A pair of UF women's tennis players will visit Sin City today with an ace or two in mind.
Your first sultry kiss of another's lips gives you goosebumps. It's exciting, nerve-wracking, but still an experience unlike any other. It's more memorable than that third one for sure, even if that third time around you were much better at the art of lip smacking.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
It is easy to overvalue the present and immediately believe what you just saw is better than the previous "best." The trap always looms. So going into this debate, I took special notice to steel myself against the norm.
There's good news and there's bad news.
The first gymnastics meet shouldn't have been the one to catapult UF to a No. 1 ranking.
Nick Calathes caught the ball at the top of the key, took one step behind the 3-point line and buried the Razorbacks.
The young UF frontcourt showed flashes of its potential against Auburn on Wednesday. Saturday, the Gators will be face to face with talent realized.
AUBURN, Ala. - With the first three, Erving Walker gave the Gators a chance, with the second, hope, and with the third, Walter Hodge delivered a win.
It might be used as added motivation, or it might just be a painful memory from last season.
AUBURN, Ala. - In their first two Southeastern Conference bouts, the Gators have scored the first knockdown only to have their opponents pick themselves up off the canvas.
The stars weren't aligned for Florida Community College at Jacksonville against Santa Fe College on Wednesday night.
I still giggle at the thought of Steve Spurrier throwing down his visor inside The Swamp. That's part of his legacy. And the really funny part is that he would only throw it down once, maybe twice a game. Gators fans were happy he got that upset only a few times per game.
After winning 15 games in a row, losing becomes an afterthought.
It's Nov. 22, 1996, and the final buzzer sounds on UF's 80-63 win over Central Florida.
The rest of the nation should have a succinct message for Mississippi's Kentrell Lockett: Thanks for screwing it up for the rest of us.
The stars must align. The dominoes must fall the right way.
Coming into the season, he was a receiver with nine catches and no touchdowns to his name.
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