As Florida's defense jogged onto the field clutching to a 23-13 lead with 6:01 remaining in the fourth quarter against rival Tennessee, All-America linebacker Brandon Spikes watched from the sideline.
There was more on the line than usual for Florida.
The UF men's golf team finished its opening tournament of the season in sixth place at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational.
The men's and women's cross country teams began the season on the right foot as both placed first in the Mountain Dew Invitational on Friday night.
Young people can be so impatient.
Florida's secondary said all week it was looking forward to playing against mistake-prone Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton.
It was no Swamp smackdown, but No. 1 Florida did enough to win its school-record 13th straight game Saturday night 23-13.
As Florida's defense jogged onto the field clutching to a 23-13 lead with 6:01 remaining in the fourth quarter against rival Tennessee, All-American linebacker Brandon Spikes watched from the sideline.
Tennessee walked away from The Swamp with a loss, but it may have laid the foundation for how to slow down Florida's potent offense.
Can't make it to Gainesville? Follow the No. 1 Gators as they take on the Volunteers with the alligatorSports crew. The chat will begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
As contemporary poet Justin Timberlake once sang, "What goes around comes around / You should know that.
Running back Emmanuel Moody is still working to regain his coaches' full trust after fumbling last week.
Few college football programs have as polarizing of an effect as the mighty Pirates of East Carolina.
Just less than eight minutes remaining, down 20-14 at Tennessee facing fourth-and-1 on Tennessee's 28-yard line, and Florida coach Urban Meyer calls a timeout to discuss what to do.
Just looking at the stats from Friday's match, it would seem as if the Gators cruised to an easy three-set victory.
Before their last match against No. 3 Washington, coach Mary Wise said it wasn't often that the Gators were forced to take the underdog role, as they did in that showdown.
Solutions by The State News
