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Watch: New England Patriots allow their fans into practices, with Bill Belichick, why can’t the Gators?

Gators Spotlight: Talented Secondary Worthy of a Nickname

The Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Thursday morning. Florida received 2 votes

Florida Gators start unranked in preseason Coaches Poll for second straight year

Amway Coaches Poll: Over-ranked and under-ranked

Coaches who should know better can’t resist their own ridiculously early poll

Eagles vet: Tebow will make the team | Reinvented

Big Ten notes: Wisconsin may change admissions process to help recruits

N.B.A. Pick From India Makes Entire Village Feel 7 Feet Tall

WATCH: Golfer combines soccer and driver for impressive trick shot

Key & Peele Imagines What It’d Be Like if We Obsessed Over Teachers the Way We Do Athletes

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Florida’s got some rebuilding to do, no doubt. Don’t think situation is anywhere close to as dire as preseason poll would make you think.

Urban Meyer on Percy Harvin: “I don’t think I’ve been around a more dynamic athlete. I have NOT been around a more dynamic athlete.”

Urban Meyer: Difference in cost of attendance between schools is “wrong and needs to be fixed.”

Report: William “Refrigerator’ Perry auctioning off ’85 #Bears Super Bowl ring:

Forbes names the University of Florida the No. 14 public university in the country

Report: Florida Gators to add former NFL QB Charlie Frye to support staff

Gators Football: 5 Questions as Camp Approaches

Florida Gators most important games of 2015

6 NFL BITS: Tebow’s throwing motion, Haden fights R-word, Jenkins and Mincey negotiating

The top 10 most brutal Power 5 non-conference schedules

Preseason Amway Coaches Poll set for Thursday release

What league plays highest percentage of Power Five nonconference games?

Same-old question for LSU: Why can’t the Tigers find a QB?

Four-time NBA All-Star is working at Starbucks

Best basketball prospect in a decade?

Dirty Rio water a threat at 2016 Olympics

McIlroy out of Bridgestone, PGA status unknown

“Beyond the Brick: A Lego Brickumentary”

Man vs Kangaroo Boxing ! (Hilarious)

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Anthony DeSclafani hurls seven scoreless for Reds to pick up win

Preston Tucker’s solo homer for the Astros is his 10th of the year

Brett Heggie had a memorable Swamp moment at Friday Night Lights

Jaquan Bailey 100 percent a Florida Gator

Get the latest on the Gators with their NEW Twitter handles

Franz Beard’s Thoughts of the Day; July 29

12 games that will determine the 2015 SEC race

How Alabama’s cost-of-attendance scholarship jumped 39 percent

Dan Mullen’s radical idea to change college football

Bianchi: Women more suited to be NBA coaches than men

Woods claims he’s ‘close,’ but still frustrated

Ohio State Fair displays Urban Meyer butter statue

Just eleven weeks after being shot in the chest, Lexington (Oh.) lefty Mason Dragos wins state tennis title

Greatest Touchdown Celebration

Cat’s unusual adoption

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ROSTER MOVES: #Redskins announce signing of RB Mack Brown, CFA from @UF.

Will Mizzou again run the SEC East?

Bullard Seeks Breakout Season for Gators as a senior

Three Gators face second-degree misdemeanor charges

Gators Sweep Men’s Tennis Finals at Gainesville Regional of ITA Summer Circuit

The Bowerman Fan Voting Now Open, Dendy Vying for Track & Field’s Highest Honor

Ex-caddie destroys Allenby after on-course firing

Six-foot-11 Bol Bol, 15-year-old son of Manute, balls in summer play

Florida State’s ball boy ‘Red Lightning’ going to the NFL

WATCH: This is easily the greatest three-putt of all time

Shower prank

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Jim McElwain@CoachMcElwain Want to thank Dr. Micky Collins for his presentation to our staff on concussions this morning. Proud UF takes it so seriously.

