Selecting Florida’s Parker Valby as the SEC Female Athlete of the Year had to have been an easy vote by the league’s athletics directors. All they had to do was look at her resume for the 2023-24 season. Congratulations to the 2023-24 @SEC Roy F. Kramer Athletes of the Year! …
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The Back Nine comes at you while dealing with COVID during the worst weekend for sports ever. Free Pat Dooley! 10. You know what snuck up on me? SEC Media Days. Maybe it’s because I don’t have to go anymore (I thought about just going because it’s not difficult to …
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The Florida Gators now have six athletes on the U.S. Track and Field team which will compete at the Paris Summer Olympics starting later this month. Distance runner Parker Valby learned Saturday her times in last month’s U.S. Olympic Trials in the 5,000m and 10,000m were good enough to qualify …
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Well, COVID is far from gone. I know because I tested positive Thursday morning. That’s the second time in less than a year for me, but neither has been horrible. You know what is horrible? Trying to find something interesting to watch when you can’t leave the house. The High …
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University of Florida student season tickets have sold out for the fourth consecutive football season, the Gators Ticket Office announced Wednesday. Another student sellout 😎 Back in The Swamp soon! pic.twitter.com/cTDSVJCoLc — Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) July 3, 2024 A limited number of single-game student tickets for select homes will be …
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Florida softball coach Tim Walton has been busy adding talent to a roster that lost six players after finishing in the national semifinals. The Gators announced this week the signing of Washington graduate transfer infielder Rylee Holtorf and Alabama transfer infielder Kenleigh Cahalan, who will have two years of eligibility …
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I was in the whirlpool at the gym recently when a former UF player asked me this question: Why do they hate Billy Napier? My response was it is the lunatic fringe who hates the Florida football coach. There are a lot of people who believe in him and there …
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On the strength of 11 teams placing in the top five in their respective sports, Florida finished fourth in the 2023-24 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings, the National Association of College Directors of Athletics announced Wednesday. Gators earns 4th in the Nation 🐊 🔸 Florida is the only program to finish …
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The Back Nine comes at you after a weird weekend. I know we have them all the time, but when Gator sports are over for the academic year, I feel a little lost. 10. Hey, we do have the Olympics, although, if they are as boring as the Trials …
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It’s not only a long way to college football season, but also a long way to SEC Media Days. Now that college sports at Florida are done until August, we are looking for answers to questions that have not really been asked. Seriously, what has changed in the last few …
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