I was just perusing on ESPN.com through their list of most important stadiums in history by Jim Caple. Note that this list is not "best" stadiums or "prettiest" or the writer's favorite stadiums. Most important means how it was influential to the sports world.
For the second straight year, UF will not host the once annual open practice. Instead, the Gators will hold an interactive fan-player event the week of Gator Growl before the Oct. 25 homecoming football game against Kentucky.
After finishing in fourth in the Mountain Dew Invitational, UF's Josh Izewski was named the Southeastern Conference's cross country Male Freshman of the Week.
First, if you want to get Urban Meyer mad, talk about the new clock rules. The new rules have significantly reduced the number of plays a team can run, as evident in UF running less than 50 -plays against Tennessee-a game the Gators dominated. The new rules cause the clock to always be reset after a play, barring a timeout. And when teams have 40 seconds, instead of 25, to get a play off, there's less plays that run. Meyer called the new rules "awful."
The newest version of the 2008 UF basketball schedule includes Syracuse on Nov. 24 and either Kansas or Washington on Nov. 25 as part of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic. Florida and Kansas would both have to either win or lose their previous games to meet. UF lost to Kansas 82-80 in overtime during the 2006 Las Vegas Invitational.
The UF women's cross country team was ranked 15th in the nation on Tuesday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that UF's home game against Mississippi on Sept. 27 will kick off at 12:30 PM. The game will be televised on Raycom Sports.
Despite losing its first match of the season to No. 21 Colorado State Saturday, the No. 8 UF volleyball team is staying positive. The Gators are back in Gainesville after a road trip the ended with mixed results. After beating Colorado in Boulder 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18), UF fell to CSU 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-14)
Midfielder Sarah Chapman was named Southeastern Conference Freshman Soccer Player of the Week on Monday.
Well I certainly thought the Ohio State-USC game would end the way it did, but apparently I'm not alone.
UF, fresh off of its 3-1(25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18) win over Colorado Thursday night, will now make the trip to Fort Collins, Colo. where they will take on No.21 Colorado State Saturday. The Rams come into the game riding a 17 match home winning streak. They were undefeated at home last season. The Rams are led by senior middle blocker Makena Barnes, who is averaging 13.4 kills for her last five matches.
Southeastern Conference coaches picked UF's women's cross country team to finish second in the league and the men's team to finish fourth, according to the 2008 SEC Cross Country Coaches' Poll released on Wednesday.
Last weekend in college football, BYU played against Washington, with the game coming down to a final play. Washington, down 7 points, scored a touchdown on the last play, and quarterback Jake Locker threw the ball up the in air after scoring the touchdown, and referees flagged him for a 15-yard excessive celebration penalty.
Junior midfielder Angela Napolitano limped out to the practice field on Tuesday and was not participating in warm-ups.
Wanna get Tim Tebow riled up? Say something negative about Urban Meyer.
Gators junior defensive end Jermaine Cunningham was named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Lineman of the week Monday after the Gators' defeated Miami by a 26-3 margin Saturday night.
Mary Wise will lead the Gators into Tallahassee to take on FSU at 8 p.m. tonight. Before making the two hour drive down I-10, Wise adressed the media this morning.
Sophomore goalkeeper Katie Fraine was named to the TopDrawer Soccer.com National Team of the Week Monday following her shutout performance of No. 4 Florida State on Sunday.
Coach Mary Wise fielded questions on a number of topics prior to Thursday's practice on the O'Connell center floor.
I just got back from interviews after Gators football practice, and I have couple great stories from the interviews.
Solutions by The State News
