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The Week 15 AP Poll for college football featured eight SEC teams in the Top 25, three of which were in the top 10 (No. 1 Alabama, No. 6 Georgia, No. 10 Florida).

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SEC bias? Nope, just dominance

By Kyle Wood | Jan. 6, 2019

The Southeastern Conference is the best conference in college football, and it’s not particularly close. Those who disagree with that sentiment, apart from not knowing college football, would likely label it “SEC bias.” This is a term often used by fans of teams from other conferences that feel spurned by ESPN, the College Football Playoff Committee, AP Voters or anyone else that they can point a finger at in defiance instead of realizing that the SEC is simply better than the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Pac-12 (I shouldn’t even have to say that at this point) and yes, the American as well.

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Introducing the Spring 2019 Alligator sports staff

By Jake Dreilinger | Jan. 6, 2019

The confetti has fallen. The stands are empty.

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When it’s right for you, you’ll know

By Chris O'Brien | Dec. 4, 2018

Wow. It almost feels weird writing this column. I’ve dedicated at least one day (and usually more) to this newspaper every single week this past calendar year. Even summer. The brutal, tough, grueling, hot summer it is in Gainesville saw me at my highest production at the Alligator.

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Ignore your plan

By Morgan McMullen | Dec. 4, 2018

Keep your head down. Go to classes and go home. Play trivia every once in a while.

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Class of 2019, I am honored to throw my cap with you

Dec. 4, 2018

Our generation is full of change-makers

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The Politics of a Poncho Party

Dec. 4, 2018

UF doesn't have moral superiority over FSU and their poncho photo

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Hold on to your voice, your dreams and each other

Dec. 4, 2018

Find and embrace your voice, whatever that is

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Our inner child mourns departed media icons

Dec. 4, 2018

It's okay to mourn the loss of childhood heroes

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My Goodbye to The Alligator: Thanks for taking a chance on me

By Justin Alhum | Dec. 3, 2018

Most of the time, it’s not goodbye, it’s see ya later. But this time, it’s actually the moment to say goodbye.

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The nation mourns a president’s vision

Dec. 2, 2018

After George H.W. Bush passed, look at his legacy

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Find your quiet

Dec. 2, 2018

Change is incremental

Linebacker Reuben Foster was released by the 49ers after he was arrested for domestic violence charges on Nov. 24. Two days later, the Washington Redskins claimed him off waivers.

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Why did the Redskins sign Reuben Foster?

By Alanis Thames | Nov. 29, 2018

We’ve seen this before.

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Darts and Laurels: Nov. 30, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

A sense of nostalgia washes over you as you flip through your course syllabus. Seeing each old entry for past classes is like a punch to the gut. You flashback to artificial laughs at your professor’s corny puns. They weren’t quite comedy gold but more of a bland maize color. Your mind is called back to the material you wished you would be tested on again but never will be. You shed a single tear. The salty drop of sadness blots and distorts the ink, warping the rules you had been so intimidated by at the beginning of the semester.

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