With College Football right around the corner, ESPN Gameday host Lee Corso joined Sport Scene with Steve Russell to talk about the upcoming season. Corso previewed key teams in the SEC, picked a championship team, and spoke on the future of college football. Good to Be Back Lee Corso started …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome July 23rd
The Friday Fivesome comes at you before I wing my way to the West Coast for a short vacation. I need one quick recharging before we get to football season. 1. There has been so much talk about what may or may not happen down the road such as the …
Read More »Tennessee, New Coach Josh Heupel at SEC Media Days
The Tennessee Volunteers may have gone 3-7 last year, but the optimism level is high. Josh Heupel enters the 2021-22 season as the 27th coach in program history, managing a new fast-tempo offense with four quarterbacks battling to start. Josh Heupel Heupel was a national championship quarterback at Oklahoma in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome July 2
The “Friday Fivesome” comes at you and then I’m taking a long weekend like everybody else. Please enjoy the Fourth of July weekend and remember why we’re celebrating. And for gosh sakes, be careful with fireworks. 1. So, the theme this week is going to be the Sporting News ranking …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome June 25
The Friday Fivesome comes at you with a look at scheduling today with the best part of it being that the new playoff plan should make the future look a lot better. 1. I started thinking about this because Pro Football Focus ranked the top 10 toughest schedules in college …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine June 21
The Back Nine comes at you after the saddest Father’s Day ever despite all efforts by my two daughters and loving wife. I was my first one without a father and many of you know that pain. I was lucky to have so many with him. 10. When it’s talking …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine June 14
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that was either scary storms or golf-inducing sunshine. We are a weird state. And it just started raining again. 10. With the big news about the College Football Playoffs expansion last week, several virtual scribes went to work on what the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome June 11th
The “Friday Fivesome” comes at you for the second installment of football only opinions, which means we are that much closer to football season. Heck, we can even see SEC Media Days from here. 1.Obviously, the plans for a new playoff system took center stage in the college football world …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 24
The Back Nine comes at you after making some extra room in the trophy case for the one that the Florida men’s tennis team brought home this weekend. 10. Florida’s 4-1 win over Baylor in the national tennis finals wasn’t only about Bryan Shelton becoming the first coach to win …
Read More »Florida Athletics Moving Toward Normal Operation
After a year of mask wearing, physical distancing and limited stadium capacity, Florida Gator sports will begin to return to pre-pandemic conditions. The recent announcement from the Center for Disease Control regarding mask wearing for fully vaccinated people has led some communities to begin changing COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, the …
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