The NCAA Division 1 council announced Wednesday that it would extend the college recruiting dead period. The extension applies to all sports through May 31. However, the ban on in-person recruiting is still in place. With the deadline ending near June, it will be nearly 14 months since any live …
Read More »Defense Looks to Improve as Spring Football Begins
It’s no secret that the Florida Gator defense had its struggles this past season as the unit looks to improve with spring practices beginning Thursday. Todd Grantham‘s defense lost six starters and will have to work with a young defense. In addition, the defense finished in the bottom half of …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 19
The Front Nine comes at you hoping you have fastened your seat belts because the ride is about to get really interesting around here. 1. You know what really just sunk in the other day (and I’m sorry if I am the last person to realize this)? Florida is doing …
Read More »Gus Malzhan crowned the king of the UCF Knights
UCF football is about to get whole new look. The Knights are doing everything in their power to shake up college football once again. Gus Malzahn spent the past six years coaching the Auburn Tigers. During his time, he led the Tigers to six-consecutive bowl appearances, two SEC West Division …
Read More »SEC Announces 2019-20 Revenue Distribution
The SEC announced Thursday that the revenue distribution for 2019-20 fiscal year totaled $657.7 million. The average amount distributed to each of the 14 schools, excluding bowl game award money, was slightly over $45.5 million per school. The Breakdown The revenue total includes $637.7 million directly from the SEC office, …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: January 29
The Front Nine comes at you as we get ready for another big weekend of sports in for the Florida Gators. It’s only going to get better when baseball and softball join in and soccer cranks back up. 1. I’ve received dozens of questions about how much the football team …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: January 22
The Front Nine comes at you to talk about The Season Of The Weird not going away just because the calendar changed. 10. I tried to tell people that just because the year was new didn’t mean we were all going to get back to normal. As Exhibit A, I …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: January 18
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of a lot of football and a lot of basketball and even a little golf. Not that I played any of these. And sorry for the delay. Technical issues. 10. If the summer if “talking season” as Steve Spurrier calls it, …
Read More »Urban Meyer Gets Hired By Jacksonville Jaguars as New Head Coach
Monumental news from the NFL broke last night when the Jacksonville Jaguars announced that they have hired Urban Meyer as their new head coach. This is Urban’s second time coming out of retirement. https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/1349873617824264193 There were rumor’s floating around of the former Florida and Ohio State head coach coming out …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Final AP Rankings
Our final Associated Press votes had to be in an hour after the end of Monday night’s national title game. I sent mine in as soon as Alabama went past the 50-mark. It was a magnificent performance to a magnificent but trying year. Is this the best team of all …
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