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It certainly is unusual for the mighty Gators to have an open week after only four games. But it is hardly unprecedented. This is the fourth time in the last two decades it has happened. How Florida comes out of this open date will define what has been a disappointing …

Pat Dooley Grades the Gators after their wild 45-28 win at Mississippi State on Saturday, UF’s first win against a Power 5 team in 11 months: OFFENSE: A First half: The two-quarterback plan clearly worked as Graham Mertz threw three touchdown passes and DJ Lagway led the Gators on an …

The Back Nine comes at you after a miserable weekend for Semis and Gators. Maybe they can show that season-closer on Bravo. 10. I woke up Sunday to a bunch of emails asking if the deed was done. Clearly, all of the good things Billy Napier has done at UF …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that felt a little better than the last one. Maybe it was all of the Bud Lites. 10. DJ Lagway said he was nervous running out on the field as a starting quarterback Saturday night. Didn’t look like it. Lagway put …

Pat Dooley grades the Gators after Florida’s 45-7 win Saturday against Samford in Game 2: OFFENSE B+ FIRST HALF: Well, the start of the DJ Lagway Era had some good things and some not so good things. Good – two deep balls, 295 total yards, a 232.3 Quarterback Rating. Not …

The Back Nine comes at you after a great weekend of college football turned into a familiar theme in Gainesville. 10. Billy Napier called the 41-17 loss to Miami “embarrassing.” I’d call it nauseating. That said, there were several people close to the program who feared something like this might …

The Tailgate’s Pat Dooley grades the Gators for WRUF after their embarrassing 41-17 loss to No. 19 Miami on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: OFFENSE: D First half: It was not pretty. Quarterback Graham Mertz only threw for 49 yards and the highlight of the first half was a …

The Back Nine comes at you after an exhaustive weekend of watching football. I’m not in football shape yet. 10. Well, I guess we can go ahead and have an Overreaction Monday even if it was Week Zero. OK, so here is my take on FSU’s loss to Georgia Tech. …

The Back Nine comes at you with one foot on the brake and one foot on the pedal, because I was born a rebel and it … is … football season. 10. The best thing about college football starting this weekend is that college football starts this weekend. The first …

I said this on the Tailgate Show and I have said it before – nobody hates the Gators more than Miami fans. It seems kind of silly because they don’t play each other that often. But it is there, as thick as barbecue sauce, the hatred. They don’t like Florida. …