#Gators in the Pros – Preston Tucker batting .339 (19-for-56) over the last 15 games for the Houston Astros, with 10 R, 8 RBI, 5 HR

#Gators in the Pros – Mike Zunino is 9-for-23 (.391) in his last 7 games for the Seattle Mariners, with 4 RBI & 1 run

#Gators in the Pros – Bryson Smith is 11-for-35 (.314) with 5 runs, 4 RBI over his last 10 games at Double-A Pensacola (Reds)

#Gators in the Pros – Bobby Poyner has 4 saves in 5 chances at Class-A Lowell (Red Sox); 8 K in 8.1 IP

#Gators in the Pros – Taylor Lewis is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 7 games at Class-A Danville (Braves); 11 K in 9 IP

2016 QB Kyle Trask commits to Florida Gators

6 BITS: Mike Miller traded, Casey Prather headed overseas, Tim Tebow throws, McElwain praised

All-Gator Semifinal Set for Monday at the ITA Summer Circuit

Could Florida have a three-way race at quarterback?

video – #Gators monster RB commit tossing tires like coins…40 inch tire: UF Commit 2016 (Dodge City CC) JC RB @MarkT_RB5 & Powerful 2016 JC OL @bigfick75 on their summer grind

Football and men’s basketball players could each receive up to $7K from EA, NCAA

Nick Saban reaches out to former Wisconsin running back signee

Report: NFL implements new procedures for measuring game balls

Grading the 2015 Canadian Open

Another caddie blasts Allenby

Jimbo Fisher throws 1st pitch to Jameis Winston at Rays game

Joe Namath offers $100,000 reward in search for teen fishermen

Mets release a raccoon found in the club’s weight room

Very Funny

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A coach who’s seen Manvel QB @ktrask9 Kyle Trask for few years said: “They (Florida coaches) won’t be disappointed. I promise.”

Football Video Shoot Sights & Sounds 7-23…

Heggie now a Florida Gators commit

Four-star LB Jeremiah Moon gives Florida Gators four commits from Friday Night Lights

Report: Two Florida players cited for not paying bowling alley tab

Gators WR Alvin Bailey released from jail in Florida after failing to make court appearance

Four New College Football Teams Take the Field in 2015

Braxton Miller moving to h-back, according to report

Alabama cost-of-attendance stipend reportedly higher than expected, among tops in nation

Texas is pulling free meals from coaches to save $300,000

Deaf catcher Chase Smartt learns he’s a role model through MLB Draft

Robert Allenby fires caddie midway through first round in Canada

The Ultimate Canoe Fishing Story!

 

 

Last post until after vacation

Alabama QB Sees Bright Future for Florida Gators

Florida Gators PG Scottie Wilbekin to sign NBA contract with Philadelphia 76ers

FSU president John Thrasher lays out plan to improve athlete behavior

Dustin Johnson overcomes blustery conditions to keep British Open lead

Tiger misses cut at Open, hits another career low point

Tee times and pairings for Round 3 of Open

The $43,740 ball

Game-used Deflategate ball garners high price at auction

MEGA-QUAKE & TSUNAMI THREAT: Scientists say the worst natural disaster in the history of the nation is coming to the Pacific Northwest

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Report: Former #Gators PG Scottie Wilbekin signs four-year deal with Philadelphia 76ers

New study shows 37% of all college students transfer. So why is 40% MBB transfer rate viewed so negatively?

The question isn’t whether Tiger can win another major. It’s whether he can make a cut in another major

#Gators improve if they can just keep same quarterback on field, regardless who it is, rather than going to unprepared backups.

Three Gators Voted to 2015 Preseason Media Days All-SEC Team

Florida Gators debut new Albert, Alberta mascot costumes ahead of 2015 season

Former Gators AD Bill Arnsparger, a longtime NFL and college coach, passes away

Florida’s baseball class receives late bonus

What Do College-Football Fans Today Want?

Friday Five: The most disrespected programs in college football

NCAA asks appeals court to delay Aug. 1 payment offers to players

Inside College Sports: When will UAB actually play football again?

