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Gators defense excels without Spikes
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 25, 2009STARKVILLE, Miss. - Brandon Spikes is the best player on Florida's defense, but he isn't the reason the unit is great.
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Florida had its Ole Miss game; now it needs an Arkansas
Oct. 22, 2009It's time to turn back the clocks again.
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Picks Column: Mississippi State
Oct. 22, 2009Kyle Maistri is still fuming about the money he (would have) lost (if we condoned gambling here in the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column but we don't, so he isn't) because of Washington last week. And there are few things that Mike DiFerdinando loves more than Jake Locker and UW football.
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Gators running game needs fixing, but coach is in denial
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 21, 2009Florida's running game seems to be living by the motto, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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Rating the SEC at halfway mark
Oct. 20, 2009If there's one thing I've learned, it's that 90's rock music holds the answers to virtually all of life's most important questions.
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Addazio should be blamed for game plan, not execution
Oct. 19, 2009Somewhere between christening Mike DiFerdinando - our often overly optimistic friend and colleague - "Butters," and trying to fit our group dynamics into that of the wildly popular TV show South Park, it occurred to me.
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Arkansas game reminiscent of Ole Miss
Oct. 18, 2009Just like last year, the Gators struggled with an underdog from the Southeastern Conference West at home.
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Strained relationship with media limiting coverage of superstar linebacker
Oct. 15, 2009I really like Brandon Spikes.
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Picks Column: Arkansas
Oct. 15, 2009This year we decided to invite UF beat writers from some of the major newspapers in Florida to increase the competition level of the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column.
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Be sure to take a moment to soak in unique experiences
Oct. 15, 2009As reporters, we spend a lot of our time looking down.
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Florida may be as dominant as '08
Oct. 15, 2009It's hard to look at Florida's dominant close to the 2008 season and say the Gators made any mistakes, but apparently they did.
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Lack of passing game could bite UF later
Oct. 13, 2009The Florida football team is 5-0, ranked No. 1 in both polls, quarterbacked by one of the best college football players of all time, led by one of the best defenses in a long while and should coast into the Southeastern Conference Championship Game.
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UF should embrace running identity
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 12, 2009The Gators haven't needed to throw the ball much to win this season, and they probably aren't going to anytime soon.
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Different trips to LSU yield same thought
Oct. 11, 2009BATON ROUGE, La. - For the second time in three years, I hopped in my Civic and made the eight-hour trip to Louisiana for the Florida-LSU game.
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Who wants to be the one to tell Tebow he's not playing?
Oct. 8, 2009It's 15 minutes from kickoff, deep in the bowels of Tiger Stadium.
