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The writing of legendary sports writer Pat Dooley

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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Gators Need To Solve Zone Defense

Monday March 4, 2024

The Back Nine comes at you after a wild weekend where Gators were scattered all over the place. 10. Saturday was one of those days for the Gator Nation. Florida lost another basketball game, because …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Wow Weekend For Florida Athletics

Monday February 26, 2024

The Back Nine comes at you after one of those weekends that makes the Gator Nation warm and fuzzy all over.  10. But we have to start with the big national story which was the court-storming by Wake …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five: These Losses Will Stay With You

Friday February 23, 2024

The other day on the radio, we were talking about losses that stay with you for a few days and some that stay with you forever. It was in reference to Florida’s tough overtime loss to Alabama on …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Key For Florida Is Avoiding Bad Losses

Monday February 19, 2024

The Back Nine comes at you after a wet weekend that included another win by Florida’s suddenly en fuego basketball team.  10. You can look at these Gators as a team that is making you run out of …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five: How These Gator Basketball Coaches Fared In Season 2

Friday February 16, 2024

Todd Golden may be causing you some heartburn, but even the most cynical of Gator fans (what, Gator fans cynical?) will begrudgingly give him credit for where the Gators are this season. At 17-7 and …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Was Townsend worthy of Super Bowl MVP Consideration?

Monday February 12, 2024

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that saw the end of one season and the beginning of another. At least that was the way I saw it. 10. The last football game of the season delivered in many …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five: No Place Like Home For These Gators

Friday February 9, 2024

We know Florida won’t finish unbeaten at home this year thanks to Kentucky (the Gators did get the Wildcats back). How you play at home has a lot to do with how you finish and where you play in the …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Play Around Bad Officiating

Monday February 5, 2024

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend with a lot of disappointing results, including weather issues at Pebble Beach. That’s the way sports goes.  10. Certainly, nobody can say they expected …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five: Witnessing Gators’ Biggest Shots

Friday February 2, 2024

The pump-fake and made 3-pointer by Walter Clayton Jr. on Wednesday night was one of the all-timers. It sent the game into overtime in a battle Florida would eventually win at Rupp Arena. So, where …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida’s Basketball Team Is A Strange One

Monday January 29, 2024

The Back Nine comes at you after a beautiful weekend, unless you were a fan of any of the losing teams.  10. I’m going to start with basketball because getting these two home wins was crucial for …