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The writing of legendary sports writer Pat Dooley

Pat Dooley’s Back 9 August 2nd

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend getting my sea legs back and sleeping a lot. Oh, and watching the Gators dominate in the Olympics. 10. There is this misconception that the college football season begins on SEC Media Days. Nothing could be further from the truth. When …

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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine July 12

The Back Nine comes at you after a week off and I hope you missed me. The craziness isn’t that far off. 10. Hearing the great Rece Davis on the studio show for the Euro Cup got my football blood circulating. And by that I mean the real football, American …

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Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome July 9

The Back Nine comes at you after a week when I really thought we had changed places with Seattle. But we got two of everything on the boat and survived to bring you the “Friday Fivesome”, another summer look at college football. 1.Today we are going to talk about coaches …

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Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome July 2

The “Friday Fivesome” comes at you and then I’m taking a long weekend like everybody else. Please enjoy the Fourth of July weekend and remember why we’re celebrating. And for gosh sakes, be careful with fireworks. 1. So, the theme this week is going to be the Sporting News ranking …

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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine June 28

The last Back Nine in the month of June comes at you from Rainsville after a lovely celebration of our 22ndanniversary. I am so lucky to have Karen and so many friends. Sorry, I didn’t mean to get sentimental. 10. Jeff Cardozo and I took a week off from The …

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