It was all foreign for Yan Bo Diao. None of it - not the green beans and turkey piled on her plate, the bouncy bluegrass music or even the church where she ate - reminded her of her home in northeast China.
The Ben Hill Griffin Stadium announcer's voice could barely be heard over a five-minute standing ovation that welcomed three soldiers to Saturday's football game.
College is a time for youthful exploration, limitless learning and planning your funeral.
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska showed the UF women?s basketball team it might not be ready to run with the big dogs just yet.
If you're keeping track at home, yes, FAU has really just scored 10 unanswered points.
Alabama was scrapping and fighting to get into the national tournament.
After trailing 21-0 early on, FAU came storming back to make it just an 15-point deficit at the half. The Gators lead 35-20 after a Tim Tebow 26-yard pass to Cornelius Ingram with just 14 seconds left in the half.
In between plays, Cornelius Ingram couldn?t help but sneak a peek at the scoreboard.
In less than 10 minutes of play, the Gators have driven for two touchdowns and now lead 49-20. Kestahn Moore ran in his second score of the day to make it 42-20 and then Tim Tebow completed a pass to tight end Aaron Hernandez, who wrested it away from a FAU defender, to make it 49-20. Hernandez has three catches 58 yards on the day. The freshman has really stepped it up and living up to the hype of coming in as the nation's highest ranked tight end.
There's not much to report, but here's what Urban Meyer said on Brandon James not playing today.
Wide receiver Andre Caldwell received a little extra luck before Saturday?s game against Florida Atlantic.
Safety Jamar Hornsby, who has been absent from practice and games the past few weeks, is still out today. He wasn't on the pregame dress roster and doesn't appear to be on the field. Urban Meyer said he should be back Monday.
Surprise Surprise. The Gators lead 21-0 after the first quarter. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that Tim Tebow has been a part of only one of them. Tebow's still been great with only one incompletion. The Gators have scored on a 9-yard Kestahn Moore run, a blocked punt and returned by Markus Manson and a Tebow throw to tight end Cornelius Ingram. The most exciting play of the half was a shovel off to backup tight end Aaron Hernandez, who rumbled for 29 yards. Urban Meyer has said Hernandez would get more involved and so far he's lived up to his words.
While there pregame atmosphere today is not nearly like any SEC game, there has been a few FAU supporters sprinkled here and there. The most entertaining so far has been a car driving by with "Go Owls" and "Hoot Hoot" on it. While it's very debatable if they'll still be prideful after the game, it's still about the best atmosphere on campus.
As wide receiver Andre Caldwell and quarterback Tim Tebow stole the show Saturday, the Gators? tight ends quietly put up big numbers.
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will speak at UF on Monday, but his speech will not go exactly as he wanted.
Bobbing his head to Led Zeppelin tunes, Andrew Meyer wasn't attracting too much attention Thursday afternoon.
(Charles Roop / Alligator Staff) Jane Emmerée, the chair of Healthy Gators 2010 Programming Work Group, speaks while Terina Lopez, a GatorWell intern in a cigarette costume, stands by during The Great Gator Smokeout on Thursday.
I'm sure this is not the way Tim Tebow wanted to win the Heisman Trophy.
Although UF's cuddly-as-a-cactus, charming-as-an-eel budget woes threaten to rob students of teachers and advisers, UF administrators just aren't ready to give up seasonal cheer.
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