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The Back Nine comes at you with the thrill of victory still ringing in your ears. That’s a good feeling, especially since Florida was 6-10 since I retired but the Gators are 1-0 under Billy Napier.   10.   The Swamp was cray-cray as the kids like to say and the …

The Billy Napier Era for the Gators Football team is officially underway. The Gators pulled out a close 29-26 victory over No. 7 Utah. How it happened First Half The Gators started the season by receiving the kickoff and Nay’Quan Wright got the first play of the season. The ball …

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 early fumble by Montrell Johnson, Florida was the more dominant team in the first …

WUFT’s Chris Will spoke with the new voice of the Gators, Sean Kelley ahead of his first Gator football game. Kelley spoke about his excitement to join the existing team of broadcasters at the University of Florida and to see the Gators coming out of the tunnel on Saturday. He …

The Florida volleyball team fell to the Stanford Cardinal in a five-set nail-biter Tuesday night. The Gators entered the matchup coming off a successful weekend posting a 3-0 record in the Gator Invitational. In this match, Stanford came out of the gates rolling and the Gators were able to hang …

Dr. Kent Fuchs has served as University of Florida President for the past eight years. Fuchs announced his retirement Jan. 5, and the search for a new president immediately began. Tuesday, Fuchs joined Sport Scene with Steve Russell to discuss transitioning into a new role at UF. On Air Now: …

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 it.   10.  IT’S GATOR GAME WEEK!! Gosh, it feels like I …

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 (Gabe Kaplan was the Growl headliner) to cover what should have been an easy …

Billy Napier addressed the media today with the Gators season opener just 10 days away. The Gators kickoff the season in a much anticipated matchup against Utah at home. With kickoff on the horizon, Napier gave his thoughts on what he’s seeing at practice.. Playing Time Competition Competition is one …

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 this weekend.   10.   So, I guess the catchphrase this season for injured …