Pagan backs off oral commitment to Florida
By TOM GREEN | Nov. 29, 2010The losses keep piling up for the Gators.
The losses keep piling up for the Gators.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida still has one game left in 2010, but rebuilding for 2011 starts now. That was the message coach Urban Meyer emphatically delivered during his press conference after Florida State’s 31-7 drubbing of UF in Doak Campbell Stadium. The Gators (7-5, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) lost to the Seminoles (9-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) and lost five games in a season for the first time in Meyer’s tenure. This is also the first five-loss regular season since 1988. Meyer said his coaching staff would hit the road Sunday and immediately turn their focus to bringing in as many tough-ass players as possible.
TALLAHASSEE — With Florida State surging and thousands of fans screaming, the Gators weren’t sure how much longer they could hold on.
TALLAHASSEE — Moses Jenkins was a magnet Saturday, but not in a good way.
It is that time of year again. It’s the time to fill out a bracket and get ready for the tournament.
TALLAHASSEE — You think you’re heartbroken by Florida’s disappointing season? What you are feeling is nothing compared to one person’s attitude right now.
The Dead River Company Classic in Orono, Maine, this weekend was the first time many Gators saw snow.
Tallahassee – Florida still has one game left in 2010, but rebuilding for next season starts now.
The Gators missed their first seven free throw attempts in what was another abysmal shooting night against South Alabama in the Dead River Company Classic on Friday.
Vernon Macklin entered Tuesday’s game with serious questions about the status of his injured right knee, and for 20 minutes it looked like those concerns might be justified.
Despite the Gators’ well-documented struggles this season (they rank 71st in the nation for total offense), offensive coordinator Steve Addazio said his players have not strayed from the plan.
Like classes this week, we have decided to keep this edition of the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column short.
The distance between bad and worse for the Gators’ season comes down to Saturday in Tallahassee.
Coach Amanda Butler stuck to her word, and the Gators came out running against North Florida on Tuesday in the O’Connell Center. But the start wasn’t what they envisioned.
November weather usually doesn’t bode well for outdoor swimming. But with Tallahassee temperatures in the low 70s, the Seminoles hosted the Gators roof-less.
Florida has one last opportunity to improve aspects of its game before the start of the NCAA Tournament.
After being thrown out of Saturday’s game, Carl Moore will play against FSU.
LAKELAND — With just minutes remaining in his senior season, Jeff Driskel took a snap from his own 9-yard line and dropped back to pass. As Lakeland High defenders bore down on him, the four-star quarterback rolled out to his left to avoid pressure. Running out of time and room, he shed one defender in the backfield and jetted down the left sideline before juking a defensive back in the Dreadnaughts’ secondary. Ninety-one yards later, Driskel accounted for his fifth touchdown of the night, and what would be his last for Oviedo Hagerty High.
Inexperience breeds mistakes. It’s inevitable.