Gators open season with national title aspirations
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 5, 2009After finishing 70-5 and rewriting the school's record book last year, coach Tim Walton knew his team would enter this season with a target on its back.
After finishing 70-5 and rewriting the school's record book last year, coach Tim Walton knew his team would enter this season with a target on its back.
When Ali Gardiner steps into the batter's box, she only hears one voice resonating from the stands.
Five minutes of tears washed away four months of dreams.
In its last home dual match before heading north for indoor play, the UF men's tennis team improved to 5-0 on Thursday.
The first road meet of the season for the No. 8 UF gymnastics team didn't go nearly as well as the team would've liked: They lost for the first time in series history against Arkansas.
PENSACOLA - Trent Richardson tried to keep his decision secret until the last minute, but his brothers tipped his hand by revealing a houndstooth hat.
The weather wasn't the only thing freezing Wednesday.
Undefeated in the Mid-Florida Conference, the Santa Fe College women's basketball team continued its winning streak against Seminole Community College Wednesday night.
They're doing it again.
Within one week, the UF men's tennis team took down three top-50 opponents. And they did it rather handily.
One of the biggest challenges facing the 2009 UF football team will be staying hungry and humble despite two national titles in three years, and the Gators' two newest coaches should be a big help in that department.
GREENSBORO - They say it takes a village to raise a child. For Gary Brown, it took that much to pick a school.
The fax machine was quieter than usual this year in the UF football office, and Gators coach Urban Meyer couldn't be happier about it.
For UF coaches, today could not come soon enough.
With a hot hand and an icy glare, Erving Walker led UF on the road to redemption.
Corey Hartung said after UF's win against Kentucky on Friday that one bad balance beam performance was fine, but two - referencing the team's performance against the Wildcats - was unacceptable.
While the UF women's basketball team was busy breaking the school record for 3-pointers on Sunday against Arkansas, none of the players had any idea how the final numbers would crunch.
She cruises around town, car windows down, maybe even a foot sticking out the window.
When South Carolina's Zam Fredrick beat the buzzer to top UF 70-69 on Jan. 21, he delivered the Gamecocks' biggest win to date.