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Florida miscues lead to upset loss to LSU

December 13, 2020 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. As Florida’s final kick bent to the left in the final seconds, the Gators could see their possibilities dwindling toward their biggest goals. The college football playoffs? Suddenly, those are in doubt, even if the Gators could somehow upset Alabama in next week’s SEC title game. The Heisman Trophy? Kyle Trask’s chances […]

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Barrett needs a strong finish for Bucs

December 12, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. For a year, he was a star. He was relentless, and he was fast, and he toyed with offensive tackles. For a year, no one could stop Shaq Barrett, the breakout star of last season’s Tampa Bay Bucs. He had 19.5 sacks, the most in the league, the most ever by a […]

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Final month will determine Bucs’ season

December 11, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Bucs, December has always been the cruelest month. It’s the month that Jon Gruden’s final Bucs’ team went 0-4 down the stretch (after a 9-3 start) that led to his firing. It’s the month that John McKay’s first Bucs’ team was outscored 177-31 to finish 0-14. It’s that […]

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Perkins couldn’t turn Bucs’ franchise around

December 10, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Time will not remember him as a great strategist. Or a great motivator. Or a great builder of teams. But Ray Perkins could stare. Man, could he stare. Perkins would fix his eyes on you, as if he were trying to bore a hole through you, and he would funnel his brow […]

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Bucs need to play well in final 4 games

December 9, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Four games to go. Four games to decide whether this is season is about the playoffs or the bust. Four games to decide if this team was kind of disappointing or really, really disappointing. Four games to go between the post-season and a punch line. So what do the Tampa Bay Bucs […]

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Rays have questions to answer in off-season

December 8, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. For a championship team, things ought to feel better than this. More secure. More predictable. It is a position of power, isn’t it, the American League championship. It is the chased spot, the designation that the other teams aspire to being. It is like being the smartest kid in the class, and […]

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How will Bucs’ do down their stretch run?

December 7, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Here in the stretch run, the Bucs are wobbly but upright. You can see the playoffs from here. But can they? There are four games to play, and all of them are against average (or less) opponents. Surely, that bodes well, doesn’t it? Surely, you can count on the Bucs to make […]

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Gators set to face Alabama for SEC title

December 6, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They were sluggish for a while, again, but the Florida Gators are on the brink of having a memorable season. Florida dismissed Tennessee Saturday, 31-19, to wrap up the SEC East title, its first since 2016. It was a victory that left the Gators thinking about the SEC title, a trip to […]

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Gators, Trask should handle Tennessee

December 5, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It’s about a trophy. It’s about a memory. Heck, at the University of Florida, it might be about a statue. For the Gators, and for Kyle Trask, all that’s riding on the next three games is immortality. Win or lose, Trask is quite the story. From being another guy named Ned on […]

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Analyzing Bucs at the 3/4 mark

December 4, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. They aren’t as horrible as they have been. They aren’t as good as they were supposed to be. There, in that no-man’s land of being good but not good enough, lie your Tampa Bay Bucs, one of the biggest disappointments of the NFL season. They are not the tortoise, and they are […]

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