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One man’s thoughts on the Alabama-Florida rivalry

December 2, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 6 a.m. To a boy with a reporter’s pad, he was the largest man on earth. His skin was leather. His voice was gravel. He spoke slowly, seriously, and you dared not interrupt. He was Bear Bryant, and he was a legend long before the boy got there. It was 1978, and he was […]

Tagged as: Alabama, Bryant, Florida, Spurrier

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Dissecting the Bucs’ latest loss to Indianapolis

November 30, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. Say the object was to lose. Say that the point was like golf, and a team was trying to score less than its opponent. Then here is how you do it. You play like the Bucs. You commit penalties. You drop passes. You miss kicks. You do not rush. You don’t cover. […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Colts, Loss, Self-destruction

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Bucs fall into old bad habits against Colts

November 29, 2015 general

Sunday, 7:25 p.m. Teams on the other side of a turnaround do not lose to 40-year-old backup quarterbacks. The Tampa Bay Bucs did. Teams who are getting it together do not have 12 penalties for 95 yards. The Bucs did. Teams who are on the upswing do not constantly blow pass coverage. The Bucs did. […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Colts, defeat, Winston

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USF wins its second game over Savannah State

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 7:15 p.m. USF won its second game of the season Sunday by a score of 67-57, closing out Savannah State from the free throw line in the late going. The Bulls led only by three with 1:34 to play, but Roddie Peters hit three of four free throws and Jaleel Cousins hit two of […]

Tagged as: Basketball, Cousins, Savannah State, USF

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Random Thoughts: Could Chip replace Goofy?

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello. I’m Jimbo Fisher. And I’m staying at FSU because, well, someone has to be the new Burt Reynolds. – I know that Johnny Manziel is a frat boy who needs to stand in the corner for a while, but did the Browns really demote him for partying on his off-time? At […]

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Only four plays separated FSU from Florida

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 12:54 a.m. If you were a highly ranked athlete in Florida, where would you go after watching FSU beat Florida Saturday night. Depends. Where were you going to go before the game? There have been FSU-Florida games that affected the recruiting race. This wasn’t one of them. Both teams finished with two losses. Both […]

Tagged as: Fisher, Florida, FSU, McElwain

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Lightning lacks power in loss to Islanders

November 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:15 p.m. These days, it’s easy to see the problem with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Not enough power. The sputtering Lightning, 11-11-2 on the season, blew a 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 to the New York Islanders Saturday night. Perhaps you thought the Lightning had awakened with a three-game winning streak, but now it […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Islanders, Lightning, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: Have the Bucs turned the corner?

November 28, 2015 general

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 […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Corners, Heisman, Stamkos

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Kentucky’s run leads the ‘Cats past USF

November 27, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 9 p.m. When it was over, Orlando Antigua might have wanted to go to the locker room with his former team. After all, that team is perenial NCAA powerhouse Kentucky, which seems loaded for another shot at the title this year. Kentucky had won easily Friday afternoon, beaten Antigua’s 1-5 USF team, 84-63. The […]

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USF can compare to the best teams USF has had

November 27, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 6 a.m. He moved across the field slowly, as if to linger, as if to savor the last moments of a season that ended so sweet. The stadium lights, and the ones from the scoreboard, bounced off of Willie Taggart as he milled around the field. Once again, his Bulls had been a dominant […]

Tagged as: Best team, Flowers, UCF, USF

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