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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (August 4th)
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 …
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 High Five (July 28th)
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (July 25th)
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 …
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