Missouri coach Bryan Blitz has spent 315 games at the helm of the Tigers’ soccer program, but he spent most of his latest game watching from the locker room. Blitz was ejected in the 24th minute after arguing against a yellow card given to Missouri midfielder Kaysie Clark.
Last week, the most encouraging news coach Mary Wise had about Betsy Smith was that the team captain probably didn’t have a broken ankle.
We here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column usually make our picks each week without a second thought, exercising gusto, guts and a bit of bravado. However, we’ll all make picks come Tuesday that we’ve carefully considered, and we encourage you to do the same. That being said, the presidential race has featured plenty of mudslinging and with only 10 games separating first and last place in the Picks Standings, things are getting chippy amongst the pickers. We’re talking personal insults. Despite the bad blood boiling, we’re trying to run a clean race here. But hey, no promises!
Defensive tackle Leon Orr will be out Saturday after spending time in the hospital this week with the flu, coach Will Muschamp said.
The sight of Betsy Smith’s 6-foot-2 frame falling to the floor with a right ankle injury was not encouraging to coach Mary Wise. Smith, who injured her ankle during No. 13 Florida’s loss to No. 11 Florida State on Oct. 24, “some time away,” according to Wise.
Coach Billy Donovan said he doesn’t like to name starters, but he admitted Monday that four of the five spots are just about set by a process of elimination. The one role that isn’t defined yet? Small forward.
Florida opened its Southeastern Conference tournament schedule on Halloween, and Ole Miss gave the No. 1 seeded Gators a scare.
The Gators have multiple dual-threat quarterbacks on their schedule this season.
Finding consistent offense was problematic for Florida last season, but Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma has an answer for UF and the rest of women’s basketball: lower the rims.
As Jordan Reed neared the end zone, he left the ground, and the ball left his grasp.
After Florida forced four fumbles and recovered three of them in its 44-11 win against South Carolina on Oct. 20, cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy explained the concept of “violators.”
Florida entered Tuesday's final round of the Betsy Rawls Invite tied for first place with Southeastern Conference foe Alabama.
The race for the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division is technically ongoing.
Camilla Hedberg is on pace to exit the fall season the way she entered it — with an outright victory.
Gators coach Becky Burleigh will have to make some more space on her already crowded mantel.
Redshirt senior Tangerine Wiggs has made the most of her three rotations this season by racking up 165 kills, but Friday night she outperformed herself when she set a new school record in Florida’s 3-0 (25-11, 25-8, 25-11) win against Mississippi State.
JACKSONVILLE — On Saturday, Florida finally broke.
JACKSONVILLE — After knocking off the Gators for the second year in a row, Georgia leapfrogged Florida in the BCS standings.
JACKSONVILLE — A heavy coat of makeup can mask even the worst blemishes.
This season has been downright scary for the rest of the alligatorSports crew when Adam Pincus is at the wheel. Whether it’s agitating 18-wheeler drivers on our way to College Station, Texas, or almost driving off a hill in Knoxville, Tenn., something always seems to happen on Southeastern Conference road trips. With Halloween six days away, the gang is getting ready for another road trip — this time to Jacksonville for the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. This de facto SEC East championship game will surely spur several intense Will Muschamp facial expressions. Those, my friends, are the scariest things of all.
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