in Jacksonville.

Machen’s letter listed requests for the event that included, among other things, reducing the number of locations selling alcohol by 50 percent and completely prohibiting the sale of shots at the waterfront shopping area, Jacksonville Landing — a popular location for game revelers.

I am guessing on behalf of the merchants at that particular area of Jacksonville, some sort of officially worded go-fuck-yourself letter is being drafted in reply. Unless U of F is offering to kick in some sort of monies to reimburse merchants for lost sales. And I am guessing that would be “not”.

Oh, and while we are here, worried that your students are drinking too much? Seems to me like that should be addressed year round, not just the weekend that Jacksonville hosts a party. Just sayin’.