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The Gators were scheduled to meet Connecticut at 7 p.m. Monday night.
"It just felt like the wrong decision made by somebody who didn't think it through," the passenger, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Sun.
She said passengers were told their plane had a mechanical failure, but then some noticed through a window the Gators were boarding their airplane.
Delta spokesman Michael Thomas told the Sun passengers were booked on other flights and given vouchers for future travel.
Delta also made a statement through UF, stating, "the University of Florida in no way participated in the decision-making process."
The Gators would go on to lose the game game 65-64 when Uconn guard Shabazz Napier hit a buzzer-beating jump shot.
The Gators found another way to frustrate some their fan base a day after the school wrapped up its first losing football season since 1979.
"It just felt like the wrong decision made by somebody who didn't think it through," the passenger, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Sun.
She said passengers were told their plane had a mechanical failure, but then some noticed through a window the Gators were boarding their airplane.
Delta spokesman Michael Thomas told the Sun passengers were booked on other flights and given vouchers for future travel.
Delta also made a statement through UF, stating, "the University of Florida in no way participated in the decision-making process."
The Gators would go on to lose the game game 65-64 when Uconn guard Shabazz Napier hit a buzzer-beating jump shot.
The Gators found another way to frustrate some their fan base a day after the school wrapped up its first losing football season since 1979.
It also shows just how different the media covered this. The chicago tribune had an article similar to the one above. But there were quite a few that spent most of the article focusing on how the airline makes these decisions. (number of passengers, blah blah blah) and didn't even mention the part where the booted passengers "noticed through the window the Gators were boarding their airplane"
At least they could have moved the game to a different gate so they wouldn't see it. But then this wouldn't have been as amusing.
At least they lost their game
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