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Spikes says Big 12 doesn't have the athletes on defense
Jan. 5, 2009MIAMI - The Gators' scout offense sure must be tired.
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Improved secondary ready to take on Oklahoma
Jan. 5, 2009As UF defensive backs Major Wright, Joe Haden and Ahmad Black left the Gators' team hotel on Saturday morning, safeties coach Chuck Heater stopped them.
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GYMNASTICS
Freshmen get first taste of the spotlight
Jan. 5, 2009If the Meet the Team event is a prelude for the rest of the season for the gymnastics team, then UF fans can look forward to the opportunity for more than one national championship.
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Stoops downplays Franks' trash talk
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - A lot has been made of Oklahoma cornerback Dominique Franks' comments on Sunday that the top three quarterbacks in the country play in the Big 12, referring to his teammate Sam Bradford, Texas' Colt McCoy and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell.
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Oklahoma, Big 12 out to dethrone SEC
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - It's time to pull back the curtain.
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Calathes emerges as No.1 option
Jan. 4, 2009If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
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COLUMNS
Championship game yields more than a trophy
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - As sportswriters and fans, one of the fun things about following sports is debating the implications of wins and losses and the legacies of winners and losers.
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Gators end non–conference play on historic winning streak
Jan. 4, 2009Not many saw this kind of start to the season coming, maybe not even the UF women's basketball team.
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Title game can't come soon enough for UF, Oklahoma
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - In two days, it all ends.
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UF's offense back to full strength with Harvin
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - UF's win against then-No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship was an unforgettable experience for most members of the UF football team.
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Sooners' DT McCoy could be best run-stopper Gators have faced
Jan. 3, 2009FORT LAUDERDALE - When Gerald McCoy was a young boy, probably even before he was making finger-paints in kindergarten, he was given a pointed lecture by his parents:
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Tebow's two weaknesses? Telling jokes, singing
Jan. 3, 2009FORT LAUDERDALE - Finally, Superman's kryptonite has been found.
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Calathes scores 32 in win over Wolfpack
By MIIKE DiFERDINANDO | Jan. 2, 2009The Gators were hungry to prove they could beat a big-time opponent.Saturday, Nick Calathes fed his team's ambition.
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UF defense prepares for Oklahoma's no-huddle offense
Jan. 2, 2009FORT LAUDERDALE - The Gators' scout offense sure must be tired.
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Gators shocked by Utah's Sugar Bowl victory
Jan. 2, 2009FORT LAUDERDALE - Alabama may have given UF its toughest contest of the season, but you wouldn't know it from the Crimson Tide's 31-17 loss in the Sugar Bowl to Utah on Saturday night.
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Calathes leads UF past Stetson
Dec. 29, 2008A mistake-riddled first half left UF only 9 points ahead of Stetson as they walked into the locker room.
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Gators demolish Eagles in Orange Bowl Classic
Dec. 27, 2008SUNRISE - Maybe it was the refreshing, sunny South Florida weather, maybe it was the four-day break for Christmas, or maybe it was playing a 1-9 team, but UF looked as good as it had all season with a 74-45 flattening of Winthrop on Sunday night in the Orange Bowl Classic.
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UF hangs on to beat Georgia Southern
Dec. 22, 2008Walter Hodge may have had "DEFENSE" shaved into the side of his head, but it was all about offense for the Gators on Monday night.
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Kadji comes alive in win against Knights
Dec. 20, 2008JACKSONVILLE - At times this season, freshman Kenny Kadji has looked all but lost out on the court. On Saturday night, he found the talent that brought him to Gainesville in the first place.
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Kadji comes alive in win against Knights
Dec. 19, 2008JACKSONVILLE - At times this season freshman Kenny Kadji has looked all but lost out on the court. Saturday night he found the talent that brought him to Gainesville in the first place.
