OK, the High Five is back after taking some time off during football season (and Grading the Gators) and another couple of weeks for the holidays (and Gaining The Weight). We will start out with the five reasons Florida’s schedule is so difficult in 2024. Most consider it the toughest …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (Dec. 18)
The Back Nine comes at you with visions of sugar cookies dancing in my head, which means I’ve already started to gain some weight back. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Or something like that. 10. Wednesday is a big day for Billy Napier and the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (Dec. 11)
The Back Nine comes at you after the first crippling withdrawals from football season started to hit. Dry mouth, headache, nausea. Oh, that was a hangover? Never mind. 10. I can finally reveal my Heisman Trophy ballot now that ESPN had its boring show on and bled right into a …
Read More »Florida Running Back Trevor Etienne Enters Transfer Portal
Florida sophomore running back Trevor Etienne entered the NCAA transfer portal Thursday, he announced on social media. https://twitter.com/Trevor_Etienne/status/1732810663041360095 Etienne’s Time as a Gator Etienne was a member of coach Billy Napier’s inaugural recruiting class in 2022. Recruited out of Jennings High School in Louisiana, Etienne quickly emerged as one of …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (Dec. 4)
The Back Nine comes at you after a weird weekend when Georgia finally lost a game and FSU somehow won one and then lost. 10. Look, you all know how I feel about Florida State. But when I went to bed Saturday night after watching that dreadful display of offensive …
Read More »Almost Saturday Podcast Ep.9
Mississippi State Grabs Jeff Lebby as Next Head Coach
Brent Venables will have a job search on his hands this offseason after offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby left for Starkville this week. Meet Jeff Lebby Lebby has been around some dynamic offenses in his years of coaching. He came up in the Baylor system as a positions coach from 2008-2016, …
Read More »Around College Football: Week 13
With the regular season concluding in college football and a weekend of conference championships ahead, there is much at stake for the top teams in the poll. Undefeated Georgia, Michigan, Washington and Florida State sit in the top four spots, hoping to clinch a playoff berth. Questions remain if there …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (Nov. 27)
The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend as long as yours could not be spoiled by a Gator loss. That eliminates most of us. 10. There is nothing worse than losing a football game in The Swamp against that team out west. It’s depressing, especially if …
Read More »Dooley Grades The Gators: No. 5 Florida State at Florida
The Tailgate’s Pat Dooley hands out grades after Florida’s 24-15 loss to No. 5 Florida State in The Swamp on Saturday night: OFFENSE D First half: Florida did about as well as you could expect with Max Brown starting the game at quarterback. Even with FSU crowding the line of …
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