tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55928833605220829052011-11-27T20:19:56.228-05:00Florida GatorStop is a blog dedicated to Florida Gators sports. It offers an insider perspective of the Florida Gators athletics programs from an on-campus point of view.shanksta13http://www.blogger.com/profile/11210406125773441005noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592883360522082905.post-28570658410774015672009-09-17T21:35:00.004-04:002009-09-17T21:47:25.031-04:00

I've been running Facebook updates making fun of Tennessee all week, time to put some of these onto the blog. First off, I'll start with the most recent stuff.Tennessee wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson, who decommitted from the Florida Gators football team on National Signing Day last year, caused quite a stir with his Facebook status last night.Richardson's status read: "Starting to second

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Sorry for the extreme lack of delays over the past few weeks, I've been working on setting up a campaign for the University of Florida to help make some money and cut the budget crisis a bit.The project, called Gatoroogle, is a University of Florida portal to the Google search engine, basically making Google extremely Gator friendly.You can check out Gatoroogle on the web for more information.

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As promised, today we'll take a look at the second player that will be key in helping the Florida Gators football team replace superstar playmaker Percy Harvin.Today, we'll take a look at what Chris Rainey will contribute to the offense this year to help ease some of the pressure on the offense.First off, to be a true asset to the Gators this season, Rainey must be able to shake his label as an

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Continuing our series on how the Florida Gators football team will replace superstar athlete Percy Harvin this season, today we'll take a look at what running back Jeff Demps will contribute this season.Demps was perhaps the best pure running back on the Gators' roster last season, as he racked up seven rushing touchdowns and over 600 yards as a running back. Demps also added a touchdown and 141

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The 2009 Florida Gators football season is now literally upon us, as we enter the final few days until the defending National Champions kick off against Charleston Southern.With today's piece, I'll take a look at one area that really concerns me as the Gators head into the 2009 season: the offense.Gone is Percy Harvin, the team's do-it-all superstar who lit up the college football scene

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The Florida Gators Volleyball team got off to a hot start to the 2009 season, opening with victories over UNLV and Colorado in the Campus USA Credit Union Invitational.The Gators dominated each contest, winning both in three straight sets. The win over UNLV was the sixth consecutive season opening win for the Gators. Florida is currently ranked No. 8 nationally in college volleyball.The Florida

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Now seven days away from the season, the Florida Gators football team received some bad news on Saturday, as they learned that star freshman wide receiver Andre Debose has a serious hamstring injury.The full extent of the injury is still unclear and head coach Urban Meyer said he would know more details on Monday.Still, it sounds like the best case scenario for Debose at this point is missing the

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Well, we seem to have some good basketball news to announce today, as Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman looks to have been cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse.Tishman is currently enrolled in fall classes at Florida and should now be eligible to play immediately for the Florida Gators basketball team during the 2009-10 season.As we reported a few weeks ago, Nimrod Tishman was admitted to Florida, and

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Not a whole lot seemingly going on today for the Florida Gators football team, as even the slight leaks to the media that we've had since practices closed to the public are starting to dry up.That's no real surprise, as the Gators tend to keep their game-planning type practices completely sealed to the public and even the media.Today, I'll comment on the position battle at safety, where sophomore

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With just over a week left until the Florida Gators football team kicks off against Charleston Southern, I'm going to provide a few campus tidbits and insights that I've had over the past few days.First off, you can never tell that football season is right around the corner quite like you can when you start to see hordes of Gator football players hanging around Turlington Plaza. As I made my way

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With the Florida Gators football team fast approaching their season opening game against Charleston Southern, I've decided to take a look at some of the key factors that will make this season a success for the Gators.I will only list the five most important aspects, but please feel free to add other important factors for the Gators in the comments section and I'll try to respond where

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Florida Gators football fans got a scare in the past few days, as multiple outlets reported that star quarterback Tim Tebow was out with a back injury.Urban Meyer commented on the injury following today's morning practice session, indicating that Tebow has sat out of most contact and first-team work this week, allowing his back injury time to heal and backup quarterback John Brantley to get some

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On Saturday, the Florida Gators basketball team announced that forward Eloy Vargas had been granted his release from the program and would likely seek a transfer to another school.Vargas was in danger of becoming academically ineligible due to several poor grades during his freshman year.He also struggled to recover from an injury and saw an extremely limited amount of time in his first season in

