Tag Archives: College Football Playoff

The Back Nine comes at you with a little bit of a meat hangover after being one of the judges at a ribs contest at Sweat Meats in High Springs. I know you are supposed to take one bite of each rib, but they were so good I couldn’t help …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend so chilly it felt like our three-day winter is coming right around the corner. 10. We knew it was coming. We knew this Florida basketball team was not going undefeated. And we knew that Rupp Arena can be both the quietest …

The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful holiday season and a wild and crazy bowl season: 10. Which, of course, is still ongoing. It feels like we have already seen it all during the bowls and now we settle in for the next round of the playoffs. Let’s …

The Back Nine comes at you in a Christmas mood because of everything my wife does for the holidays and because it’s been a pretty good last few days around here. 10. Let us start with a Merry Christmas for everybody who reads The Back Nine or listens to my …

The Back Nine comes at you now that we have adjusted to no Gators football or basketball games over the weekend: 10. Yeah, it was kind of weird, but free of tension in my house. The championship games were good and some were great and please don’t get rid of …

It’s been a Tuesday tradition for the past few weeks — the College Football Playoff rankings. The penultimate edition came Tuesday, just days before conference championship games kick off and the field becomes crystal clear. Let’s get into which teams rose, which dropped and which were in the eye of …

Pat Dooley, co-host of The Tailgate on WRUF, grades the Gators after a stunning 24-17 victory over No. 9 Ole Miss in The Swamp on Saturday. OFFENSE: B- First half: Unlike Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3 SEC), Florida (6-5, 4-4) has balance in its attack with 110 passing yards and 120 …

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team is 6-2 coming into their second bye week of the season. Alabama’s Season So Far Alabama is 6th in the SEC. The Crimson Tide lost to Vanderbilt and Tennessee this season. However, they are coming off of a huge home win against Missouri 34-0.  …

The Back Nine comes at you after a tough Saturday for the mighty Gators that was just a part — a big part — in a depressing weekend where only my Tar Heels made me happy (They are not really mine, but I rented them for the weekend). 10. What …

No. 21 Missouri is in Tuscaloosa this weekend to face No. 15 Alabama in a crucial matchup for both team’s playoff hopes. The game will take place during Alabama’s homecoming weekend. Missouri (6-1) is fresh off a comeback victory against Auburn, in which the former squad trailed for much of …