The Front Nine comes at you after an interesting night watching the NFL Draft and getting ready for a big baseball weekend. 1. One thing that was interesting about that first round where Alabama dominated is that it feeds into the notion that things are never going to change as …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine April 26
The Back Nine comes at you after a pretty sweet weekend weather-wise in our village and some good family time. I almost felt fully retired. 10. I’m sure many of you are eager to get to Thursday night to see where Kyle Pitts is drafted and certainly to see if …
Read More »Florida Gators Baseball Take Series Over Auburn Tigers
Florida Gators baseball claimed the series over the Auburn Tigers in Game 3 on Sunday afternoon, 6-4. The Gators started off the series with a 4-2, game one victory on Friday night. After rain postponed the Saturday game, Sunday turned into a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games. Auburn came …
Read More »Weekend SEC Softball Preview
It’s a busy weekend around the SEC with top teams in action and a couple of top 25 matchups. Here’s everything you need to know for this weekend. No. 15 LSU at No. 14 Kentucky The Tigers will travel to Lexington to wrap up a stretch of three-straight road series’ …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine April 23rd
The Back Nine comes at you in a bit of a panic because it is only three weeks until the 26thBob Dooley Invitational and I’m starting to freak out. This is, of course, an annual occurrence. 1. Because we live in football town (and remind me to tell you about …
Read More »Gators Baseball Hits The Road For Series With Auburn
The Florida Gator baseball team (26-11, 9-6 SEC) travels to Auburn (16-18, 2-13 SEC) for a weekend series starting on Friday. Florida enters the series on a four game win streak. The Gators swept the Mizzou Tigers in a three-game series before picking up a midweek victory over Jacksonville University …
Read More »Ahead of NFL draft, Jimbo Fisher weighs in
The NFL Draft is just around the corner. Ahead of the draft, current Texas A&M football head coach Jimbo Fisher weighed in on some of the athletes in the draft. Set to run from April 29 to May 1, the draft features many incredible athletes, some of who could become generational …
Read More »Gator Baseball Beats Missouri 8-5 in Game 1 of Series
From 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm, it was nearly three hours of tarp action at the Florida Ballpark before Gator starting pitcher Franco Aleman took the bump. The water still trickled down, but the Gators brought their thunder putting up eight runs against Missouri. Most of the drama came quickly …
Read More »Three SEC Players Drafted In Top Ten To WNBA
This week the WNBA held its second virtual draft in preparation for its 25th season. Three of the overall nine SEC players made it into the top ten of the draft including Chelsea Dungee, Jasmine Walker, and Rennia Davis. The WNBA announced that their 2021 season will begin May 14 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine April 16
The Back Nine comes at you after a week of hustling to catch up to where I should be for the 26th Bob Dooley Invitational and using up a tank of gas without leaving town. 1. That said, the generosity of the people in this town never ceases to amaze …
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