No. 9: Will off-the-field issues continue to be a problem?
By ADAM BERRY | July 22, 2009After making headlines all season en route to a national championship, UF was back in the news this off-season.
After making headlines all season en route to a national championship, UF was back in the news this off-season.
Friday night, some of the top high school football players in the nation will gather under the lights of one of college football's most storied stadiums.
HOOVER, Ala. - A few weeks ago, which of these would you have thought Tim Tebow had the best chance of becoming?
HOOVER, Ala. - Mississippi State took Dan Mullen out of Gainesville, but the Bulldogs hope Starkville doesn't take the Florida out of Dan Mullen.
There's a thin line between admiration and objectification.
We've looked back. Now, it's time to take a peek forward.
There are three events that consistently mark the middle of July on my calendar - the release of the annual update to EA Sports' NCAA Football game (which my colleague Adam Berry so generously opined on in Tuesday's paper), my birthday (today, time to do it big) and the always-interesting ESPY Awards.
Editor's Note: This is the last of a five-part series as we reveal who a six-man alligatorSports panel has voted as the Top 10 UF Athletes of 2008-09.
I don't envy David Letterman. Putting together a top 10 list can be fairly difficult.
Similar to the leadup to the NFL Draft, Percy Harvin's health would be a major storyline for the Gators' two postseason games this season.
The legend of Preston Tucker's epic slugging abilities preceded him to an almost unhealthy level.
In a disappointing season for the Gators, Nick Calathes' success was the silver lining.
Stacey Nelson did not receive the national recognition Tim Tebow did, but she may have been better at her sport than any other athlete in Gainesville.
In every college football off-season, there are five days worth circling on the calendar.
Amid another round of speculation about his future, which seems to become a topic of debate every few months, Urban Meyer once again restated his commitment to UF.
With 10 minutes left in the BCS National Championship Game and his team down by 3 but slowly marching down the field, Oklahoma's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford launched a pass down the field to receiver Juaquin Iglesias.
Four years ago, Sha Brooks may have wanted to play basketball for Tennessee.
During her junior year, Francesca Enea broke the UF career record for RBI, set the single-season RBI mark and shattered the school record for home runs in a career and a single season. And she basically did it all on only one good knee.
The moment you've eagerly been awaiting the past five days is finally here.
On Georgia's second play of its first drive, star running back Knowshon Moreno took the handoff from Matthew Stafford, tried to make a cut to get back to the line of scrimmage and was driven to the ground by Brandon Spikes.