Johannes Ingildsen shows up to practice with sunscreen on his face not rubbed all the way in and his freshly bleached blonde hair poking through his Gators hat.
Even the touchdowns were pitiful.
Kentucky’s Brook Morgan fired a serve over the net in the third set that came careening down right between Florida’s Paige Hammons and Allie Gregory.
Linebacker David Reese had to issue a wake-up call around this time last year.
A little over a year ago Florida’s volleyball players took the court at the O’Connell Center with a calm and humble demeanor in a Sunday afternoon matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats. They carried their undefeated record onto the floor with a solemn sense of duty.
The Florida Gators’ sideline stormed onto the field when time ran out, cheering and shouting as subs greeted the players on the pitch. A Vanderbilt player sat defeated on the grass, weeping into her shirt as the Commodores’ SEC Tournament appearance came to an end Tuesday night.
Mike Okauru ran his defender directly into Dontay Bassett’s pick, a screen play that would make Steven Spielberg jealous.
It seemed like a routine tackle at first.
Austin Langworthy’s eyes never left the ball. They stayed glued to the pitch as it traveled from the mound, off his aluminum bat and as it sailed over the right-center field wall.
The Gators didn’t make the cut for the AP preseason top 25 poll. But that isn’t a reason for the team to not have hope for the season.
A fired-up Dan Mullen had to be dragged from the field by the rim of his khaki pants.
Florida goalkeeper Kaylan Marckese looked Auburn forward Rocio Sanders in the eye like a boxer staring down her opponent at the weigh in. Sanders had to convert this shot to keep Auburn’s hopes in the SEC Tournament alive.
Maybe it was the nerves of being on a big stage. Maybe it was a lack of in-game experience.
Sophomore outside hitter Paige Hammons stood waiting on a serve from Mississippi State’s side of the court at match point.
Feleipe Franks couldn’t fumble from his own one-yard line, but he did. Georgia recovered, looking to put Florida to bed with two unanswered touchdowns in the third quarter.
UF running back Jordan Scarlett probably wishes he could re-do his first carry of the day.
Junior Jessica Pascoe has accomplished a lot this season.
The Florida cross country team will try to embrace the underdog role today when it competes with the rest of the Southeastern Conference at the SEC Championships.
The surging Florida swimming and diving teams will be in Athens, Georgia, today to swim against the Bulldogs at the Gabrielsen Natatorium.
Solutions by The State News
