Wise ready for new year after offseason filled with change
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN | Aug. 23, 2012This offseason has been a time of major change for coach Mary Wise.
This offseason has been a time of major change for coach Mary Wise.
An unranked Miami team outpaced then-No. 21 Florida last Friday, but coach Becky Burleigh doesn’t believe UF’s season-opening 4-1 loss was the result of a lack of effort.
Taylor Travis spent her first two seasons at Florida trying to find a way to score.
When Brent Pease kicks his offense into high gear, confusing opposing defenses with various formations, motions and shifts, Trey Burton and Omarius Hines are expected to present some of the biggest problems.
The Gators have Georgia on their mind.
Two days after coach Will Muschamp announced Colin Thompson would miss about eight weeks due to surgery on his right foot, the Gators have good news at tight end: Jordan Reed is healthy.
For the first time in five months, questions will turn into answers for the Gators.
While everyone is in a tizzy about Brent Pease bringing exotic shifts and new formations to the Gators offense, we here at alligatorSports understand the value of keeping things simple.
After the Gators spent last season learning rather than communicating, defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has coaching competition in Year 2 of his system.
Tight end Colin Thompson will undergo a second surgery to treat a fractured bone in his right foot, sidelining him for about eight weeks.
Florida's quarterback competition is silly. In fact, the ongoing saga has provided the most ridiculous story coming out of the Gators' fall camp.
Last year, the Gators had five seniors in their starting lineup. Among those five were All-Americans Kelly Murphy and Kristy Jaeckel, who accounted for 43 percent of Florida's kills, 47 percent of assists and 48 percent of the team's service aces in 2011.
Florida's wide receivers were virtually non-existent much of last season.
There was no doubt that Taylor Brauneis was Louisville's dominant setter for the last two years. The junior led the team with 1,100 assists in 2010, and continued her top performance in 2011 when she was responsible for 85 percent of the Cardinals' assists.
The Gators lined up to defend four corner kicks in their season opener Friday night. Two of them ended up in the back of the net.
The last two NCAA women's tennis seasons have ended with Lauren Embree.
As the top-ranked team in the nation heading into the College World Series, Florida looked primed to win its first-ever national championship in 2012 after coming just two wins short last season. Instead, the Gators made their earliest CWS exit in school history.
Despite making history, the Gators season ended in disappointment.
The Gators appeared primed to make a run in the NCAA Tournament before being done in by a trio of costly suspensions.
Former Gator Ryan Lochte cemented himself as one of the greatest Olympians of all time this summer, hauling in five medals to bring his career total to 11, which ties him with Mark Spitz for second all-time among male swimmers.