When quarterback Tim Tebow and linebacker Brandon Spikes announced they'd stay at Florida for their senior seasons, the Gators became a favorite to win their third national title in four years.
The ball has been looking bigger to Preston Tucker lately, and he made the ball appear smaller to Central Florida's pitchers Tuesday.
When UF coach Kevin O'Sullivan and his players were asked which freshman impressed them the most during the preseason, one name surfaced time and again - Preston Tucker.
Like learning to ride a bike or how to drive a car, understanding the nature of the beast that is the UF-FSU rivalry doesn't come naturally to everyone.
The Santa Fe College softball team showed no mercy to St. John's River Community College in a doubleheader Tuesday.
Assuming you read the headline above this column, you know it is going to be about hockey. But I implore you to keep reading.
Any remaining hope for the Gators to notch their first tournament victory was blown away on Tuesday.
It has elements of Tae Bo, dancing and gymnastics all rolled into one.
It looks like winning could become a habit for the Gators.
At the start of the season, the Gators had one sure thing in their starting rotation, and that was their ace, Patrick Keating.
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So far in spring practice, Gators are dropping like flies.
This isn't exactly what the Gators envisioned when they took the course in Atlanta on Sunday to play in their last tournament before the postseason.
In a troupe consisting of Bruins, Pioneers, Gophers, Cyclones and Hawkeyes, the Gators emerged victorious from the menagerie.
It was the kind of situation clutch players dream about: tie game, two outs, bases loaded, bottom of the final inning.
The most impressive team on campus plays in a stadium that has no parking lot.
A 14-0 run usually occurs on the basketball court, not the baseball field.
Santa Fe College (21-15, 10-4 Mid-Florida Conference) ended its conference game against Seminole Community College early on Saturday with an 11-1 mercy-rule victory in seven innings.
Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
In its final home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team put on a clinic in its 7-0 sweep of Arkansas on Sunday.
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