From the jump, I’ve been doubting he would take the Florida job. But now I am beginning to wonder if maybe he’s coming to save the Gators after all,

The task does not get any easier as the Gators travel to Oxford, Mississippi to play an Ole Miss team that seems destined for the college football playoffs and wants revenge for last season’s loss in the Swamp that cost them a chance at the playoffs.

(UAA Photo) When the 3-point shots begin to fall as eventually Todd Golden believes they will, the Florida Gators might be as good as any college basketball team in the country. But until the Gators start making shots with any measure of consistency some games are going to resemble a bare knuckles street brawl, decided by the biggest and strongest team.   When it comes to finding the bottom of the net from the 3-point line, the Gators are off to a miserable start. They’ve mad

Maybe it’s too much to ask for young men to stay in the fight without their coach. Maybe it was just an anomaly. 

Against Texas, DJ Lagway had his best game of the season (Photo by Chris Spears)   Billy Gonzales isn’t ready to join the social media chorus that has all but buried quarterback DJ Lagway, who had a rotten game against Kentucky in Lexington back on Saturday night.   “Everybody wants to jump on DJ with the interceptions,” Gonzales said at his Monday press conference. “Yeah, we understand that part, but we had a chance.”   Florida’s interim head coach pointed to a pass play on

Micah Handlogten blocks a shot against UNF (Photo by Chris Spears) If you’re expecting the same old, same old from the Florida State Seminoles (2-0) Tuesday night at the O-Dome (7 p.m., SEC Network), then think again. Leonard Hamilton has retired and with him the no autopsy, no foul defensive approach is a thing of the past.   Luke Loucks is the new head coach, bringing with him what Florida coach Todd Golden calls an “NBA mentality,” which is to say a 3-and-3 approach, as in

Tommy Haugh and Franz Beard with the big trophy (Photo by Chris Spears) April 2, 2007. Sitting on a podium at the now extinct Georgia Dome, the Oh-Fours swayed the Luther Vandross recording of “One Shining Moment.” A tear streaked the face of Corey Brewer, who mouthed the words. Were they tears of joy that the Florida Gators had repeated as NCAA basketball champions? Or was it the reality that this would be the last time he would play basketball with Al Horford, Joakim Noah a

(Photo by Chris Spears) Will DJ Lagway be Florida’s starting quarterback Saturday night in Oxford when the Gators (3-6, 2-4 SEC) face 6 th -ranked Ole Miss (9-1, 5-1 SEC)?     Lagway was benched after throwing three first half interceptions in Florida’s embarrassing 38-7 loss to Kentucky. Lagway completed 11-19 passes for 83 yards in two quarters of action. He threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Baugh in the first quarter but consistently overthrew receivers or threw into

It was a grim night reminiscent of those bad dreams when Florida football was free-falling against Nebraska or Georgia.

(UAA photo) The instant reaction to what happened Saturday night in Lexington is to start pointing fingers starting with Billy Napier, but it really isn’t his fault. Nor is it the fault of Billy Gonzales, who, as the interim head coach, fell on the sword for what happened to the Gators.   “I’ll take the blame for everything,” Gonzales said after Florida (3-6, 2-4 SEC) was burb stomped by the Kentucky Wildcats, 38-7. “I think if you take a look at what we do and where we need

(Photo by Chris Spears) “A man can travel far and wide – all the way to shame or glory and back again – but he ain’t ever going to find anything in this world that’s dead solid perfect.” – Kenny Puckett from the Dan Jenkins novel “Dead Solid Perfect”   If we have learned anything at all about the Florida Gators (3-5, 2-3 SEC) eight games into the 2025 football season, not to mention the three previous seasons, it is that no matter how well the Gators have played for three qua

Like Sen Everett Dirksen once said about about wretched excess in Washington DC, “A billion here, a billion there — pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”