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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (July 21st)
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (July 18th)
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (July 14th)
The High Five returns after a week off to finish up our series on the biggest SEC games each month. Of course, the biggest game in this SEC season will be in December because the SEC will play a championship game for the 31st straight year, the 29th straight in Atlanta. But …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (July 11th)
The Back Nine is back after having a week off for the holiday and a great one it was. The relaxing is over because we have the final major this week and SEC Media Days next week. It’s on. 10. Well, you could not turn on any sports radio shows …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (June 30th)
When we look at October games, it makes us long for the days when there is a chill in the air, which in Gainesville means the low 80s. But we know how important games are in October no matter what the temperature is. October games change seasons more than defining …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (June 27th)
The Back Nine comes at you after an amazing weekend with my wife Karen as we celebrated 23 years of wedded bliss. She has been through a lot lately but I can see the joy coming back into her beautiful eyes. 10. OK, OK, calm down everybody. Florida missed out …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (June 23rd)
Steve Spurrier came up with the expression many years ago and it might be the best way to describe the hot, sticky months leading up to the first days of practices in America. Yes, it is “talking season” which means nothing is really happening, but we have to have something …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (June 20th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful Father’s Day that included a lot of watching golf and missing Dad. 10. All of you fathers out there hopefully had a great day and I consider myself one of the lucky ones to have had a Dad around for …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (June 16th)
Last week on the High Five I gave you the five games Florida cannot lose if the Gators want to have a successful season. But those are not the games that you are mentally circling in your calendar. We can’t always know how a season is going to turn out …
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