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FSU’s offensive line recruits bear watching

February 4, 2016 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 6 a.m. Right now, keep in mind that they are only mounds of clay to be molded. They are seeds. They are colts. They are apprentices. On the other hand, man, are they promising. That’s the thing about recruiting. Everyone pays attention to the quarterbacks, and they’re mesmerized by the speed of the receivers, […]

Tagged as: FSU, offensive line, Recruits, Trickett

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Recruiting: Lies, falsehoods and prevarications

February 2, 2016 College Sports in Florida

Tuesday, 6 a.m. Coaches lie. They peer over the table at a young athlete, and they talk of the world as if the player is the golden child he has been waiting for. They swear they will love no other. They flirt with the mommas and exchange firm handshakes with the papas. And as soon […]

Tagged as: Coaches, Jackson, Recruiting, Williams

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Random Thoughts: What would the Rays pay Price?

December 6, 2015 general

Hi, I’m the linesman in the Clemson-North Carolina game, and does anyone know what those stripes on the field are for? Offsides? – David Price could be making $31 million a year with the Rays, of course. All he would need would be the right six numbers and Lotto to climb to $28 million a […]

Tagged as: Cooper, Herandez, Lacy, Saban

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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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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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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 […]

Tagged as: College football, Flordia, FSU, Miami, USF

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FSU loses to Clemson; USF beats East Carolina

November 7, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 11:49 p.m. A stopped fourth-and-one play with 6:30 to go spurred the No. 3 ranked Clemson Tigers to a victory over FSU Saturday night. The Seminoles were tied with Clemson at 13 at the time, but Shaq Lawson stopped Dalvin Cook on the biggest play of the game. From there, Clemson drove for the go-ahead field goal and […]

Tagged as: Florida, FSU, Miami, USF

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Is Gators’ McElwain Coach of the Year?

October 23, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 6 a.m. The program feels healthy again, vibrant. It feels like it matters. It feels like the University of Florida has a grip on the future. Again. And that, more than anything, is what new Florida coach Jim McElwain has accomplished in his first season. The sorrowful days, the days of wondering where it […]

Tagged as: Coach of Year, College football, Florida, Gators, McElwain

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Random Thoughts: Les Miles pulls his magic again

October 18, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hi. I’m Les Miles, and I can turn your cat into a rabbit. – And I’m the University of Michigan, and I can turn a party into a wake. – Considering the fear that Lamar Odom might have brain damage, can we get a group rate for all of the Kardashians? – […]

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Gators’ Grier leaves his mark at quarterback

September 27, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 9:08 p.m. Will Grier, Mr. Fourth down, became a quarterback Saturday. Oh, he had played at the position before Saturday. But then he was filled with potential and promise on afternoons where he wasn’t quite enough. But against the Tennessee Vols, Grier stood up in a 28-27 victory. Grier had only a slight edge […]

Tagged as: FIU, Florida, Grier, UCF

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