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Mullen’s opener makes Gator fans smile

September 2, 2018 College football

Sunday, 2 a.m. Bigger tests await. Better opponents. Enemy stadiums. Bad calls and pesky turnovers, rough afternoons and tough opposing coaches. Harsh weather and disagreeable referees. Eventually, the University of Florida will get to all of those. For now, however, this will do. For now, the coach with the fresh start and the quarterback with […]

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Random Thoughts: Force wasn’t Strong in Charlie

November 27, 2016 College football

Charlie Strong’s first recruits will be juniors and seniors next season. He won’t be with them. Goodbye, Charlie. – I think the runner was short, too, Coach Harbaugh. – So this was the plan that LSU had all along? Didn’t Ed Orgeron lose as many games as Les Miles this year? – I guess cutting […]

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Is Florida on its way to ruling college football again?

June 24, 2016 College football

Friday, 6 a.m. It was Sept. 23, 2006, for all of you keeping score at home. That’s when Paul Finebaum officially ran out of guests. Finebaum, the king of Alabama sports, has become a media star as of late. Always opinionated, always acerbic, he took his sharp wit and observations about college football to be […]

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Bulls record a huge upset over Temple

November 14, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 12:06 a.m. More and more, Willie Taggart invites you to believe. More and more, he asks you to join in the growth. Taggart won the biggest game of his career Saturday night, upsetting a ranked team for the first time in a stunning 44-23 victory over previously 21st-ranked Temple. It was the fifth win […]

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Ask Gary: Has the NBA considered Tampa Bay?

November 7, 2015 Baseball

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment or be […]

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Could FSU-Florida be a great game once again?

November 5, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 6 a.m. There is a little business to take care of first, of course. FSU has this bothersome little rivalry with Clemson. It has to make a decision on a quarterback. It has a season-long of sputtering to stop on offense. Florida has to wrap up the SEC East. It has to get its […]

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Ask Gary: Remembering the best interviews

October 17, 2015 Baseball

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment or be funny. Send the […]

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Random Thoughts: Is Golden still the UM coach?

October 11, 2015 Baseball

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello, I’m Al Golden, and I have a question. How did they get an airplane to pull a banner over this column? – USA Today ranks Sunday’s Tampa Bay-Jacksonville game as the NFL’s least-watchable game of the weekend, which is particularly harsh on a weekend when Cleveland plays Baltimore and Buffalo plays […]

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FSU’s Cook limps his way past the Hurricanes

October 11, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 12:35 a.m. Turns out, one leg is plenty for Dalvin Cook. Two would just be running up the score. Cook, questioned all week because the health of his left leg, passed all tests Saturday night as he ran past the University of Miami. The Seminoles sputtered at times, and they trailed in the fourth […]

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Ask Gary: Would Bucs be better with Mariota?

October 10, 2015 Boxing

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment or be funny. Send the […]

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