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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Olympic wind gods held their breath, and then exhaled all at once.First there was too little wind, and then too much.Almost as if someone had flipped a switch, a strong wind from the southwest blew across the Rio de Janeiro Games sailing courses late Monday afternoon, causing mayhem and postponing the medal race in the womens Laser Radial.Boats swamped on the ocean courses and even on Guanabara Bay, where the Laser Radial fleet hoped to get in its medal race before officials decided it was too windy. It was postponed until Tuesday.The fleet was scheduled to sail at 1 p.m., followed by the mens Laser at 2. Both fleets stayed on the beach for several hours because there was no wind. The mens race was postponed until Tuesday, and the womens race was on the cusp of being postponed when the wind rose. The boats went out into the whitecaps but with gusts hitting 25 knots, officials called it off.Everybody expected it for tonight so it came a bit early, said Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands, who has an eight-point lead and is looking to upgrade the silver medal she won at the 2012 London Games.Were used to it that we get postponed and wait for wind, but I think nobody thought wed actually get canceled by too much wind, so thats quite funny, she said.One Laser Radial blew over.That was me, offered Irelands Annalise Murphy, who sits in third place and is looking to overcome the disappointment of missing a medal four years ago.Now there will be four medal races on Tuesday: Laser Radial, Laser, mens Finn and the mixed b 17 catamarans.The mens 49er fleet got in three races. New Zealands Peter Burling and Blair Tuke went 2-3-1 to increase their lead over Germanys Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel. Defending gold medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia had a good day to jump into third place.Burling said the wind hit 40-45 knots just after the final race ended.The boat was going really fast and there were some beautiful conditions out there, but we got hit pretty hard by a massive squall on the way in, he said. Everyone here is pretty cold and we have a fair bit of work to do on the boats and check them over.Did they stay upright?No, said Burling, who also serves as helmsman of Emirates Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup. We struggled to stay up with just the pole up.Outteridge said the conditions were awesome before the squall hit, giving the fleet some stable racing.When the big wind hit, Outteridge said he and Jensen tied their skiff to the support boat and quickly lowered their sails.As Aussies like to say, the wind was strong enough to blow dogs off chains.We got belted at the end, said Outteridge, helmsman for Swedens Artemis Racing in the Americas Cup. We were pretty fortunate that the race had finished before we were belted. I think everyone has some form of damage to their boats, whether its a bit of wear and tear on the sails, to people probably lost sails out there because it got that windy.We did a very good job of just making sure we didnt get any damage to the boat.In the womens 49erFX, Spains Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez and Berta Betanzos Moro went 4-1-1 to take a four-point lead over New Zealands Alex Maloney and Molly Meech. Its another point back to Brazils Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze.Dominguez said a number of 49erFX skiffs capsized, but not them.Our coach told us to put our main down as fast as possible, she said. Fake Yeezy 350 . Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night. Fake Vapormax . 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There was also the matter of all the chatter suggesting Florida had tried to dodge LSU some six weeks ago -- and had used the storm as an excuse.But when time expired on Saturday, the orange-clad Gators were storming the field in euphoria after a dramatic goal-line stand preserved 16-10 triumph over the heavily favored, 16th-ranked Tigers -- and wrapped up Floridas second straight the Southeastern Conference East Division crown.There was a lot of buildup coming into the game, Gators defensive back Quincy Wilson said. The East was in our hands. The whole thing with the little hurricane and they were saying we were scared or whatever. Clearly, we aint scared. We came into their place and handled business.Florida had balked at initial offers to move the game to LSU as Hurricane Matthew approached in early October, or to play at home one or two days after the originally scheduled time. That left the SEC little choice but to postpone the game until both teams could buy out non-league opponents more than a month later. But LSU refused to give up a home game, forcing Florida to travel if it wanted a shot to play for a conference title.The way I look at it, they got what they deserved -- and it should have been worse, Florida coach Jim McElwain said about LSU.There was trash talking during warmups -- and ultimately a pre-game scuffle. Floridas Wilson was in the middle of it.One of their guys was in my way and I bumped into him on purpose to set it off, Wilson said. It gave us a lot of juice. Because, you know, they were disrespecting us and they disrespected us on the field. So just to send a little message that were not just going to take whatever yall trying to do.ddddddddddddWilson found it fitting that the scuffle began among defensive backs from the two teams. Both programs like to boast that they are DBU, because of all the NFL prospects they seem to have annually in their respective defensive backfields.With that in mind, Florida cornerback Jalen Tabor delighted in the fact that Floridas lone touchdown came on a 98-yard passing play from Austin Appleby to Tyrie Cleveland.DBU? Tabor said incredulously, referring to the longest scoring pass LSU has ever allowed in Tiger Stadium. Oh, wow!Several Gators made reference to their 6-0 record at home this season, even thought theyd played only five true home games in the real Swamp.It was also a special moment for veteran Gators who had yet to beat LSU. The Tigers had won the previous three meetings.Its the greatest feeling in the world man, because we just felt disrespected, you feel me? Florida defensive tackle Caleb Brantley said. Like, youre going to come at us and say were scared, when yall didnt want to come to Gainesville? So, you know what Im saying? We just going to come whoop yall in yalls stadium. Straight, like that.Brantley called the raucous celebration that erupted after LSU running back Derrius Guice was stopped inches short of the goal line on the final play one of the best feelings I ever had as a Gator.Someone then asked about another rivalry game notorious for trash talking that is next on the schedule: Floridas visit to Florida State next Saturday.Ill look at Florida State tomorrow, Brantley said. Right now, Im enjoying this.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '