Ugly or not, Gators’ play was just what they needed
Feb. 18, 2010I almost didn’t recognize the Florida men’s basketball team that defeated Auburn on Thursday night.
I almost didn’t recognize the Florida men’s basketball team that defeated Auburn on Thursday night.
I have covered a bunch of really exciting games in the three years I have worked for the Alligator, but still one of the most exciting events I attended as a journalist was the Florida-Georgia gymnastics meet my first semester covering a team in 2008.
Under Urban Meyer, Florida has come to be known for three things: Tim Tebow, winning and getting arrested.
In the last two weeks, I’ve been called one of the best student journalists UF has ever had by a coach and told I have no idea what I’m doing by a member of UF’s media relations department.
There must be something about the air in Columbia, S.C.
Of all the twists and turns in Florida’s unlikely basketball season, there’s one fact that I can’t wrap my mind around.
It was a down year for Super Bowl commercials, but one stood out as a huge disappointment.
The Gators’ football roster for 2010 is pretty much set now that National Signing Day is over, which means it is now possible to make accurate depth chart predictions for next season.
Every once in a while I allow myself to get lost in the feel-good “amateurism” of college sports.
Just because Sharrif Floyd is the top-rated defensive tackle, according to Rivals.com, doesn’t mean it is a sure thing he will succeed in college.
On Wednesday, we may all be witnesses to a miracle.
Before the men’s basketball season started, I wasn’t sure how good Florida would be or how the Gators would fare against a much tougher nonconference schedule.
Two days into Senior Bowl practices, and the result is in on Tim Tebow’s NFL career: He’s not going to succeed at quarterback.
It’s springtime and I finally replaced my old grip-less basketball shoes, so I plan on spending much of the next few months on the court playing pickup games at Southwest.
His left eye was well on its way to being swollen shut, but Cody Davidson was grinning from ear to ear.
Every year the Gators bring in a recruiting class filled with talented prospects, often with many at the same position.
It’s no wonder Florida was able to bring in what many recruiting analysts are calling one of the best classes in recent memory.
At the beginning of the season, I would have pegged “He Ain’t Worth Missing” by Toby Keith as the song for the 2009-10 Florida basketball team, a tune freshman guard Kenny Boynton surely sang to the squad upon his arrival in Gainesville to ease the players’ pain over Nick Calathes’ departure for an exotic mistress (Greece).
Can I get some drama, please?