Roper looks to improve quarterbacks
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Jan. 14, 2014Florida’s list of starting quarterbacks the past four seasons has been a who’s who of wasted talent and missed opportunity.
Florida’s list of starting quarterbacks the past four seasons has been a who’s who of wasted talent and missed opportunity.
Pedro Bravo appeared before another new judge for his sixth case management hearing Tuesday.
National Signing Day is fewer than three weeks away, and despite Florida currently having 20 commits — including nine early enrollees on campus — there is still a lot of work to be done on the recruiting trail.
With one bill approved, two resolutions unanimously passed and three newly appointed permanent replacement seats set in place, Tuesday night’s Student Senate meeting was productive.
Claire Boyce and Silvia Colussi-Pelaez may not be close in height, but Florida’s two freshmen are close. They see a lot of each other, both at practice and when they get home.
Two new recruits have joined the Gators men’s swimming and diving team. Sophomore Nick Alexiou, a transfer from Virginia, and Enzo Martinez, a freshman from Uruguay, both enrolled for the spring semester and have been cleared by the NCAA to compete.
From now on, UF students will not have to wait in line or leave their seats at the library to grab a cup of coffee.
A UF organization is hoping to use social media to serve the Gainesville community.
The 32nd Kanapaha Botanical Gardens bamboo sale is underway.
Gainesville Fire Rescue pulled a construction worker out of a collapsed trench Monday afternoon after a 14-foot wall of clay and sand trapped him.
A UF club is putting the spotlight on its new venture in hopes of drawing a greater audience. The student-run theater company Florida Players’ spring season now features a musical, something that has not been done by this club in two years.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a local man Monday night who became belligerent after drinking bottles of cough syrup and large amounts of caffeine.
Two new Asian restaurants are spicing up University Avenue.
It’s no surprise that the words bully and bullhook are so similar.
Kudos to the approximately 30 UF students who lobbied legislators in Tallahassee on Thursday to support in-state tuition for foreign-born students who meet Florida residency requirements and graduated Florida high schools.
The political news of the last few days has been dominated by details of a scandal involving senior members of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s Republican administration. Recently uncovered emails revealed a plot among senior members of the governor’s staff to cause major traffic jams in Fort Lee.
It’s far too easy to be cynical nowadays — especially when it comes to your opinions about politics and the government.
Sadly, this week’s headlines were dominated by two tragic shootings. On Tuesday morning, a 12-year-old boy opened fire at a middle school in New Mexico, wounding two students. According to Reuters, it was the second shooting to take place in a U.S. middle school in three months.
Kurt Roper walked into the South End Zone Meeting Room in black slacks, black shoes and a blue Florida Gators jacket. At 41, his glasses and bald head made him look like the cool, yet insightful, college professor.
For the second straight Southeastern Conference game, the Gators will be without their leading scorer Casey Prather due to a bone bruise in his right knee.