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With football season fast approaching, I thought I would take a slightly different tack today and talk some basketball.The Florida Gators basketball team has finished putting together their 2009-10 schedule and today I'll run through a quick breakdown, as well as giving you some tidbits on the latest injuries and factors that could affect the Gators on the hardwood this season.First off, let's

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The Florida Gators football team has been working hard over the past two weeks in fall practice, and some players are starting to stand out and win starting spots and playing time.I'm sorry for the lack of updates over the past week or so, as I was doing a lot of traveling back and forth between my home in New Orleans and in Gainesville. I'm settled back into Gainesville and should be able to

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The Florida Gators football has a rite of passage under head coach Urban Meyer for all of its true freshmen players.During fall practice, players have a helmet stripe removed from their gear when they have proven to Meyer that they are ready to play at a collegiate level.This initiation of sorts usually takes place towards the middle of fall practice, and right on cue, Meyer stated after the

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Head coach Urban Meyer stated that backup quarterback John Brantley will likely see a good bit of meaningful playing time in the first half of games this season.While this comes as little surprise to myself and many in the Gator Nation, ESPN has run wild with the idea. Around the Horn tackled the topic two days ago and the general consensus was that Brantley will essentially play a mop-up

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I'm sure by now, you've all heard that Florida Gators lineman Matt Patchan recently called Tennessee's Lane Kiffin a "bozo" at Florida's Media Days.While the room got awkwardly silent following Patchan's remark, Patchan plodded right along continuing his interview and a jovial, and rather goofy, manner.Tennessee is undoubtedly putting up their own signs in the locker room as "bulletin board"

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Today I've decided to do some serious extrapolation for the Florida Gators football team.Based on some seriously complex calculations (I used to be an engineering major), I've come up with a great projection of the statistics the Florida Gators can expect to see during the 2009 season.Obviously, some of these factors were subjective, so feel free to disagree or call me out on certain aspects. All

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This is old news, but it is making the rounds on the internet for the second time and is getting many more hits and much more publicity this time, as the season approaches.Apparently some pro-UT person got access to the Florida Gators football complex, or broke in, and shot some video of the facility to demonstrate Florida's "obsession" with Tennessee.Here is the video, posted below, of the

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With practices being barred to the public and the media, there likely won't be much to cover other than idle speculation on the Florida Gators football team.While I plan to do a good bit of speculating and predicting over the next few weeks on the GatorStop, today I figured I'd bring you some welcome news.Entry to Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, affectionately known as The Swamp, should be

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The Florida Gators football team seems to be adding another wrinkle to their explosive offense heading into the 2009 football season.Early on in fall practice, it looks like star cornerback Joe Haden will play some offense this year, and could run a Wildcat package for the defending National Champions.Haden played quarterback in high school and threw for a state record 7,000+ yards during his

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This is the kind of thing you absolutely hate to hear about no matter what team you are a fan of. Former Florida Gators football star Cornelius Ingram has torn his ACL and will miss then entire 2009 NFL season, after being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles back in April.Ingram missed his entire senior season at Florida, after electing to pass up the 2008 NFL Draft in order to come back and help

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The Florida Gators football team got up bright and early for the second day in a row to hit the field for the beginning of fall practice.Unlike yesterday, when the upperclassmen practiced first, and the freshmen practiced later on in the afternoon, today's session included the whole team.You can find our practice report for yesterday's morning session and the practice report for yesterday's

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The Florida Gators football team got their second practice session of the day underway under hot, muggy conditions. Luckily for the Gators, and maybe not so luckily for the fans attending, the rain came midway through the practice to cool things off.Today's second session featured primarily freshmen, both true and redshirt, as well as a handful of hand picked veterans to work with the younger

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The Florida Gators football team got fall practice underway this morning, starting with a session for returning players.Not so bright, but very early, Urban Meyer led his Gators to the field and got things underway, with a surprisingly large turnout.I've put together some notes from the practice based on things I've picked up from various people that attended and bits floating around the internet

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The Florida Gators football team reports for fall practice today and will hit the field under the supervision of the coaches for the first time since the spring starting tomorrow morning.In the past, the Gators have made the first week of practices open to the public. This year, however, only the first two practices will be open to the general public.If you're in town and interested in catching a

