When the Florida gymnastics team hits the mat this weekend at the NCAA Championships, the weekend will be tinged with an aura of familiarity. The defending national champion Gators aim to win their second title in a row, beginning with the second semifinal pairing Friday night in Birmingham. Hosted by …
Read More »Florida AD Jeremy Foley Looks Ahead to Football in 2014
2013 was an up and down year for Gator sports. Two teams, gymnastics and outdoor track and field, earned their second national championships in team history, while several other sports stayed in the national spotlight throughout the season. However, the focus of Gator Nation come fall shifts towards the gridiron, …
Read More »Clearwater Boxer Keith Thurman Readies for Next Challenge
Undefeated interim WBA welterweight titlist Keith “One Time” Thurman dreamed since he was a teenager that he would one day become a world champion in boxing. When he steps into the ring against Jesus Soto-Karass on December 14 in San Antonio, he will have a chance to prove that he …
Read More »Florida Men’s Golf Approaches Spring Seeking Consistency
Tomlinson and Tarnstrom Assess 2013-2014 Season The Florida men’s golf team began the 2013-2014 season with hopes of a second Southeastern Conference title in four years. But, at the of the fall campaign, the only thing the Gators are concerned with is improving from top to bottom. Florida’s ranking dropped …
Read More »Florida Offensive Coordinator Brent Pease Defensive of Job Security and Gator Offense
Heading into Florida football’s season finale versus rival Florida State, many questions loom over the program’s future, none of which involve bowl game scenarios for the first time since 1990. After a 26-20 loss to Division I-FCS opponent Georgia Southern, bowl aspirations for the Gators were erased, and the coaching …
Read More »Florida Football Offensive Coordinator Brent Pease Previews Vanderbilt
The Florida Gators will settle into The Swamp on Saturday for the first time in over one month, taking on the Vanderbilt Commodores and aiming to snap a three game losing skid. Florida (4-4, 3-3 SEC) fell to Georgia 23-20 last week in Jacksonville, outscoring the Bulldogs 20-3 after falling …
Read More »Billy Donovan reflects on the 2012-2013 season and looks ahead to 2014
Following a successful, yet anticlimactic season that ended in the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season, the Florida Gators men’s basketball team wrapped up its season nearly two weeks ago. Gator coach Billy Donovan put a bow on the 2012-2013 campaign, looking back on the run to the regular season SEC …
Read More »Gator Hoops Seeks to Secure Final Four Berth Against Michigan
Second chances can be hard to come by, but on the Arlington, Texas hardwood Sunday afternoon, the Florida Gator men’s basketball team (29-7, 14-4 SEC) has its third chance to break through to the Final Four in as many seasons as the third seeded Gators take on the fourth seeded …
Read More »Florida Outlasts FGCU, Advances to Elite Eight with 62-50 Victory
The Florida Gator men’s basketball season continues to get sweeter, as the Orange and Blue bounced back from an early double digit deficit to eliminate 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast University from NCAA Tournament contention with a 62-50 win that advances the Gators to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive year and for …
Read More »Ole Miss Fights Off Florida Men’s Hoops, Clinches SEC Tournament Title
One day after battling back from a double digit second half deficit, the Florida Gators found themselves on the opposite side of a comeback, surrendering a 12 point halftime lead and dropping the SEC title game to Ole Miss, 66-63. The Rebels second stanza charge was spearheaded by senior forward …
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