Talented veteran team leaves little playing time for freshmen
Aug. 12, 2009UF coach Urban Meyer has always aimed to reload, not rebuild, before each season.
UF coach Urban Meyer has always aimed to reload, not rebuild, before each season.
Safeties coach Chuck Heater jokingly called himself Mother Teresa after practice last week.
UF quarterback Tim Tebow is facing some serious competition for the role of top motivational speaker in the Gators' locker room.
It's hard to argue UF's defense &ndash which coach Urban Meyer said has a chance to go down as one of the best ever &ndash has a weak link, but the one unit that seems to offer up the most questions is the line.
It was like a scene out of a movie.
Imagine what it must be like to be Stephen Alli.
Cindy Bathelt, a freshman setter for the Gators in 2008, will not be returning for her sophomore season.
For two weeks, Riley Cooper wasn't sure he was going to play college football again.
With the departure of seniors Phil Trautwein and Jason Watkins, the Gators will look to reshuffle the offensive line heading into the 2009 season.
Here it is. It all starts today.
Riley Cooper will be wearing orange and blue this fall after all.
During his three seasons at UF, Tim Tebow has won, in chronological order, a national championship, a Heisman Trophy and another national championship.
From the time confetti was falling on Dolphin Stadium, people started talking about the 2009 UF football team.
There's something special about pick-up basketball.
During UF's run to a national title in 2006, David Nelson, a redshirt freshman, was one of several young receivers - including Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy and Riley Cooper - learning from the likes of Dallas Baker and Andre Caldwell.
Two national championships in three years has earned Urban Meyer a hefty raise.
The 2009 UF baseball team exceeded expectations before a disappointing end to the season.
In 2007, Billy Donovan and the Gators stood on top of the college basketball world after back-to-back national championships. Now, Donovan is looking to just get back into the NCAA Tournament.
Before the rain came down Friday night, The Swamp was flooded with Gators fans eager to see UF football players battle it out in the Gator Charity Challenge.
Last year at this time, all the talk around the UF football program was about the defense.