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More mature, Dunbar ready after redshirt
By TOM GREEN | Aug. 22, 2011Wide receiver Quinton Dunbar was helpless last season.
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Young brings NFL experience, tenacity to line
Aug. 22, 2011If the Florida coaching staff accidentally found itself lining up alongside their players, Jaye Howard knows who he’d want to pick up.
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Gators in the Top 25: Rightful placement or abomination?
By GREG LUCA< | Aug. 22, 2011Greg: Apparently the Gators are stepping up to challenge the Miami Heat for the title of most overrated team in Florida.
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Muschamp backs implicated assistant
By GREG LUCA | Aug. 21, 2011Coach Will Muschamp said Saturday that he is standing behind wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill despite the assistant’s connection to the University of Miami scandal that was unearthed last week.
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Florida facing difficult schedule against multiple ranked teams
By GREG LUCA | Aug. 21, 2011John Brantley is all too familiar with the rigors of a Southeastern Conference schedule.
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Finally healthy, o-line coming together
By MATT WATTS | Aug. 21, 2011Already thin on the offensive line with just 13 scholarship players, Florida needs three guys whose careers have been marred by setbacks to step up this season.
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Freshman CB in line to start
By TOM GREEN | Aug. 21, 2011When asked which defensive back has given him the most trouble during fall camp, quarterback John Brantley couldn’t give a name.
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Lerner battling Crohn’s disease, Christy
Aug. 21, 2011Cooped up in a hospital bed in late July, about a week away from training camp, punter David Lerner answered his phone. It was Will Muschamp.
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Gators seeking more consistency from pass rush
Aug. 21, 2011Last year, fans envisioned a dominant pass rush bolstered by a trio of blue-chip recruits. For one reason or another, those dreams simply didn’t materialize.
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alligatorSports 2011 Gators Football Preview Special
By MATT WATTS | Aug. 15, 2011Welcome, new students, to the alligatorSports 2011 Gators Football Preview Edition. As you stroll across campus trying to find your dorm or location of your first class, we hope you’ll thumb through the following pages that we worked hard to fill with tons of need-to-know Florida football information.
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Backed by coaches, Brantley ready to move forward
By TOM GREEN | Aug. 15, 2011As he stood in front of a contingent of reporters during Florida’s Media Day, John Brantley let his main goal for 2011 be known: put Florida in the best position to be successful.
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Muschamp gets off to fast start in recruiting process
Aug. 15, 2011For years, the speed of Florida football has been heavily publicized. Whether it was John Capel, Percy Harvin or Jeff Demps, it seems there is always a crop of burners that have analysts drooling over Southeastern Conference speed.
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Versatile Reed top option at tight end
By AMATT WATTS | Aug. 15, 2011With a new coaching staff comes change. For Jordan Reed, that means his days of lining up in the shotgun are a thing of the past.
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Burton easing into new role
By MATT WATTS | Aug. 15, 2011It’s not learning the playbook, or figuring out where he’s supposed to be.
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Sturgis healthy, primed to anchor special teams unit
By MATT WATTS | Aug. 15, 2011Coming off an injury that can be described in essence as a broken back, place-kicker Caleb Sturgis exemplifies the unknowns surrounding Florida at nearly every position.
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Wenger beneficial in transition
By GREG LUCA | Aug. 15, 2011There were times last season when sixth-year senior Dan Wenger wasn’t sure if he’d ever play football again.
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Bostic, Jenkins eager to take reins of young LB corps
Aug. 15, 2011Before last season, Jon Bostic could hear doubts creeping through his mind. Where do you see yourself fitting, he thought. Can you really play at the college level?
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After trying year, D-line trio finding maturity, growth
By GREG LUCA | Aug. 15, 2011As the five core members of Florida’s defensive line leaned over microphones in front of a sea of reporters at media day, they joked about their potential nicknames and junior Omar Hunter’s Chick-fil-A-induced love handles.
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field: A History
By JOHN BOOTHE< | Aug. 15, 2011In his 52 years as a student, assistant athletics director and, finally, athletics historian at the University of Florida, Norm Carlson has witnessed nearly every concrete and brick fueled evolution in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
