Injuries pile up for Gators
Aug. 26, 2008Urban Meyer must be getting awfully tired of answering questions about injuries.
Urban Meyer must be getting awfully tired of answering questions about injuries.
There's a certain point when a talented prospect becomes a great player. It's the point where athletic ability meets experience.
Mon Williams is a forgotten man.
This summer, Urban Meyer walked by Emmanuel Moody in the weight room and succinctly told him, "Boy, I hope you're really good."
The injury bug has been particularly attracted to UF this off-season.
ESPN and the Southeastern Conference have agreed to the longest-running contract in the network's history to gain rights to the SEC's football and men's and women's basketball games.
Despite sporting a collection of highly touted recruits it would be an understatement to say the Gators defense struggled last season.
Plenty of attention is paid to UF's playmakers at skill positions, but the quarterback, running backs and receivers are not what make the Gators offense go.
You could call it the Kestahn Moore show.
Last year Ahmad Black played in seven games as a cornerback but didn't crack the two-deep depth chart.
Tate Casey was a student athlete who felt like he was being faulted for, well, being a student.
Brandon Hicks is out on the practice field, and he misses a tackle. He misreads the play and gets caught in the wrong gap.
As Brandon Hicks starts to bench press, he hears a gruff voice yell at him from across the weight room.
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Gator fans have vivid memories of former Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith and running back Antonio Pittman getting hammered repeatedly by UF's defense in the BCS Championship game two seasons ago.
Jeff Demps gets out of a tutoring session and starts to walk down Stadium Road to his dorm in Springs.
Two people competing for the same job usually don't consider themselves friends.
The campus maps are the giveaway.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH - It's no secret that UF's secondary is looking for a big turnaround this season.
Percy Harvin is the most electrifying player on the Gators roster and a Heisman candidate, but the leader of UF's receiving corps is Louis Murphy.