UF gears up for season opener with Virginia
By RYAN LEVICK | Jan. 6, 2009Teresa Crippen and her sister, Claire, have always been close. Being only 16 months apart, the two never really had anything but love for one another.
Teresa Crippen and her sister, Claire, have always been close. Being only 16 months apart, the two never really had anything but love for one another.
FORT LAUDERDALE - Brandon Spikes has stressed all week long that being in South Florida is a "business trip." Luckily for Spikes, he did get a slight reprieve with a great joke on Sunday.
If the Meet the Team event is a prelude for the rest of the season for the gymnastics team, then UF fans can look forward to the opportunity for more than one national championship.
MIAMI - The Gators' scout offense sure must be tired.
MIAMI - UF's win against then-No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship was an unforgettable experience for most members of the UF football team.
As UF defensive backs Major Wright, Joe Haden and Ahmad Black left the Gators' team hotel on Saturday morning, safeties coach Chuck Heater stopped them.
MIAMI - The Gators' scout offense sure must be tired.
If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
Not many saw this kind of start to the season coming, maybe not even the UF women's basketball team.
MIAMI - As sportswriters and fans, one of the fun things about following sports is debating the implications of wins and losses and the legacies of winners and losers.
MIAMI - In two days, it all ends.
MIAMI - It's time to pull back the curtain.
MIAMI - UF's win against then-No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship was an unforgettable experience for most members of the UF football team.
MIAMI - A lot has been made of Oklahoma cornerback Dominique Franks' comments on Sunday that the top three quarterbacks in the country play in the Big 12, referring to his teammate Sam Bradford, Texas' Colt McCoy and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell.
FORT LAUDERDALE - When Gerald McCoy was a young boy, probably even before he was making finger-paints in kindergarten, he was given a pointed lecture by his parents:
FORT LAUDERDALE - Finally, Superman's kryptonite has been found.
FORT LAUDERDALE - Alabama may have given UF its toughest contest of the season, but you wouldn't know it from the Crimson Tide's 31-17 loss in the Sugar Bowl to Utah on Saturday night.
FORT LAUDERDALE - The Gators' scout offense sure must be tired.
The Gators were hungry to prove they could beat a big-time opponent.Saturday, Nick Calathes fed his team's ambition.