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The Florida Gators football team got more great news at the wide receiver position on Tuesday, just one day after Stephen Alli decided to enroll early at Florida.Senior wide receiver Riley Cooper told coach Urban Meyer that he would return to the Florida Gators football team for his senior season despite signing a professional contract with the Texas Rangers baseball team.Cooper will now play as

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Like I blogged last week, it looks like the Florida Gators basketball team will be getting a little boost in the backcourt, as Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman has enrolled at the University of Florida.Nimrod Tishman will add backcourt depth for the Florida Gators during the 2009 season, something that the Gators desperately need.To check out the full post from last week, just follow this link:

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I reported last week that the Tennessee Volunteers will put up a billboard in Florida.Now, it appears that the location has been leaked and the sign will appear in Fort Lauderdale, just outside of Boyd Anderson High School.Interestingly enough, there are several rumors now surfacing that Tennessee is pushing hard to land current Florida Gators commit Demar Dorsey, who plays at Boyd Anderson.

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The Florida Gators football team got great news on Wednesday when 2010 football commitment Stephen Alli decided to skip his senior year in high school to enroll immediately with the Gators.Alli will be able to play immediately during the 2009 season and should help to provide more depth and skill at one of the weakest positions and biggest question marks for the Florida Gators heading into the

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The Florida Gators football team announced that head coach Urban Meyer had signed a new contract, making him the highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference during the 2009 season.Urban Meyer's new contract will pay him $24 million over the next six years, making him the highest paid coach in the college football's toughest conference this year, at $4 million.Alabama's Nick Saban has a deal

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The Mississippi State Bulldogs football team gets underway today, starting fall practice just over a month before the 2009 SEC football season will begin.The Bulldogs feature a new look, as former Florida Gators offensive coordinator Dan Mullen takes over in Starkville and promises to completely change the way Mississippi State plays offense.Just like I've wished good luck to previous coaches

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Former Florida Gators football star Percy Harvin recently inked a five year deal with the Minnesota Vikings.Harvin showed up to practice Sunday afternoon and strapped up the cleats for his first real workout with the Vikings. Most reports are that Harvin was extremely impressive today."He's playing big, he's playing fast, making turns like on the drop of a dime," tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said,

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With so much anticipation and expectation for this Florida Gators team, the key question throughout the year will be staying focused. I couldn't be more confident in our team's ability to do that with the leadership of Tim Tebow and Brandon Spikes, and I'm normally very conservative when it comes to expectations for my teams.The Gators will have to get after it hard in fall practice and start the

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With recent news surfacing that the Tennessee Volunteers plan on launching a billboard campaign to help recruiting in Florida, I think it's time Urban Meyer and the Florida Gators Football team should join the billboard sweepstakes.I mean, if Tennessee is really going to be advertising on our turf, what's to stop the Gators from putting up a little billboard of their own a few hundred yards down

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It looks like the Florida Gators basketball team may have some help on the way in the backcourt, as Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman seems to be strongly considering the Gators.I've been pretty vocal about the lack of depth in the backcourt since Nick Calathes decided to take his game overseas, and I still feel that the Gators might be in trouble if our backcourt rotation consists of only three

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Well, we're now officially just one more week away from the first fall practice for the Florida Gators football team. That means that competition for starting spots will begin in earnest and the blood, sweat and tears that could carry the Gators to another BCS National Championship will begin soaking the field.Today, I'll take a look at the key positions to watch during fall practice and add my

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Well, the Florida Gators football team wrapped up their Friday Night Lights recruiting event last weekend and there were several changes to the recruiting board as a result.I had a chance to pass by and there was a healthy buzz surrounding the Swamp on Friday night. I can only imagine what must have been going through some of those guys' minds as they watched highlights of the BCS Championship in

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The new jumbotrons in Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, more affectionately known as The Swamp, are a true sight to behold.The monster video boards are every bit as big as advertised, and construction is completed on the two works of art.I had the luxury of passing by the Swamp last Friday, during the Gators' hosting of Friday Night Lights, the massive recruiting event that turned out to be

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I ran across Florida Gators basketball player Vernon Macklin yesterday on my way to class.I must say that Macklin has really put in the time in the weight room and seems to be physically ready to have a huge impact for the Gators in the paint. At 6-foot-10, Macklin is now looking extremely chiseled and he appears to be the most physically imposing big man for the Gators since Al Horford was

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