The Back Nine comes at you after what was one of those elite weekends in Gainesville if you like to sweat and win. 10. Yes, we were at the Saturday softball game and after almost getting in an altercation with a vociferous FAU fan who thought he knew the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Florida Football Games That Will Define Season
It’s still almost 100 days until Florida starts its football season and we certainly are all in when it comes to the spring sports battling for national titles. But football’s always on our minds. Especially on Thursday when I played nine holes with a couple of super Gators — kicker …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Baseball Has Real Chance To Host Regional
The Back Nine comes at you after a weird weekend that featured a little bit of everything, including much needed rain drops. 10. Let us start with baseball — although there are about four things I could have started with — but baseball got a much-needed series win at the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Softball’s Falby Flashes Leather
The Back Nine comes at you with this really sad feeling that we are closing in on the end of college sports for another academic season. Of course, we do have three of the four Majors left. 10. Let’s start off today talking about what softball was able to do …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Gorilla vs. 100 Men?
Hey, we’re not there yet. We are not at the point where radio shows start trying to come up with ideas to get them through the summer in non-MLB towns. We still have the NBA playoffs and college baseball and softball and three of the four Majors. Still, it happened …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Men’s Golf’s Deacon Ace Of A Coach
The Back Nine comes at you after running into a couple of old friends this weekend and reliving the times at P.J. O’Reilly’s. The ones we could repeat. 10. I am going to start out with the thing that warmed my heart the most this weekend and that was J.C. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Yes, Florida Men’s Basketball Did Win National Championship
The Back Nine comes at you after another perfect weekend in Gainesville. Remember this when it’s July and you can cook bacon on the roof of your car. 10. In the last few days I have had multiple people say this to me, “I wake up every morning and wonder …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Hive Five: Similar Expectations For Football As Basketball Season
Is everyone breathing normally again? Have you dried out, whether it be your liver or favorite T-shirt? That run that the Florida basketball team not only put lives on hold, it took at least a week to recover from the butterflies hatching in your stomachs and fingernails torn off by …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Football Has Playoff Roster
The Back Nine comes at you after a glorious weekend of Gainesville weather, other than the fact I experienced my first hailstorm. Those things are loud. 10. Let’s start with the spring game, which was certainly way more entertaining than I thought it would be. I don’t know that Florida …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Men’s Basketball Needs To Stay Course
The Back Nine comes at you as the proud owner of an undefeated T-shirt. I guess I have to put it in the wash to have its powers ready for tonight. 10. I’m kidding, of course, because we all know that what we wear or where we are …
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