I am having a really good time watching the young Gator basketball team play this season.  I have a similar feeling to the one I had a couple years back watching the Sophomore Sensations, the “04’s,” as they’ve come to be known early in their careers.  No one expected much out of Noah, Horford, et […]

I’m not sure who those kids in the blue uniforms were last night, playing against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but there was something very familiar about the way they played.
All kidding aside, it was a very pleasant surprise to hang in there for the second half before bed, and see the Gators offense […]

Ok, so I’ve had almost a week to mull over the complete ineptitude displayed by the Gators in Orlando New Year’s Day.   Granted they were able to take the lead in the fourth quarter, but I never for a minute felt assured we would win this game against Michigan.   To the contrary, this reminded me […]

Despite getting manhandled at Ohio State, the Gator basketball team tied a school record with their defeat of Temple 86-69 this week.   At 12-2, the team has equaled the highest-ever win total in a season prior to New Year’s Day.  As I suspected, Ohio State on their home floor was just too much for the […]

2007 was arguably the best year ever to be a Gator Fan.   By starting the year off with a National Championship beatdown of OSU in the desert, and quickly adding a second straight title for the basketball team,  (again, over hapless OSU),  Gainesville became known as “Titletown.”   The bar has been raised, a standard has […]

For the Gators, this Saturday will be the day in the kitchen, to use the metaphor. Traveling to Ohio State, last year’s opponent in the National Championship game, will mean facing the first real test of the year for the young squad. I don’t know enough about OSU’s team this […]

Unlike several other nearby institutions, the U of F football team has no players facing suspension for academic reasons heading into their bowl matchup with Michigan on New Year’s Day.   To the contrary, the team has a cumulative g.p.a. of 2.9, the highest during coach Urban Meyer’s tenure.    Even the injuries which plagued the team […]

     Back in the friendly confines of the O’Dome the Gators hoops squad looked much more like a Donovan-coached bunch Wednesday night, winning handily 89-64 over visiting Charleston Southern.   Unlike Saturday in Jacksonville, which proved to be the team’s worst shooting performance of the season by far, the Gators started the game on an 18-0 […]

I’ve now had my first chance to watch in depth this year’s team and I am wondering which way this season will go.   Not only are they young, but they are small and seem slow from what I’ve seen.  Disciplined offense can be coached, not size or speed though.  They had to depend on Dan […]

“Super-Frosh” Nick Calathes appears to be finding a comfort level quickly in his first Gator campaign.  After being benched during a home loss to FSU for poor shot selection, he has responded just as Coach Billy Donovan had hoped, stringing together solid play since, including nearly achieving a triple-double last night as the Gators crushed […]