Column: Latroy Pittman wasting opportunity at Florida
By GRAHAM HACK | Aug. 25, 2015When Florida announced on Friday that it had suspended three players for the season opener, there wasn’t much cause for concern.
When Florida announced on Friday that it had suspended three players for the season opener, there wasn’t much cause for concern.
The vaunted Florida secondary is known across the country as arguably the most talented defensive backfield in the country.
For the first time in nearly a decade, Midnight Madness will make its return to the O’Connell Center -- albeit with a name change.
No one looks more poised to reverse the sophomore slump trend than Rhamat Alhassan.
Florida coach Jim McElwain has a mantra similar to Patches O’Houlihan’s iconic "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" line from the 2004 movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: If you can catch a ball in practice, you can catch a ball in a game.
Football is back, and with it comes the culmination of an offseason filled with controversy.
Jake McGee’s first season with the Gators ended before it could even start.
Following his first season as the head coach of the Gators men’s golf team, a season in which he saw his squad reach the NCAA Championship, J.C. Deacon enters his second season with a number of key contributors returning from last year’s squad.
Florida hasn’t named a starting quarterback for the season opener against New Mexico State, and coach Jim McElwain seemingly couldn’t care less.
The Florida volleyball team has high expectations for themselves this year, and they aren’t afraid to talk about them — or the possibility of a national championship.
Fall in Florida brings with it a sense of optimism.
Florida finds itself in a peculiar position when it comes to the running backs on its roster.
Nikki O’Rourke knows what’s expected out of the back row in Mary Wise’s volleyball program.
In the second game of the team’s three-game road trip, the No. 8 Florida soccer team fell to Ohio State in a 1-0 overtime loss on Sunday.
There was a lot of debate over who the real DBU (Defensive Back University) was during the offseason, most notably some Twitter trash talk between the Florida and LSU secondaries. The debate probably won’t be settled until the two teams play each other in October, but here’s an early stab at the top five:
While last year the Gators fielded a squad lacking in veteran runners, this year’s women’s cross country team will feature both youth and experience.
The No. 8 Florida soccer team kicked off the 2015 season on Friday night with a 2-0 victory over No. 17 University of Central Florida.
The Gators will be without three players for the Sept. 5 season opener against New Mexico State.
Off the field, Will Grier and Treon Harris can be seen around Gainesville eating dinner, hanging out and joking together.
Trip Thurman will be the most important player on Florida’s offense in 2015.