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Column: Gators have nothing to gain from playing Zaire
By Dylan Dixon | Nov. 4, 2017Well folks, that didn’t work.
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Picks column Week 10: Jim McElwain’s next job opportunity
Nov. 2, 2017After a memorable 1,061-day stretch serving as Florida’s football coach, Jim McElwain’s reign in Gainesville came crumbling down on Sunday afternoon.
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Column: With Mike White’s mentality, No. 8 Gators are bound to be better in 2017-18
By Matt Brannon | Nov. 1, 2017The other day, someone I know and respect made a solid argument that the No. 8 Gators’ men’s basketball team wouldn’t live up to expectations in 2017-18. This particular critic of Florida basketball said the Gators have lost too many quality players and haven’t added enough replacements to reach the Elite Eight for the second year in a row.
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Column: Don’t expect another Elite Eight from Gators men’s basketball team this season
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 31, 2017Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White is a realist.
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Column: A way too early prediction of the College Football Playoff
By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 30, 2017Let me start off by saying I am no college football expert. I just watch games and form opinions based on what I see, like any other fan of the sport. With that being said, there are less than five weeks left until the field of the College Football Playoff is announced. Here are my picks for which teams will fill those four spots.
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Column: A look at the biggest accomplishments, biggest failures of McElwain’s tenure
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 29, 2017Jim McElwain is out as Florida’s football coach. What were some of his best and worst moments during his time at UF? Let’s take a look:
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Column: I get why Jim McElwain should go. But remember he’s human, too
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 28, 2017JACKSONVILLE — I felt something on Saturday I’ve never felt before when listening to Jim McElwain speak. It was some combination of pity, sadness or, really, any emotion other than frustration, which I’ve felt plenty with McElwain in the past.
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Picks Column Week 9: Hate Mail Edition
Oct. 27, 2017What a week it’s been for Florida football coach Jim McElwain.
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Column: Taking the time to appreciate some good ol’ NBA dumpster fires
By Skyler Lebron | Oct. 26, 2017The 2017-18 NBA season is now well underway, and already we’re witnessing some great things. Rookies across the league are having profound impacts, and several conference powerhouses are coming to form as they work through the growing pains of the early season.
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Column: Anti-drinking game rules for Florida-Georgia
By Matt Brannon | Oct. 26, 2017Substance abuse. Parking lot fights. Port-a-potties as far as the nose can smell. No, it isn’t graduation at Florida State, it’s the Florida-Georgia game.
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Column: How legitimate is UF coach Jim McElwain's claim about death threats?
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 24, 2017I’ve always been someone who tries to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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Column: McElwain and player threats need to stop, immediately
By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 23, 2017Things in Gainesville have been pretty tense lately.
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Column: In the wake of Spencer controversy, it’s OK to take a break from sports
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 22, 2017A white man in a black V-neck stood outside the Phillips Center on Thursday. On his right shoulder, he had pinned a pro-Nazi button. He proceeded to speak about how he disliked transgender people.
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Column: UF athletic department should follow Luke Del Rio’s lead and condemn Richard Spencer
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 19, 2017The University of Florida sat still on Thursday. Classes continued on like normal, but campus felt dead. Or at least, everywhere except its southwest corner. That’s where white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech attracted attention and sparked confrontations between his small number of supporters and hundreds of protesters. The event was one of the biggest spectacles in recent university memory, with more than half a million dollars spent on security. But if you took a peek at most Twitter accounts associated with UF athletics, you’d have no idea it happened.
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Picks column bye week: Is Florida’s season already over?
Oct. 19, 2017The halfway point in the season is upon us, and Florida is already limping to the finish with a 3-3 record. Luckily for the Gators, they have a bye week, giving their fans a chance to have at least one fall Saturday without inevitable disappointment. With a looming matchup against No. 3 Georgia, things are looking bleak for the Gators’ season. But is it time to officially declare Florida’s 2017 campaign is over? That’s for our writers to decide. Before we make our picks for this weekend’s college football games, alligatorSports editor Matt Brannon and assistant editor Dylan Dixon are going to debate whether Florida’s season is already over.
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Column: Bragging after a loss? Another instance of the Gators’ laughable social media conduct
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 18, 2017I had a column published last week about Florida’s football players and their questionable social media profiles.
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Column: 25 things that made me cringe in the Gators’ loss to Texas A&M
By Matt Brannon | Oct. 17, 2017It’s tough to go into a bye week on a loss. That’s what coach Jim McElwain said after UF dropped its second straight home game to the Aggies, 19-17, on Saturday.
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Column: After U.S. men’s soccer loss, it's important not to forget about the women’s team
By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 16, 2017The United States men’s soccer team lost to Trinidad and Tobago a week ago, knocking out any chance of the U.S. making the World Cup in Russia next year.
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Column: McElwain isn’t the only one feeling the heat: Three coaching hot seats in the SEC East
By Skyler Lebron | Oct. 15, 2017We’re smack dab in the middle of SEC football conference play, and some coaches are already suffering from severe butt sweats from how hot their seats are. Some might also be a little more soothingly warm on the buttocks than you might expect.
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Column: It’s time for changes
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 14, 2017It’s finally happening.