Open golfer gets penalty for teeing ball wrong

Pepitone used to hide drugs in Wrigley Field ivy

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Brady Singer, hs rhp and u of florida commit, looks like he will not sign w/ jays. was No. 56 pick w/ $1,091,200 slot

#Gator Head Men’s Golf Coach @realjcdeacon is tied for second at the #FloridaOpen after shooting -6 in Round 1 today. Results: http://bit.ly/1GqVw76 

#Gators in the Pros – Josh Tobias has a .309 average at Class-A Williamsport (Phillies), with 8 RBI, 8 R, 5 BB, 4 2B, 3 SB

#Gators in the Pros – OF Harrison Bader has a .350 (14-for-40) clip over his last 10 games; is at Class-A Peoria (Cardinals)

#Gators in the Pros – LHP Bobby Poyner has 3 saves in 4 games for Class-A Lowell (Red Sox) – 7 K in 5.0 IP & 1.80 ERA

#Gators in the Pros – SS Richie Martin went 3-for-6 for Class-A Vermont on Thursday, batting .316 in 13 games, with 10 R, 9 RBI, 7 BB

#Gators in the Pros – LHP Nick Maronde with a 2.45 ERA & 26 K in 25.2 IP over last 10 games for Triple-A Columbus (Indians)

#Gators in the Pros – Nolan Fontana hitting .300 (9-for-30) with 11 BB & 5 RBI in last 10 games at Triple-A Fresno (Astros)

David Cutcliffe on culture of Duke football: “you can put a 100 bill in your locker and it will be there for 3 days.”All trust.

Gators picked to finish fifth in the SEC East

Florida Gators not alone in quarterback uncertainty

Tosti Leads Field After Opening Day of Pan-American Games

Florida DB commit Chauncey Gardner plans Alabama official visit

Ranking SEC football coaches by job security

Playoff official calls national title game a perfect event for Orlando

Penn State to remove names from back of football jerseys

Which quarterback should start for Ohio State?

How much longer will Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier coach? Danny Sheridan makes a prediction

British Open: Dustin Johnson has slim lead; Tiger Woods struggles

Luke Donald displays genius in getting out of Road Hole mess

Stuff Gator Fans Say

The Bulldog belts it out.

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#Gators projected to finish fifth in the SEC East by media –

Every SEC West team got at least 1 first-place vote by the media to win West. One of them will finish last with a coach who makes at least $4 million.

That was @carli_snyder with the kill at match point! Congrats USA JNT for winning the Global Volleyball Challenge gold

Teddy Dupay stops at even 5,000 3-pointers in his quest for Guinness Record

.@GatorZoneFB WR/RB @_Powellbp4 says “watch out” for FR wideout Antonio Callaway. “He’s going to be a big help in the receiving corps.”

#Gators G Brandone Francis now going by Brandone Francis-Ramirez, UF confirms. Longest surname in Florida men’s hoops history.

Haeger and Walton Take on Hollywood for 2015 ESPYS

McElwain personable and impressive at Media Days

Tell you all about it when I see you again

Live updates: British Open

Doe-Doe’s Commitment to Return was to Teammates, too

SEC latest to experiment with medical observers

SEC Network to launch show featuring behind-the-scenes look at game day

Would you pay $36 a month for ESPN?

Later deadline to declare for NFL draft would be ‘beneficial,’ Nick Saban says

Alabama is one of ‘biggest question marks’ in SEC, says Gary Danielson

Will MLB revert to shortened schedule?

Michigan’s $169M Nike deal richest in college

How one man built Jordan Spieth into a champion

LeBron James dunks on Jimmy Fallon in a game of ‘Faceketball’

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2015 season football tickets are in the mail!

If NBA Twitter is any indication, Scottie Wilbekin has a good shot of playing in the NBA pretty soon.

Former #Gators PG Scottie Wilbekin drops 26 points, now shooting 47.9% from 3-point range in 8 Summer League games

We are proud to announce a new member of the Gator Women’s Tennis Family, Anna Danilina!