The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful Christmas, although the one thing I wished for I didn’t get – transparency in the SEC when it comes to officiating. Bah, humbug! 10. As we head down the road to the end of 2020, I think it is important to …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades: Florida vs. Alabama
Pat Dooley of The Tailgate (weekdays 4-6 p.m. with Jeff Cardozo) brings his legendary grading of the Gators to WRUF.com. This week, Florida vs. Alabama for the SEC Championship. OFFENSE A- Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough the offense could do in this game. The pressure was on right from the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: December 14
The Back Nine comes at you after a unique Saturday night which included going to the Florida-LSU game and just sitting in the stands with my wife. It was our first ever Florida football game sitting together in the stadium. So, yes, I am the jinx. 10. The stunning and …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades: Florida vs. LSU
Pat Dooley of The Tailgate (weekdays 4-6 p.m. with Jeff Cardozo) brings his legendary grading of the Gators to WRUF.com. This week, Florida vs. LSU on Senior Night. OFFENSE C- Even with the Gators putting up impressive number, the early turnovers by Kyle Trask allowed LSU to stay in …
Read More »Four Gator Football players semifinalists for National Awards
Four University of Florida football players were named semifinalists for several different awards Monday. The National College Football Awards Association recognized Kyle Trask, Kyle Pitts, Evan McPherson and Kaiir Elam for their strong seasons this year. Trask was named a semifinalist for both the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Grades: Florida vs. Tennessee
Pat Dooley of The Tailgate (weekdays 4-6 p.m. with Jeff Cardozo) brings his legendary grading of the Gators to WRUF.com. This week, Florida vs. Tennessee. OFFENSE B+ Florida could not run the ball in the first half, finishing the first 30 minutes with all of one rushing yard. To …
Read More »Pat Dooley Is Coming To WRUF.com!
Legendary sports writer Pat Dooley is now taking his talents to WRUF.com. The former Gainesville Sun columnist will be a regular writer for this site contributing his first Grades column following the Florida vs. Tennessee game this Saturday night. Reading Dooley will be as easy as logging on to the …
Read More »Jacob Copeland Discusses Florida’s Future
The Florida Gators and wide receiver Jacob Copeland have a chance to clinch the SEC East this weekend when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Copeland has never made it to Atlanta for an SEC Championship, but when he was being recruited the Gators were on their way there. Copeland …
Read More »Triple K’s Lead Gators in Win over Kentucky
It may not have been a pretty beginning, but the Florida Gators pulled out the 34-10 win over the Kentucky Wildcats. Florida put up 418 yards of total offense with two sacks and three interceptions and was led by the triple K’s in Kyle, Kyle and Kadarius. The Gators’ streak …
Read More »Todd Grantham talks defensive improvements
The Florida Gators have put themselves back into playoff contention. After a 44-28 victory over rival Georgia, Florida may make a playoff run. This turnaround is due to an explosive offense as well as improvements from the defense. Todd Grantham, Florida’s defensive coordinator, talks freshman stepping up and overall better …
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