TAMPA — Jim Barrie gazes at the frames hung on the wall of his brewery, BarrieHaus Beer Co. in Ybor City, pointing to artifacts of his great-great-great grandfather’s brewery and speaking of continuing the family legacy. “It almost feels like destiny, right?” Barrie said. “Beer is in my blood.” The …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Football To Face Better Teams
The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful Homecoming night in Gainesville that included a Florida win, its first as an underdog this season. 10. It’s one thing to say Florida won Saturday night because Kentucky just isn’t that good. But that would be seeing the glass as half …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Florida’s Top Football Players
One of the last things I did for GatorsWire was a re-ranking of the top 50 Gator football players of all time. The top 5 were easy, but the rest were not. So, here on the High Five, I will give you a little of both, the top 5 and …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Gators’ Surprising NFL First-Round Draft Picks
It was an interesting Friday morning for us old folks who went to sleep well before the first round of the NFL draft concluded late Thursday night. I told my wife Florida receiver Ricky Pearsall was picked in the first round and her response was, “Really? I was told he …
Read More »Tebow Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
Tim Tebow, a former Florida Gators quarterback and Gator Great, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Tuesday night. He is the third Florida quarterback to be inducted, following Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel. Tebow Era: Tebow is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in Florida and …
Read More »Tebow Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame
Tim Tebow was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame on Monday. He is the 1oth Gator player to be inducted. Florida has had seven inductees since 2006, the most by an SEC school. https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/1612557299062800384?s=20&t=FFMJQcLVe5RQSINPRa4LOw Long List of Achievements for Tebow This crowning achievement will be another notch in …
Read More »UF Continues to Improve in Football Recruiting
New Florida football coach Billy Napier continues to work hard to improve Gator football recruiting. Just seven months after being hired, Napier has successfully landed 11 verbal commitments for the recruiting class of 2023, with eight of them being ranked as four-star athletes according to 247sports. The latest Gator recruiting …
Read More »Gators Boost ’23 Class with Two Pledges
As Billy Napier assembles his second recruiting class as the head coach at Florida, the Gators’ 2023 recruiting class has seen plenty of misses, such as quarterback Jaden Rashada, and plenty of hits, such as defensive lineman TJ Searcy and corner Sharif Denson. On Thursday, Napier boosted the class by …
Read More »Gators Lose QB to Miami
Billy Napier and the Florida Gators missed out on their top QB recruit Jaden Rashada to rivals Miami Hurricanes on Sunday. Rashada is the No. 5 ranked QB in the 2023 recruiting class, according to 24/7 Sports. Recruiting Timeline Jaden Rashada had the Gators in his top list of schools …
Read More »Gator Greats On CF Hall of Fame Ballot
Three Gator greats – Brad Culpepper, Errict Rhett and Tim Tebow – have been added to the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Florida has produced 13 Hall of Famers including Steve Spurrier, who was inducted both as a player and a coach. Brad Culpepper …
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