Injuries pile up for Gators
Aug. 26, 2008Urban Meyer must be getting awfully tired of answering questions about injuries.
Urban Meyer must be getting awfully tired of answering questions about injuries.
There's a certain point when a talented prospect becomes a great player. It's the point where athletic ability meets experience.
Mon Williams is a forgotten man.
Newcomer Tahnai Annis got a chance to respond Wednesday to being named the Southeastern Conference's Freshman Soccer Player of the Week following her golden goal against Florida Atlantic on Sunday.
Taurean Green confirmed Wednesday that he will play in Spain next year for CIA Zaragoza.
It looks like the Gators may have to make due without Percy Harvin until the Tennessee game, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel.
Though that's not what the announcer on this video would have you believing.
This summer, Urban Meyer walked by Emmanuel Moody in the weight room and succinctly told him, "Boy, I hope you're really good."
Don't get me wrong. I love baseball as much as the next guy.
ESPN and the Southeastern Conference have agreed to the longest-running contract in the network's history to gain rights to the SEC's football and men's and women's basketball games.
The injury bug has been particularly attracted to UF this off-season.
Despite sporting a collection of highly touted recruits it would be an understatement to say the Gators defense struggled last season.
Last year Ahmad Black played in seven games as a cornerback but didn't crack the two-deep depth chart.
You could call it the Kestahn Moore show.
Plenty of attention is paid to UF's playmakers at skill positions, but the quarterback, running backs and receivers are not what make the Gators offense go.
Brandon Hicks is out on the practice field, and he misses a tackle. He misreads the play and gets caught in the wrong gap.
Tate Casey was a student athlete who felt like he was being faulted for, well, being a student.
Nick Calathes, Jai Lucas and much of the rest of the UF men's basketball team could be found chatting with Doc Rivers, coach of the World Champion Boston Celtics, in the O'Connell Center Sunday afternoon.
Forward Tahnai Annis was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman Soccer Player of the Week on Monday.She scored the game-winning goal in the 95th minute of Sunday's match at Florida Atlantic. Annis was the first-ever Gator to record a golden goal as her first collegiate-goal.
Nine months after the 2007 season ended, UF heads into the new year with the same dilemma as the previous.