The Front Nine comes at you as we get ready for another big weekend of sports in for the Florida Gators. It’s only going to get better when baseball and softball join in and soccer cranks back up. 1. I’ve received dozens of questions about how much the football team …
Read More »No.1 Florida Faces No.24 Missouri
After another top-ten win, this time on the road against No. 6 Arkansas, the No.1 Gators will compete in their second meet at the O’Connell Center of the season. Florida will welcome the No. 24 Missouri Tigers to town, who are 0-3 on the season, Friday evening at 6:45 p.m. …
Read More »Former Gators Basketball Coach Lon Kruger has Sooners on a roll
Oklahoma Sooners basketball head coach Lon Kruger led his team to a 80-79 victory over the Texas Longhorn Tuesday night. The Sooners currently stand at (10-4) this season and ranked No. 24 in the AP Poll. https://twitter.com/OU_MBBall/status/1354273596110229507 Oklahoma Sooners He has been coaching the Sooners for the past 10 seasons. …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Look to Extend Win Streak to 3 Games
Previewing the SEC Matchup The Florida Gators men’s basketball team coming off back-to-back impressive wins over Tennessee and Georgia looks to extend its win streak to three in a matchup against struggling Vanderbilt. The Florida Gators (8-4 overall, 5-3 in SEC) currently sit in a tie for third with Tennessee …
Read More »Ron Zook Still Going in College Football
His time as the head coach for Florida was short and seems far into the past now. However, that does not mean Ron Zook is no longer making an impact on college football. You can find Zook up at the University of Maryland serving as the senior analyst for the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: January 25
The Back Nine comes at you after a trip to St. Augustine to see my dad and get a surprise gift from my brother. More on that later. 10. We usually lean to the Gators to lead off this column, but it is impossible for anyone not to be talking …
Read More »Skaggs, No. 1 Gators Get Road Win Over No. 8 Arkansas
In their third meet of the season, the No. 1 Florida Gators made the trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas to take on the No. 8 Razorbacks. The Gators were seeking their second top-ten win of the season, and their 21st consecutive win against Arkansas. In an up-and-down meet for Florida, they …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Front Nine: January 22
The Front Nine comes at you to talk about The Season Of The Weird not going away just because the calendar changed. 10. I tried to tell people that just because the year was new didn’t mean we were all going to get back to normal. As Exhibit A, I …
Read More »Gators Get Huge Upset Win Over No. 6 Tennessee
It was the night that everything seemed to connect for the Gators. And could they have picked a better night than against the No. 6 team in the country? https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1351713305363050497 The Florida Gators had everything stacked against them. Down multiple influential players, greatly outmatched on defense and more. However, that …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: January 18
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of a lot of football and a lot of basketball and even a little golf. Not that I played any of these. And sorry for the delay. Technical issues. 10. If the summer if “talking season” as Steve Spurrier calls it, …
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