WRUF sports columnist Pat Dooley grades the Gators after their 22-7 win over Charlotte in The Swamp on Saturday night: OFFENSE C First half: You could look at the 243 total yards or look at the 16 points. You could look at the 188 passing yards or the 55 rushing …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (Sept. 18)
The Back Nine comes at you after a glorious weekend that included friends, family and the biggest win of Billy Napier’s career. So far. 10. Man, you should have heard the chatter in the press box Saturday. It wasn’t what Florida would do IF Florida lost to Tennessee, it was …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades (VOLS vs. GATORS)
Pat Dooley grades the Gators after their 29-16 win over No. 11 Tennessee in The Swamp on Saturday night: OFFENSE B- First half: Despite a shaky start with an empty drive which lasted 7:21 that started the game, the Gators dominated. The running game was especially efficient with 135 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (September 11th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a Saturday of true football decadence although I did go to sleep before Auburn-Cal was over. 10. Yes, I had spent 14 hours watching football. Oh, I did move occasionally from the recliner. There were wings involved. That first big weekend of the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades (McNeese St. vs GATORS)
Pat Dooley from The Tailgate on WRUF grades the Gators after their 49-7 win over McNeese State on Saturday night at The Swamp. OFFENSE A- First half: Clearly, Florida was going to go back to what we thought the Gators would be heading into the season. UF ran for 212 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades (Gators vs UTAH)
Pat Dooley grades the Gators after their 24-11 loss at No. 14 Utah on Thursday night: Offense D- First half: Utah came into the game with the goal of shutting down the running game and the Utes did just that. Florida had only 19 rushing yards in the first …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 28th)
The Back Nine comes at you still struggling with this Covid (still testing positive) and trying to figure out what is going to happen Thursday night. 10. Last Thursday, I mentioned to my wife that Florida would be playing its opener in a week and she said it made her …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 21st)
The Back Nine comes at you with Dr. Football dealing with my first case of Covid. It’s not fun. Thank goodness it did not happen during a big football weekend. 10. Although sitting at home watching TV still works when you are sick. I can’t believe I got through three-plus …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (August 18th)
Now that we are so close to Game Day we can hear it, it’s time to start winding down the High Five for a bit. This is the penultimate one and next week the plan is to give you my five best picks against the spread for the season. After …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 14th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that was way too decadent if you consider it decadent to watch a ton of baseball, football and golf and not get anything done except hang one framed Gainesville Sun front page on the wall. 10. Obviously, nobody was surprised to …
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