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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, …

Florida is running out of options with only three regular season games remaining plus the SEC Tournament. That is in Tampa, but don’t expect too much of a home court advantage the way some teams in this league travel. Of these three games remaining, the next two are more difficult …

The Back Nine comes at you after a wild weekend in Gainesville where I hope you were entertained. Now, let’s see if I can sum up a million things with nine items.   I have to start by pointing out that I was wrong about the Florida basketball team when …

The Gators, now 16-10 and 6-7 in the league, have gone from a bubble team to a team looking at wasted opportunities. And the loss to Texas A&M really hurt UF’s chances to make the NCAA Tournament. It doesn’t mean the Gators can’t get in, but they are going to …

  The Back Nine comes at you still digesting the feast my wife made for our little Super Bowl party. I’m not sure what it says that we had salmon instead of chicken wings. I think it says I am getting older. Let’s start out with the Super Bowl after …

Florida has won four straight, successfully navigating the soft part of the schedule. Things get more difficult the rest of the way with games against four ranked teams among the final seven regular season games. The good news for Florida is that Colin Castleton has made it through the last …

The Back Nine comes at you after a chilly weekend that included a rare sighting of a character who elicited a buzz throughout the O-Dome on Saturday. 10. No, not Colin Castleton – although for more on him keep reading – but instead a burly man who could barely fit …

Florida got itself back inside the bubble with two straight come-from behind wins, overcoming a combined 25 points worth of deficits to get those wins That doesn’t mean the Gators are anything close to being a lock to make the tournament. And anything short of Colin Castleton returning – which …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend when we found out which teams will be in the Super Bowl and which conference is better in basketball. There was so much going on this weekend, I’m not sure where to start. Maybe we should go with the event in …

Florida did not exactly get it done in its last two games, sinking back below the Don DeVoe line to an under .500 record in league play. The two losses at Ole Miss and Tennessee came in different ways. For example, against Ole Miss the Gators couldn’t shoot at all. …