Notebook: Pease noncommittal on UK opening
By JOE MORGAN | Nov. 6, 2012Florida offensive coordinator Brent Pease is a candidate to take the head coaching job at Kentucky next season, but don’t hold your breath for a quick decision.
Florida offensive coordinator Brent Pease is a candidate to take the head coaching job at Kentucky next season, but don’t hold your breath for a quick decision.
In response to a streak of slow starts, the Gators are picking up the pace.
Florida football hasn’t done much growling in recent years.
Mike Gillislee has new goals.
Injuries dominated Florida’s win against Missouri on Saturday, but the Gators received some good news on Monday.
Erika Tymrak had a successful regular season, but her talents have shined through in the postseason.
Florida moved up one spot to No. 6 in the BCS rankings on Sunday, as LSU dropped from No. 5 to No. 7 after a 21-17 loss to No. 1 Alabama.
Jonathan Bullard had more than Missouri on his mind.
On Saturday, the Gators did the same things they had done all season.
In last season’s Southeastern Conference Tournament final, Auburn dashed Florida’s hopes with a 3-2 upset of the fourth-seeded Gators.
After Ziva Recek’s 14th kill, Tennessee coach Rob Patrick screamed at his team to stay alert.
The Gators may have left the happiest place on earth without a smile.
Though the Florida men’s tennis team enters the weekend competing in a tournament for the fifth time this fall, it will still face a new challenge to overcome—playing on a clay court.
Missouri coach Bryan Blitz has spent 315 games at the helm of the Tigers’ soccer program, but he spent most of his latest game watching from the locker room. Blitz was ejected in the 24th minute after arguing against a yellow card given to Missouri midfielder Kaysie Clark.
Last week, the most encouraging news coach Mary Wise had about Betsy Smith was that the team captain probably didn’t have a broken ankle.
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Defensive tackle Leon Orr will be out Saturday after spending time in the hospital this week with the flu, coach Will Muschamp said.
The sight of Betsy Smith’s 6-foot-2 frame falling to the floor with a right ankle injury was not encouraging to coach Mary Wise. Smith, who injured her ankle during No. 13 Florida’s loss to No. 11 Florida State on Oct. 24, “some time away,” according to Wise.
Coach Billy Donovan said he doesn’t like to name starters, but he admitted Monday that four of the five spots are just about set by a process of elimination. The one role that isn’t defined yet? Small forward.
Florida opened its Southeastern Conference tournament schedule on Halloween, and Ole Miss gave the No. 1 seeded Gators a scare.