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The 2015 Hall of Fame class for baseball is announced today, some college football and pro football news and more in our Tuesday Sports Update… ** The 2015 Hall of Fame class for baseball is officially announced at 2 pm today. Most expect pitchers Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and John …
Read More »McElwain Makes New Staff Additions
New University of Florida football coach Jim McElwain made official today some new hires for the staff he is putting together at UF. Only one member the current Gator staff is scheduled to be on the new staff at this point, that being offensive line coach Mike Summers. McElwain has …
Read More »Humphries To Go To NFL; Bullard To Return To UF Football
As expected, Florida junior offensive lineman D.J. Humphries is making himself available for the 2015 NFL Draft; he made the announcement via twitter. Meanwhile junior defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard says he will return to UF for his senior season. And, as expected, ESPN 850 WRUF has confirmed that quarterback Jeff …
Read More »Driskel To Play Final Season At Louisiana Tech?
Several media outlets are reporting today that former Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel will transfer to Louisiana Tech to play his final college football season. Driskel asked for and received permission to transfer from new Florida football coach Jim McElwain. Driskel did play for the Gators in their bowl game when …
Read More »Monday Sports Update (1/5)
The NFL playoffs, a win for Florida women’s basketball, NBA and some baseball news too in our Monday Sports Update… ** The first weekend of the NFL playoffs is in the books with Baltimore, Indianapolis, Dallas and Carolina coming out victorious. Next week’s games have Baltimore at New England and …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball loses 13-point lead, falls to UConn 63-59
Free throws plagued the Florida men’s basketball team down the stretch as the Connecticut Huskies rallied from a 13-point deficit to put away Florida 63-59 at the O’Dome on Saturday afternoon. The loss ends the non-conference portion of Florida’s regular season schedule as the Gators fall to a 7-6 record …
Read More »Gator Football Hangs On To Get Bowl Victory
The Florida Gator football team, despite losing starting quarterback Treon Harris and several other players, hangs on to defeat East Carolina today 28-20 in the Birmingham Bowl in the final game of the year for both teams. Florida (7-5) did a nice job offensively in the first half but stalled …
Read More »Friday Sports Update (1/2)
College football’s national championship game teams are set, more bowl news, Gator sports and more in our Friday Sports Update… ** College football’s national championship semi-final games did not disappoint on Thursday. Oregon advances with a 59-20 whipping of FSU while Ohio State also moves on with a thrilling …
Read More »Happy New Year! Thursday Sports Update (1/1)
As 2015 begins, a lot of sports to talk about…Florida will be without a couple of players for its bowl game, a possible new hire for the future football coaching staff, bowl games galore including the national semi-final games and more in our Thursday Sports Update… ** As Florida prepares …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Loses Heartbreaker at FSU
The Florida Gator men’s basketball team lost at the buzzer in Tallahassee when junior forward Jacob Kurtz tipped an errant last shot by the Seminoles’ Devon Bookert into the basket with .4 seconds remaining, giving Florida State a 65-63 victory on Tuesday night. The Gator offense was inconsistent throughout the …
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