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The Back Nine comes at you after a miserable weekend for Semis and Gators. Maybe they can show that season-closer on Bravo. 10. I woke up Sunday to a bunch of emails asking if the deed was done. Clearly, all of the good things Billy Napier has done at UF …

Pat Dooley grades the Gators after Florida’s second embarrassing loss of what will likely be coach Billy Napier’s final season, a 33-20 defeat to Texas A&M at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday: OFFENSE: D FIRST HALF: The whole week was about who would start. I don’t think Dan Marino …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that felt a little better than the last one. Maybe it was all of the Bud Lites. 10. DJ Lagway said he was nervous running out on the field as a starting quarterback Saturday night. Didn’t look like it. Lagway put …

Pat Dooley grades the Gators after Florida’s 45-7 win Saturday against Samford in Game 2: OFFENSE B+ FIRST HALF: Well, the start of the DJ Lagway Era had some good things and some not so good things. Good – two deep balls, 295 total yards, a 232.3 Quarterback Rating. Not …

The Back Nine comes at you after a great weekend of college football turned into a familiar theme in Gainesville. 10. Billy Napier called the 41-17 loss to Miami “embarrassing.” I’d call it nauseating. That said, there were several people close to the program who feared something like this might …

The Tailgate’s Pat Dooley grades the Gators for WRUF after their embarrassing 41-17 loss to No. 19 Miami on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: OFFENSE: D First half: It was not pretty. Quarterback Graham Mertz only threw for 49 yards and the highlight of the first half was a …

The Back Nine comes at you after an exhaustive weekend of watching football. I’m not in football shape yet. 10. Well, I guess we can go ahead and have an Overreaction Monday even if it was Week Zero. OK, so here is my take on FSU’s loss to Georgia Tech. …

The Back Nine comes at you with one foot on the brake and one foot on the pedal, because I was born a rebel and it … is … football season. 10. The best thing about college football starting this weekend is that college football starts this weekend. The first …

I said this on the Tailgate Show and I have said it before – nobody hates the Gators more than Miami fans. It seems kind of silly because they don’t play each other that often. But it is there, as thick as barbecue sauce, the hatred. They don’t like Florida. …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that included pop-up storms and the end of a fun 16 days of watching the Olympics. 10. I think 16 days is perfect for the Olympics because it was a blast and I also was ready for it to be over. …