For a couple of months now, there has been a lot of buzz about UF assistant coaches possibly leaving town, but I never thought Stan Drayton would be the first to go.
While high-school seniors all over the country are struggling to achieve nothing less than a 4.0 to get into their top-choice university, the star quarterback of their graduating class is receiving a full ride to wherever his heart desires. Admissions officers don't even glance at his grade point average.
I feel misrepresented. I feel cheated. It's downright wrong.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Sorry, I'm not convinced.
UF heads to Alabama tonight to kick off its Southeastern Conference schedule, but the biggest battle of the rest of the season isn't going to be with the opponents the Gators face.
At last, another one of the Bush administration's foreign policy blunders has been placed under scrutiny: the protection of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at all costs. I'm willing to bet that most Americans hadn't even heard Benazir Bhutto's name until she was assassinated, let alone had known that she was Pakistan's prime minister under a power-sharing agreement with Musharraf that the Bush administration orchestrated.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who lose their cell phones and those who do not.
Grab a Snickers, Urban Meyer.
So UF President Bernie Machen got almost ,300,000 in bonuses from the UF Foundation right before Christmas. It was approved by the UF Board of Trustees.
About five years ago, inside Lake Howell High's gym, a Tim Tebow laboratory formed.
Last week, alligatorSports columnist and staff writer Jenna Marina offered insight with her list of the top seven moments of the football season.
I would like to take this opportunity to clear up any issues raised in Monday's Alligator article and editorial regarding fees.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things: of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and Wikipedia."
Just how radical is Ron Paul?
Recently, I was sprawled out on my couch, flipping channels and minding my own business, when I came across a program on The History Channel that freaked me out of my sloth-like daze. The television program I am referring to was, of course, about the apocalypse.
This was one of the most unpredictable years in college football history, and the Gators played no small part in giving the season that distinction. With more craziness sure to come in the bowls, I've compiled the Gators' most memorable "Did that really just happen?" moments of this year. Here are the top seven of '07.
Shame on the news industry. You've been very naughty, and I'm sending you to your room without any new celebrity drunken-driving stories, outrageously priced politician haircut stories or developments on the latest celebrity divorces.
I was born in another state, grew up with no ties to UF and could not care less if the Gators generally win or not.
Two Florida lawmakers want to pass a don't-text-and-drive law for minors. I can hardly blame them. After all, who hasn't been scared of the guy with one hand on the wheel and the other on a phone? However, I am not so convinced the bill is a good thing for drivers in the Sunshine State.
Solutions by The State News
