Gators edge out Tigers in conference opener
Jan. 19, 2009The UF gymnasts didn't know they were losing after a less-than-stellar performance on balance beam.
The UF gymnasts didn't know they were losing after a less-than-stellar performance on balance beam.
The first gymnastics meet shouldn't have been the one to catapult UF to a No. 1 ranking.
Nick Calathes caught the ball at the top of the key, took one step behind the 3-point line and buried the Razorbacks.
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.
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.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
A pair of UF women's tennis players will visit Sin City today with an ace or two in mind.
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.
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 young UF frontcourt showed flashes of its potential against Auburn on Wednesday. Saturday, the Gators will be face to face with talent realized.
AUBURN, Ala. - With the first three, Erving Walker gave the Gators a chance, with the second, hope, and with the third, Walter Hodge delivered a win.
The stars weren't aligned for Florida Community College at Jacksonville against Santa Fe College on Wednesday night.
It might be used as added motivation, or it might just be a painful memory from last season.
AUBURN, Ala. - In their first two Southeastern Conference bouts, the Gators have scored the first knockdown only to have their opponents pick themselves up off the canvas.
After winning 15 games in a row, losing becomes an afterthought.
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.
It's Nov. 22, 1996, and the final buzzer sounds on UF's 80-63 win over Central Florida.
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.