The SEC finally revealed its 2024 football schedule and the results were predictable. Not which teams play each other, but the way the fans of every team reacted. They are either a little ticked off or a lot excited. We will see what the 2025 schedule looks like and whether …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (May 15th)
The Back Nine comes at you after an amazing weekend that included rain but only at the best times for the 28th Bob Dooley Invitational. I think Dad was looking out for us. 10. This will be the last you will have to read about the tournament in this space …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (April 7th)
I know there are people out there who get tired of me talking about The Masters. But it is my favorite week of the year. And not just because I won the media lottery and got to play it in 1996. What a year that was. The High Five tells …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (January 20th)
The High Five today takes a look at five key moments or days that things changed with Florida athletics. You probably have your own, but that is the pint of lists is to inspire differences of opinions. At least that’s my theory and I’m sticking to it: 1. The day …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 1st)
The Back Nine comes at you after another weekend that kind of forced you to come up with something to do and unfortunately, one thing I did was watch a lot of football games from last season. We’re almost there. 10. Actually, in a way, we are there because I …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (Feb 28th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a busy weekend but that’s going to be the norm around here for a while. Good thing we have the weather for it. We’ll start with basketball, which is staring down the barrel of extinction despite the win over Georgia Saturday. Of course, …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s ‘Back 9’ September 6th
The Back Nine comes at you with something to really talk about, some actual games and some actual upsets and some fan bases wondering when basketball season starts. It was a special night in the Swamp Saturday with the fans back (I never dreamed what a big crowd it would …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades: FAU vs Florida
The Tailgate’s Pat Dooley has busted out his red pen and we have our first set of grades following the Gators 35-14 win over FAU. Offense B- First half: Obviously, the first two drives were excellent, but the mistakes made by Emory Jones late were not what you want …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s ‘Back 9’ August 30th
The Back Nine comes at you with real games to talk about and even more real games to talk about in a full weekend of college football coming up. Sorry, I’m a little giddy. It’s Game Week! So let me get this straight. The media has been looking forward to …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s ‘Friday Fivesome’ August 27th
We bring you the last “Friday Fivesome” and hope you have enjoyed them as we head into real football games. The Back Nine will continue Mondays and we start Grading the Gators next Saturday. Can’t wait. 1.I thought we would finish up with a look at Florida’s rivalry games. It …
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