This is the penultimate Friday Fivesome as we have tried to help get you through the hot and boring summer months to get to football season. One more next week and then we will be in Game Week for the Gators, and I will start writing my Grading the Gators …
Read More »Breaking Down the Preseason AP Top 25 Poll, Gators Ranked 13th
Say hello to the 13th-ranked Florida Gators. That’s where they’ll start the 2021 college football season, as the AP preseason poll dropped this week. This is the same ranking Florida finished at last year, following a three-game skid to end the year. Miami is the only other ranked school in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s ‘Back 9’ August 16th
The Back Nine comes at you with the countdown to kickoff a real thing now. Of course, which kickoff you’re counting down to depends on your love for the game. Most of you are counting down to FAU in the Swamp which is only 19 days away. You know that …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Friday Fivesome August 13th
The Friday Fivesome comes at you after five days in the Panhandle and a couple of days this week going to bed at 9 p.m. I think they are related. For the Fivesome today, we are going to talk about the coaches’ poll and only because every year when either …
Read More »Mullen Talks COVID And Injuries Ahead Of First Scrimmage
Florida football head coach Dan Mullen is having to deal with a starter going down with an injury and he discusses other aspects of Gator football as well on the eve of the team’s first scheduled scrimmage this weekend. Mullen on Emory Jones The Gators are exactly 23 days away …
Read More »Copeland Embracing Leadership Role, New Number
There’s a new WR1 in the Swamp. He’s a familiar face, but he’s in a new role. He’s wide receiver Jacob Copeland, and he’s ready to embrace his new role as one of the leaders on the Gator football team. Head coach Dan Mullen even went the extra mile to …
Read More »NFL to Induct Latest HOF Classes
The Largest HOF Class of All Time Every year before football begins Enshrinement Week at the Pro Football Hall of Fame kicks off the NFL preseason and it also means induction of a new class of superstar NFL players voted into the Hall. This year is even more special because …
Read More »Gator Swim Coach Nesty Recaps Time at Olympics
As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics come to a close, former and current Gator swimmers return after impressing the world with their performances. Also returning is Gators men’s and women’s swimming coach Anthony Nesty, who was an assistant coach for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics. He spoke to Steve Russell …
Read More »ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit Senses College Football Is Losing Tradition
As reports came in about the SEC expanding its conference due to Oklahoma and Texas accepting invitations to join, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit wasn’t too fond of the move. The “College Gameday” analyst shared his concerns on the current and future climate of college football. “I just hate losing the tradition …
Read More »Dan Mullen Talks Start of Gator Football Fall Camp
The Florida Gator football team is gearing up for the 2021 season. After a long offseason of preparation, the Gators started fall training camp Friday. Gator head coach Dan Mullen talked Thursday about his team as camp was about to begin. #Gators coach Dan Mullen on eve of fall camp: …
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