{"id":141761,"date":"2026-05-28T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/what-florida-ad-scott-stricklin-said-about-cfp-softball-not-shaking-hands-at-sec-spring-meetings\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:05:48","slug":"what-florida-ad-scott-stricklin-said-about-cfp-softball-not-shaking-hands-at-sec-spring-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/what-florida-ad-scott-stricklin-said-about-cfp-softball-not-shaking-hands-at-sec-spring-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"What Florida AD Scott Stricklin said about CFP, softball not shaking hands at SEC spring meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"90247916007\" title=\"Florida softball coach Tim Walton speaks about season ending loss to Texas Tech, 2026 campaign\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/23\/NTGS\/90236370007-gai-florida-superregional-softball-2175374.jpg?crop=2709,1524,x0,y92\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\">\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Florida softball coach Tim Walton speaks about season ending loss to Texas Tech, 2026 campaign<\/p>\n<p>Florida softball simply, in coach Tim Walton&#8217;s eyes, ran out of gas in its Super Regional loss to Texas Tech which ended UF&#8217;s season before the WCWS for the first time since 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>MIRAMAR BEACH \u2212 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-gators\/3472\/\" data-autotag=\"5f17983d-3ab8-4b35-9954-23714ad248dd\">Florida<\/a> athletic director Scott Stricklin admitted he wasn&#8217;t highly focused on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/florida\" data-autotag=\"13e400dd-2caf-4743-8f66-2d6e34ba4e99\">Florida<\/a> softball&#8217;s three-game Super Regional series loss to Texas Tech.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Stricklin was in Indianapolis over the weekend of May 22-24 working with the NCAA Division I baseball tournament selection committee. He watched some of UF&#8217;s 16-7, five-inning loss to the Red Raiders in Game 3, but he didn&#8217;t hear until following the end of the game that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorsports.com\/story\/sports\/college\/football\/2026\/05\/27\/florida-football-kickoff-times-set-for-first-three-games-auburn-tigers\/90206149007\/\">Florida Gators<\/a>\u2019 players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/story\/sports\/college\/sec\/2026\/05\/24\/florida-softball-texas-tech-skip-postgame-handshakes-reaction-gators-red-raiders-tim-walton\/90246519007\/\">chose not to shake hands<\/a> with the Red Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tense series, which included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/story\/sports\/college\/football\/2026\/05\/22\/florida-softball-fan-ejected-after-confrontation-with-mia-williams-jason-williams-family\/90215954007\/\">a fan ejection<\/a> and former UF-turned-Texas Tech slugger Mia Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/story\/sports\/college\/softball\/2026\/05\/24\/florida-softball-vs-texas-tech-ncaa-super-regional-defined-by-drama-tension-mia-williams\/90247553007\/\">getting hit five times in three games<\/a>. As a result, Stricklin respected the decision that UF players made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a highly charged emotional weekend,&#8221; Stricklin said. &#8220;You are competing to go to the World Series. We have a pretty supportive fanbase so I&#8217;m sure the emotions are high. Tim (Walton) is as good a coach is there is in any sport in any school in the country. I imagine any decision he made there was in the spirit of trying to prevent further issues. I&#8217;d respect any decision he made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Walton was ejected before the end of UF&#8217;s 16-7 loss to Texas Tech in the deciding Game 3 of the series. He said wasn&#8217;t consulted in the decision not to shake hands but thought it may have been for the better given the anxiety of the series.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>\u201cOn TV, they were saying there might be a bench-clearing brawl,&#8221; Walton said. &#8220;Never seen that in softball in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stricklin is at SEC Spring Meetings at the Sandestin Resort, where much of the focus has centered on the potential expansion of the College Football Playoff. He&#8217;s a proponent for playoff expansion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a math problem,&#8221; Stricklin said. &#8220;We have 68 power conference schools and there&#8217;s 11 spots right, and there&#8217;s no other sport we sponsor where fewer than half of our teams in the SEC get in the postseason.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;If you look at NFL, you have 32 teams with 14 spots, NBA, others have half their teams get in. That&#8217;s a pretty accepted standard in American sports and the sport that we have that generated the most revenue, has the most engagement\u2026 we have a fraction of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stricklin doesn&#8217;t know if the answer is 16 or 24 teams at this point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need a lot more evaluation to understand where the value is on the market in the media marketplace, from a rights standpoint,&#8221; Stricklin said. &#8220;I think we need to understand the impact it does have on the regular season. I am candidly one of those who doesn&#8217;t think it will negatively impact the regular season if we expand, but I don&#8217;t know if we have enough data or research to even understand that. It&#8217;s just people giving their opinions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/florida-gators\/1407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Florida<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. 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