Spring game good barometer for meaningless future contests
Apr. 16, 2009Get ready for an ugly Orange and Blue Game.
Get ready for an ugly Orange and Blue Game.
While Preston Tucker has homered his way into the spotlight, another freshman has been key to the Gators' success at the plate.
The Gators have 935 pounds of leadership, toughness and girth to replace on the offensive line this year.
As a walk-on freshman, Michelle Moultrie has quietly made an immediate impact on the UF softball team. Very quietly, according to her teammates.
The UF men's golf team has been preparing for the 2009 postseason all year.
Let's be honest. The UF baseball team isn't a national contender, and Kevin O'Sullivan hasn't turned it into a powerhouse overnight. He's not a miracle worker.
After Tyson Alexander beat his dad for the first time, he rushed inside the house and turned the monkey.
UF fullback Steven Wilks will likely miss the 2009 season after suffering a torn ACL.
Two Pigotts were better than one for the Gators on Wednesday night.
With all his team has accomplished in the last two seasons, it's hard to imagine UF coach Tim Walton could do something that hasn't been done in that span.
Andy Mee can do it all.
Eight months ago, safeties coach Chuck Heater sat in his chair on a raised platform at UF's preseason Media Day and tried to explain why the 2008 season would be different, how a secondary that gave up 373 yards passing to Michigan in the 2008 Capital One Bowl could possibly be any better after entering fall two-a-days with three scholarship players at safety.
This summer, Stacey Nelson could be trading in her orange and blue for red, white and blue.
TALLAHASSEE - If being a senior leader means sacrificing yourself for the team, hitting a home run and remmbering to bring your jersey on road trips, then Teddy Foster wasn't just 2 for 3 in the batter's box on Tuesday.
TALLAHASSEE - Greg Larson got the nod to start over Justin Poovey and Patrick Keating, and he proved he deserved it.
When Kristina Hilberth was involved in a head-on collision during her freshman year of high school, she was told that she could never play sports again.
Maybe it's fitting that the NCAA Championships signal the arrival of summer for the UF gymnastics team, much like exam week in the spring is the sign of summer for students.
Summers have usually been a rough time for me as far as sports go.