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 …
Read More »Gators Football Set To Host Miami In Season Opener
The Florida Gators football program has its first of several big tests this season Saturday afternoon. No. 19 Miami will head to Gainesville to open the season in explosive fashion. With Miami and Florida looking to hit the ground running, there are factors that could decide the game. Ready to …
Read More »Arkansas To Open Season Tonight Vs. UAPB
SEC college football is back, with Arkansas opening the 2024 season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The in-state opponents face off tonight at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. This is only the second matchup for the Razorbacks and Golden Lions. The last time these teams met was Oct. 23, 2021 when …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Napier Banking On Character, Work Ethic
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. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: It’s College Football Season
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 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Reasons Why UM Fans Hate Gators
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. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Olympics Fun Over, Now Onto Football
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that included pop-up storms and the end of a fun 16 days of watching the Olympics. 10. I think 16 days is perfect for the Olympics because it was a blast and I also was ready for it to be over. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Must-Watch Games To Open Season
Now, you can taste it. Now, you can smell it. Now, you can pick out your outfit for the first game. Now, it feels real. We are almost there, just three weeks from Saturday until the Gators show us whether we have been raised on promises or not. And we …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Olympics Are Just Different
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of watching sports and hunkering down for another storm. 10. Sorry, but my goosebumps have goosebumps after watching a Gator set a world record in what they are saying has been a slow pool. (How is water slow?) Bobby Finke won …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Picks To Get College Football Season Started
I often refer to August 1 as the beginning of football season, because it is the first month in a long time when we have games. And I also have referred to myself as a kid before Christmas this time of year. I can’t wait to see what is under …
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