Time for Gators to show up
Oct. 21, 2008Pardon me, as I steal a line from one of my favorite rappers, but "Will the real Gators please stand up?"
Pardon me, as I steal a line from one of my favorite rappers, but "Will the real Gators please stand up?"
Only a few days after the UF men's and women's swimming teams began their journey to find themselves, they begin their journey to find where they stack up in the Southeastern Conference.
Players on the UF soccer team will get to enjoy one less practice this week, but they will also be taken out of the comfortable rhythm they are in.
When UF associate head coach Nick Cheronis addressed the media on Monday, he attributed the Gators' recent success largely to timing.
Standing at an imposing 6-foot-10, 240 pounds, Georgetown transfer Vernon Macklin appears to be the perfect replacement for the NBA-departed Marreese Speights.
If there's one thing the BCS has been resoundingly successful at, it's evoking emotion.
The Gators' suddenly lethal rushing attack looks to be getting a key weapon back this week.
As Carl Johnson approached the tunnel - just minutes away from storming onto the field for his first career start against defending champion LSU - he received some simple but choice words to give him inspiration from the man he is attempting to replace, Jim Tartt.
The phrase doesn't exactly sound cliche, but UF coach Amanda Butler might have created some new coach-speak when she said it.
The UF club handball team tested its strength at the 4th-annual Swampland Handball Championships this weekend in Gainesville.
Thanks to the unexpected contributions of their sophomore defensive specialist, the Gators were able to avoid a let down in Auburn on Friday night.
If the Gators softball team is looking to build on last year's success, they will need a lot more games like the ones they played this weekend.
Megan Kerns recorded a hat trick, but it was Angela Napolitano's lone goal that broke the game open for the Gators.
If Saturday's Pre-NCAA Invitational was a preview of the NCAA Championship, the UF women's cross country team looks like it could be competing for a national title in late November.
Sometimes experience isn't everything when it comes to winning.
When 128 people are gunning for the same prize, 127 people go home unsatisfied.
It all has to begin somewhere.
It would be something of an understatement to say this Saturday's Pre-NCAA Invitational is important to coach Todd Morgan.
Redshirt sophomore linebacker Mon Williams, a converted running back, will transfer from UF, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.
The bar is set pretty high at UF.