It was 45 years ago and I was already in my second real job at the Jacksonville Journal covering Jacksonville University and Georgia (go figure). But they sent me back to my alma mater for Homecoming (Gabe Kaplan was the Growl headliner) to cover what should have been an easy …

The Back Nine comes at you with the three sweetest words in the English language – It’s Game Week. Not for Florida, of course, but for some other teams. The point is that we have college football this weekend.   10.   So, I guess the catchphrase this season for injured …

  The Back Nine comes at you after a low-key weekend that was much needed before a trip to the Panhandle and then it is really on. 10.   It would be easy for Billy Napier to lean back in his chair and announce to the Gator Nation, “How you like …

We talked about this on the Tailgate last week – or maybe it was this week – what day is this anyway? The heat is getting to me. But we talked about a note that the great Brett McMurphy had on Twitter. And it was this – six teams go …

The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful weekend which included date night at a Gainesville landmark. Thanks to everybody at the Salty Dog. 10. It’s what we do. After almost every coach leaves Florida, we point out all the things that were wrong with him when he was …

Now that Florida has started fall camp (it was 95 yesterday so that’s a bit of an oxymoron), we know that there are a lot of things that Billy Napier wants to do differently than what happened a season ago. The funny thing is that Florida’s schedule may make it …

Any time you are making out a list of the best coordinators at any school, it can get tricky. For example, what do you do with Steve Spurrier? He was UF’s coordinator for 12 seasons but was also the head coach and the face of the program. But for this …

The Back Nine comes at you after a week of watching boring coaches and listening to a lot of people say a lot of nothing at SEC Media Days. The best part was I watched it all from my recliner and could turn the channel. 10.   As usual, very little …

As SEC Media Days wind down in Atlanta (can you believe they made it all the way through without me?), we can start to look ahead to games. Because you may know that one of my mantras is that the only news that comes out of college football camps is …

The Back Nine comes at you after a leisurely weekend that included a lot of time on the recliner watching the British Open and then sprinting to the car to head to the golf course as soon as it ended. 10.   Unfortunately, I could neither mimic Rory McIlroy’s driver swing …