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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Back Nine comes at you after a nice weekend that included the rain we needed and the championship fix Gator fans are always craving.   10.  It is amazing that Mike Holloway and his deep men’s and women’s track team capped off what has been an exhausting year of …

The other night at the Gainesville Quarterback Club, I was asked about my over/under for the Gators this season. Vegas has the Gators at 7 or 7.5, depending on where you want to place a bet. Me? I’d put it right there as well. We don’t know enough about Billy …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that certainly had its ups, downs and probably too much sunshine. And that’s just me at the pool.   10.  There was a depressing moment for Gator fans on Sunday after a depressing Saturday (I called it the Sooner State Sweep …

It is June, which means we only have a few more months until we get to see Billy Napier’s first team take the field. The other day, I was doing research on something else and noticed something. So, I jotted it down and today will fluff it out for the …

The Back Nine comes at you after a very nice weekend that included a lot of golf and swimming. My goal this summer is to do one or the other every day it doesn’t rain. It’s not much of a goal.   10.  Let’s start off with the gutsy performance …

We still have a long way to go to football season and Florida’s roster is still not quite complete. But we do know what lies ahead when we are talking about the difficult schedule the Gators will play this season. The High Five brings you the five most important games …