The Back Nine comes at you after a Saturday of true football decadence although I did go to sleep before Auburn-Cal was over.  10. Yes, I had spent 14 hours watching football. Oh, I did move occasionally from the recliner. There were wings involved. That first big weekend of the …

Pat Dooley from The Tailgate on WRUF grades the Gators after their 49-7 win over McNeese  State on Saturday night at The Swamp. OFFENSE A- First half: Clearly, Florida was going to go back to what we thought the Gators would be heading into the season. UF ran for 212 …

Pat Dooley grades the Gators after their 24-11 loss at No. 14 Utah on Thursday night:   Offense D- First half: Utah came into the game with the goal of shutting down the running game and the Utes did just that. Florida had only 19 rushing yards in the first …

The Back Nine comes at you still struggling with this Covid (still testing positive) and trying to figure out what is going to happen Thursday night.  10. Last Thursday, I mentioned to my wife that Florida would be playing its opener in a week and she said it made her …

The Back Nine comes at you with Dr. Football dealing with my first case of Covid. It’s not fun. Thank goodness it did not happen during a big football weekend.  10. Although sitting at home watching TV still works when you are sick. I can’t believe I got through three-plus …

Now that we are so close to Game Day we can hear it, it’s time to start winding down the High Five for a bit. This is the penultimate one and next week the plan is to give you my five best picks against the spread for the season. After …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that was way too decadent if you consider it decadent to watch a ton of baseball, football and golf and not get anything done except hang one framed Gainesville Sun front page on the wall.  10. Obviously, nobody was surprised to …

Amid all the realignment talk this week, there is something I thought I should bring to your attention. On Monday, the Coaches’ USA Today Poll comes out for college football. I know there are those of you who despise preseason polls and others who can’t take seriously a poll that …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of golf, rain and life, and not in that order. Sometimes, all three are just frustrating.   10. It certainly has been a weird time to be a college football fan as you find yourself waking up and running to your computer …

I have this playlist on my phone that is called “Almost There” which I am not allowed to play until we get within two weeks of the first game of the season. We are almost there to “Almost There.” And today, the High Five will take a look at the …