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The NFL continues to make news on the hiring and firing front, the SEC opens conference play in men’s action and more in our Wednesday Sports News And Notes… ** The NFL continues to make news as the Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Atlanta Falcons director of player personnel David Caldwell …
Read More »Rose, Sugar Bowls To Host First National Semifinal Playoff Games
The BCS conference commissioners have made a decision on what bowls will be hosting the first national semifinal college football playoff games in 2015. The Rose and Sugar Bowls will up first, followed the next year by the Orange Bowl and a bowl to be determined most likely among the …
Read More »COMMENTARY: Like It Or Not, Alabama Football Program Deserves Great Credit
As I was watching Alabama’s total dismantling of Notre Dame in the BCS title game last night, I just shook my head and wondered why so many people seem to be hating on that program. Ok, Nick Saban isn’t exactly Mr. Personality and Alabama fans do seem to have a …
Read More »Alabama Crushes Notre Dame To Win BCS Title Game
Three titles in four years. Those are the numbers for the Alabama football program after it overwhelms Notre Dame 42-14 Monday night to win the BCS national championship. It wasn’t close from start to finish as Alabama scored on its first drive and just steamrolled to the win. The SEC …
Read More »Another Gator Football Player Declares For NFL Draft, Sports News And Notes…
The Gator football team loses another player to the NFL Draft; a former Gator hits a game winner in the NBA and more in our Tuesday Sports News And Notes… ** The Gator football team has lost another player to the NFL Draft as junior linebacker Jelani Jenkins has declared …
Read More »BCS Title Game Preview
Anticipation is rising for the BCS National Championship tonight where the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish face off at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. These two teams haven’t faced off since 1987 and here they are in the biggest game of the year. This particular matchup is …
Read More »NFL Wild Card Weekend
The NFL playoffs began this weekend with a four game slate. First up on Saturday the Houston Texans beat the Cincinatti Bengals in a rematch of last year’s Wild Card matchup 19-13. Houston racked up 420 yards of offense in quarterback Matt Schaub’s postseaon debut and Schaub credits this to …
Read More »Brissett, Chris Johnson To Transfer From UF Football Program
It has been talked about and speculated for months but it has now come true as the University of Florida announced in a release that quarterback Jacoby Brissett will transfer. Brissett, a junior, competed for the Gator starting job with Jeff Driskel but after Driskel won the job, Brissett did …
Read More »Records/Career Highs Spark Gator Men’s Hoops Win Over Yale
Throw GPA and SAT scores out the window. Ivy League Yale (5-11) was schooled Sunday as the Florida men’s basketball team (10-2) is now on another win streak after back and forth win/losses in their prior four games. Even without senior forward Erik Murphy who did not play because of sore ribs, …
Read More »Gator Women’s Basketball Gets Big Win At Home
The Florida women’s basketball team took down the Tigers of LSU in a close 77-72 showdown on Sunday in the O’Connell Center. This was a huge confidence booster for the Gators (12-4, 1-1 SEC) who were narrowly defeated by Kentucky, 76-69, earlier in the week. Gator head coach Amanda Butler …
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