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Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: March 19

Friday March 19, 2021

The Front 9 comes at you as we get ready for the Big Dance and all of the other stuff we are preparing to watch either in person or on the telly. My wife has been watching so many of those British …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: March 15th

Monday March 15, 2021

The Back Nine comes at you after a warm and wonderful weekend here in America’s City, and now we start working on excuses not to go to work Friday when the Madness really begins. 10. Apparently, …
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Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: March 12

Friday March 12, 2021

The Front Nine comes at you with the best weekends of the year on the horizon. Let’s just home the only Madness of March takes place on the courts and not in the labs. 1. Even though Florida won …
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Pat Dooley: SEC Memories

Wednesday March 10, 2021

As Florida prepares for another SEC Tournament, Pat Dooley of The Tailgate radio show takes a look at a half-dozen (plus one) moments he will never forget. They are not all good times, but they were …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine March 8

Monday March 8, 2021

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where I still somehow managed to avoid long pants. Of course, I also watched a lot of basketball, which is an indoor sport for me. 10. Let’s talk about …
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Pat Dooley’s Front Nine March 5th

Friday March 5, 2021

The Front Nine comes at you after a bad Wednesday and what we all hope will be a good weekend. 1.We also hope that everything continues going well in spring football practice. It seems to be fine …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: March 1

Monday March 1, 2021

The Back Nine comes at you after a pretty incredible weekend in Gator sports. Don’t ever take these kinds of weekends for granted, peeps. 10. I could literally spend this entire column writing …
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Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 26

Friday February 26, 2021

The Front Nine comes at you on the precipice of another special weekend of Gator sports and they are going to all be that way for a while. Sit back and enjoy. 1. If this is Friday, there must be …
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Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: February 22

Monday February 22, 2021

The Back Nine comes at you after a visit to St. Augustine to see Dad, my first visit to the new ballpark to see a Gator game and a visit mentally to see the revival of blueblood basketball teams. 10. …
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Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: February 19

Friday February 19, 2021

The Front Nine comes at you hoping you have fastened your seat belts because the ride is about to get really interesting around here. 1. You know what really just sunk in the other day (and I’m …