Despite losing its first match of the season to No. 21 Colorado State Saturday, the No. 8 UF volleyball team is staying positive. The Gators are back in Gainesville after a road trip the ended with mixed results. After beating Colorado in Boulder 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18), UF fell to CSU 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-14)
Sometimes it's easy to forget Tim Tebow is just a junior.
Good luck, Southeastern Conference.
UF, fresh off of its 3-1(25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18) win over Colorado Thursday night, will now make the trip to Fort Collins, Colo. where they will take on No.21 Colorado State Saturday. The Rams come into the game riding a 17 match home winning streak. They were undefeated at home last season. The Rams are led by senior middle blocker Makena Barnes, who is averaging 13.4 kills for her last five matches.
One sign of a good team is being able to win, even when not playing very well.
Apparently, there really is no place like home.
Here's what senior Billy Horschel thinks about his team being ranked No. 7:
The No. 1 question filtering through The Swamp during UF's 26-3 win against Miami last week was probably, "Where's Emmanuel Moody?"
The memories of last year's Auburn loss continue to stick with him.
Southeastern Conference coaches picked UF's women's cross country team to finish second in the league and the men's team to finish fourth, according to the 2008 SEC Cross Country Coaches' Poll released on Wednesday.
In the first two weeks of the season, freshman Kristy Jaeckel has received two Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week awards and a couple of tournament MVPs.
In the three days since quarterback Tim Tebow blew a gasket while defending UF coach Urban Meyer from the wayward verbal attacks of Miami coach Randy Shannon, much opinion has accumulated.
Elyse Cusack is strong - and not just on the court.
It's just best to come out and say this.
Lauren Hyde doesn't want to seem mean, but she has been yelling at her teammates a lot more than in the past.
UF sophomore running back Emmanuel Moody came to the Gators expecting more playing time than he got at Southern Cal.
Junior midfielder Angela Napolitano limped out to the practice field on Tuesday and was not participating in warm-ups.
Preseason polls and early-season rankings are two of the most dangerous aspects of college football.
Wanna get Tim Tebow riled up? Say something negative about Urban Meyer.
Some games, All-American high school talent gives way to freshman inexperience.
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