[25 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Best Gator Team of All-Time

Over the past few weeks, the Gainesville Sun has been counting down the Top 25 Gator teams of all time… from any sport. Today they announced their No. 1 team: the . You remember them, right? The 04’s that all came back to try and repeat as National Champions… and then they did it!

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[2 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

Good news out of Gainesville regarding sophomore cornerback Janoris Jenkins. Jenkins signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the state attorney’s office Tuesday that will erase his legal troubles if he stays out of trouble for the next six months. Jenkins was arrested 5 weeks ago for resisting arrest for his part in a fight outside a Gainesville club.

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[2 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

I don’t live in Vegas and am not an active gambler, but I’ve just read that the Florida Gators are 2-1 favorites to win the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. Holy crap! I don’t know the history of college sports books, but I can’t imagine there ever being a 2-1 favorite in the past. Those odds are insane to me. I love the Gators just as much as anyone here, but do you really think 2-1 sounds right?
The Gators do have the best player in college football and they’re returning …

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[11 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Players Don’t Feel Invincible

I haven’t commented yet on the Janoris Jenkins arrest situation here on the homepage, though I have made a comment on the forums. It’s not because I don’t want to create more negative publicity to the program, it’s because I don’t think his arrest is that big of a deal. Last week, Gator CB was tased and arrested by Gainesville police for his involvement in a street fight outside a Gainsville bar. Jenkins resisted arrest without violence and was ultimately hauled away.

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[8 Jun 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Gators Won’t Advance to CWS

Despite hosting a Super Regional in Gainesville, Florida, the Gator baseball team will not advance to the College World Series. Their disappointing end to the season came on Sunday when Southern Miss scored three runs in the eighth inning to give them a 7-6 lead. The Gators could not rally in the bottom of the eighth or the ninth inning. The Gators lost the series 0-2 and their season ended.
“First, I want to congratulate Southern Miss,” head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “They played really, really well. All year long we …

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[3 Jun 2009 | One Comment | ]
Softball Settles For Runner Up

No one saw this coming. No one, except Washington fans, would have predicted the Huskies to beat the Florida Gators in the Women’s College World Series. The Gators had better pitching and better talent at the plate. So what happened? How could the No. 1 team in the country get swept in the World Series by a 3 seed?

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[1 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Gators Onward to Super Regional

The Florida Gators baseball team defeated the University of Miami Hurricanes 16-5 to claim the NCAA Gainesville Regional last night at McKethan Stadium. Next stop… the Super Regionals (which are also in Gainesville) against the winner of the Atlanta Regional.

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[1 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Gator Softball Headed to WCWS

The Florida Gators women’s softball team had a scare yesterday afternoon when they trailed the Alabama Crimson Tide 2-5 in the 7th inning. That is until senior Ali Gardiner stepped up to the plate and delivered a walk-off grand slam with two outs. The Gators (63-3) are headed to their first-ever WCWS championship series. They will play the first of a best-of-three series for the NCAA Championship on Monday, June 1 at 8 p.m. (ET).

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[26 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
Gators Earn No. 8 National Seed

The Gator baseball season is winding down. The tournaments that determine who goes to the College World Series and who goes home start this week. The University of Florida baseball team learned on Monday afternoon that it was awarded the eighth national seed for the 2009 NCAA Baseball Tournament that begins on Friday at McKethan Stadium.

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