Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
We inform. You decide.
Monday, February 23, 2026

El Caimán

Florida Alligator
SPORTS  |  COLUMNS

Ranking the SEC coaches

There won't be any more opportunities to giggle at former Mississippi coach Ed Orgeron and his gruff Southern accent. If you want to see what I'm talking about, just search for his Hummer ad on YouTube.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Mainstream media fuels Obamamania

If your experience has been anything like mine, you've been surrounded by Obamamania for the better part of the past several months. It's not related, as much as you might expect, to spending most of the day on a college campus, where support for the master orator is pervasive and contagious. Rather, like most Americans, I've been bombarded with thinly veiled propaganda from the mainstream media in support of the hope-monger for longer than I care to remember.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Misplaced Priorities: Fla. universities should shun political hires

As a result of the worst budget crisis in state history, Florida's colleges and universities have been forced to leave vacant positions unfilled, eliminate or incapacitate various degree programs and hand out pink slips to faculty members in order to cope with the state Legislature's refusal to fully fund higher education.


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Gators pick up another commit

Tight end Desmond Parks, a three-star prospect according to Scout.com, has committed to the Gators, according to several media Web sites. Parks is 6-foot-6 and 215 pounds and could be a replacement for Cornelius Ingram after he graduates.


Florida Alligator
SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

UF picked to win SEC

HOOVER, Ala. - Georgia is one of the favorite picks for best team in the nation heading into the season, but writers at Southeastern Conference Media Days chose UF to win the East Division and come away with the conference crown.


Florida Alligator
NEWS

No TitleTown for Gainesville

Gainesville finished 6th in ESPN's TitleTown voting with 5.2 percent of the vote. Sorry, Gator fans. Valdosta, Ga. (didn't see that one coming) won the contest. Boston was the only major metropolitan area to be in the top six. Apparently big-city citizens don't watch ESPN as much as you'd think.


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Volleyball freshie Kelly Murphy named High School Coaches Athlete of the Year

UF's volleyball squad is the youngest it's been in years, but it could be a quick rebuilding effort. Incoming setter Kelly Murphy was named the National High School Coaches Association Volleyball athlete of the year recently. Former Gator Angie McGinnis, currently with Team USA, won the award in 2004. Murphy is also the Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year.


Powered by SNworks Solutions by The State News
All Content © 2026 The Independent Florida Alligator and Campus Communications, Inc.