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Pat Dooley

The writing of legendary sports writer Pat Dooley

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Dooley’s Grades (Florida vs Utah)

Sunday September 4, 2022

Grading the Gators Florida vs. Utah Final score: Florida 29, Utah 26   OFFENSE A- First half: Anthony Richardson did a lot of good things in his first half under Billy Napier. If not for the …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 29th)

Monday August 29, 2022

The Back Nine comes at you after the first abbreviated weekend of college football that I refuse to call by its cliché name. It was Week One. This is Week 2. That’s my story and I’m sticking to …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five (August 25th)

Thursday August 25, 2022

It was 45 years ago and I was already in my second real job at the Jacksonville Journal covering Jacksonville University and Georgia (go figure). But they sent me back to my alma mater for Homecoming …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 22nd)

Tuesday August 23, 2022

The Back Nine comes at you with the three sweetest words in the English language – It’s Game Week. Not for Florida, of course, but for some other teams. The point is that we have college football …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 15th)

Monday August 15, 2022

  The Back Nine comes at you after a low-key weekend that was much needed before a trip to the Panhandle and then it is really on. 10.   It would be easy for Billy Napier to lean back in his …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five (August 11th)

Thursday August 11, 2022

We talked about this on the Tailgate last week – or maybe it was this week – what day is this anyway? The heat is getting to me. But we talked about a note that the great Brett McMurphy had on …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 8th)

Monday August 8, 2022

The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful weekend which included date night at a Gainesville landmark. Thanks to everybody at the Salty Dog. 10. It’s what we do. After almost every coach leaves …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five (August 4th)

Thursday August 4, 2022

Now that Florida has started fall camp (it was 95 yesterday so that’s a bit of an oxymoron), we know that there are a lot of things that Billy Napier wants to do differently than what happened a …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (August 1st)

Monday August 1, 2022

The Back Nine comes at you after another weekend that kind of forced you to come up with something to do and unfortunately, one thing I did was watch a lot of football games from last season. We’re …
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Pat Dooley’s High Five (July 28th)

Thursday July 28, 2022

Any time you are making out a list of the best coordinators at any school, it can get tricky. For example, what do you do with Steve Spurrier? He was UF’s coordinator for 12 seasons but was also …