Florida linebacker Shemar James‘ session with reporters during SEC Football Media Days in Dallas on Wednesday. Q. Personal goals for this season? Things you have focused on this offseason? JAMES: Yes, sir, just getting stronger, becoming a better leader, better communicator on the field and just becoming a better overall linebacker. …
Read More »SEC Media Days: ‘Our team looks different’ Napier Says Of Gators
Florida coach Billy Napier took his turn in front of the media Wednesday at the Omni Hotel in Dallas for SEC Football Media Days. Napier brought along quarterback Graham Mertz, running back Montrell Johnson Jr. and linebacker Shemar James. On the 🎙#GoGators pic.twitter.com/rb8M8mTTep — Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) July 17, …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Players Missing From SEC Media Days
As most of you know, SEC Media Week starts Monday or as I liked to call it, “The Greg Sankey Clambake.” They treat the media pretty well at this event and I’m sure its first trip to Dallas will be a blast. Everything is bigger in Texas, right? The key …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: SEC Media Days A Week Away
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 …
Read More »Florida Football 2024: Student Season Tickets Sold Out
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Reasons Some Don’t Believe In Napier
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Best Bets For College Football Title
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Florida’s Top Football Players
One of the last things I did for GatorsWire was a re-ranking of the top 50 Gator football players of all time. The top 5 were easy, but the rest were not. So, here on the High Five, I will give you a little of both, the top 5 and …
Read More »Florida Football: Update On Kickoff Times
The first night game of Florida’s football season will be the second contest of the season against visiting Samford on Sept. 7. The 7 p.m. game will be carried on SECN+/ESPN+, ESPN announced Thursday. The season can’t get here soon enough. 🐊#GoGators | #jOURney pic.twitter.com/vg3GL1n3iV — Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Football Game Times To Love
It’s funny how being semi-retired makes you not care about game times being released. We used to agonize over those Mondays when we would be told the following week’s game time, peaking at the news through spread fingers. The High Five gives you what used to matter and the game …
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