Gators end nine-game losing streak to SEC-rival Bulldogs
Jan. 19, 2009UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
As a team, UF didn't blow the competition away, but Mariam Kevkhishvili single-handedly did while securing her place in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
The UF gymnasts didn't know they were losing after a less-than-stellar performance on balance beam.
As the UF track and field teams prepare for their first meet of the season, the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, expectations are high for the freshman class.
There's good news and there's bad news.
It is easy to overvalue the present and immediately believe what you just saw is better than the previous "best." The trap always looms. So going into this debate, I took special notice to steel myself against the norm.
A pair of UF women's tennis players will visit Sin City today with an ace or two in mind.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
Though a few of them will not be in the same pool or on the sidelines cheering, the UF men's and women's swim and dive teams will be cohesive in thought and action.
The first gymnastics meet shouldn't have been the one to catapult UF to a No. 1 ranking.
Your first sultry kiss of another's lips gives you goosebumps. It's exciting, nerve-wracking, but still an experience unlike any other. It's more memorable than that third one for sure, even if that third time around you were much better at the art of lip smacking.
It might be used as added motivation, or it might just be a painful memory from last season.
The stars weren't aligned for Florida Community College at Jacksonville against Santa Fe College on Wednesday night.
The rest of the nation should have a succinct message for Mississippi's Kentrell Lockett: Thanks for screwing it up for the rest of us.
After winning 15 games in a row, losing becomes an afterthought.
The stars must align. The dominoes must fall the right way.
I still giggle at the thought of Steve Spurrier throwing down his visor inside The Swamp. That's part of his legacy. And the really funny part is that he would only throw it down once, maybe twice a game. Gators fans were happy he got that upset only a few times per game.
Coming into the season, he was a receiver with nine catches and no touchdowns to his name.