Gators outblocked again in sweep of Razorbacks
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Sep. 20, 2009There was more on the line than usual for Florida.
There was more on the line than usual for Florida.
1. The Gators' defensive tackles were being driven off the ball. Lawrence Marsh, Jaye Howard, Omar Hunter and Terron Sanders shared the snaps in the middle of the defense, and none of them seemed able to establish the line of scrimmage. They have great linebackers, and the defensive tackles just need to hold their ground so the linebackers can make plays on runs, and they could not do that Saturday.
Sister Hazel received a warm welcome home Friday night at their sold-out performance at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
The men's and women's cross country teams began the season on the right foot as both placed first in the Mountain Dew Invitational on Friday night.
You may have been disappointed with the score on Saturday, but at least you didn't blow hundreds of dollars on fake tickets.
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Florida's secondary said all week it was looking forward to playing against mistake-prone Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton.
It was no Swamp smackdown, but No. 1 Florida did enough to win its school-record 13th straight game Saturday night 23-13.
Tennessee walked away from The Swamp with a loss, but it may have laid the foundation for how to slow down Florida's potent offense.
As Florida's defense jogged onto the field clutching to a 23-13 lead with 6:01 remaining in the fourth quarter against rival Tennessee, All-American linebacker Brandon Spikes watched from the sideline.
As contemporary poet Justin Timberlake once sang, "What goes around comes around / You should know that.
Walking through Turlington Plaza will soon leave you with something other than coupons and fliers in your hands.
Just looking at the stats from Friday's match, it would seem as if the Gators cruised to an easy three-set victory.
Before their last match against No. 3 Washington, coach Mary Wise said it wasn't often that the Gators were forced to take the underdog role, as they did in that showdown.
For Kayla Bala, tonight could have been the first time she played in James G. Pressly Stadium.
Toni Pressley decided it had been long enough.
I find it rather shocking that the Editorial Board of the Alligator so casually brushed off the actions of ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - in their Thursday column and were so quick to vilify the filmmakers who brought the situation to light. The Editorial Board described ACORN's actions as "explaining how to run a brothel of underage 'women of the night' while evading the federal government."
I felt a responsibility to address the misguided information given by Caitlin O'Conner on human papillomavirus and Gardasil.