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UF To Honor Championship Basketball Team At UT Game
September 11, 2007 by
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All but one member of the starting five has confirmed a return to Gainesville for the game ? Lee Humphrey is currently playing in Europe and cannot make it back.
But Al Horford, Taurean Green and the last two Most Outstanding Players of the NCAA Tournament ? Joakim Noah and Corey...
UT Week Different For The Gators
September 11, 2007 by
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Meyer remembers his experience stepping into this new realm for the first time three years ago.
"I played in some SEC venues as an opposing coach (before coming to UF in 2005)," Meyer said. "(The SEC has) the finest fans, the most intense, passionate game in the country...
From Rout to Doubt
September 09, 2007 by
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Just when it looked like the young reserves were going to enjoy their first live action ? and lots of it ? in The Swamp, the Florida starters mysteriously melted down and changed everything.
After a near-flawless first half that saw Tim Tebow and the Gators build a 49-3 lead, Florida...
UF's Brandon James' Return Provides Spark
September 09, 2007 by
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Brandon James fielded the kickoff, shuffled his swift feet forward, and blazed upfield 57 yards. Just that fast, Florida's game-changing kick returner was back.
James' big return came on Troy's first kickoff midway through the first quarter of Florida's 59-31 win...
Troy Proud Of Second Half Rebound
September 09, 2007 by
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The Troy defense nearly got run over twice on Saturday.
Continue to 2nd paragraph The first time came prior to Saturday's game when a car carrying Gator fans swerved into the bus carrying Trojan defenders. The second time came in the first half at The Swamp, with the Florida...
UF's Ingram Has A Breakthrough Night
September 09, 2007 by
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Cornelius Ingram, whom Florida coach Urban Meyer has named this year's Face of Florida football, was practically nonexistent in UF's opener against Western Kentucky. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound hybrid tight end/receiver caught only one ball for 11 yards.
In UF's 59-31 victory...
Notebook: UF Injuries A Concern
September 09, 2007 by
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Florida escaped from The Swamp Saturday night with a win, but not with a clean bill of health.
Continue to 2nd paragraph Senior receiver Andre Caldwell suffered a knee injury during the second half of the Gators 59-31 win over Troy and will undergo an MRI. Coach Urban Meyer said...
Halftime Got In the Way Of A Great Time
September 09, 2007 by
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It was a perfect night, unseasonably pleasant for early September. And for a half, Florida played nearly perfect football. Offense, defense, special teams. It was a clinic.
So entertaining was the UF offense that most of the crowd stayed for the second half to see what would happen...
UF's One Final Tuneup
September 08, 2007 by
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This is the week to find out what you have, not what you are.
This is the week before it gets started.
While Florida is not taking Troy lightly when the teams play today at 6 p.m., Gator fans know that it is still a tuneup for what lies ahead. Last year, it was referred to as...
Haden Set For Big Test
September 08, 2007 by
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As the ball sailed out of bounds on a play in the third quarter of Florida's 49-3 rout of Western Kentucky, Joe Haden could only turn to his head coach and accept the look of disappointment on his face.
Continue to 2nd paragraph Haden was beaten by about 5 yards after the receiver...
Meyer: UF's Offense Must Run Game
September 08, 2007 by
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"Our plan is we got to keep our defense off that field," Meyer said. "I watched that film and those are a couple self-inflicted errors."
While Florida gave up a mere 156 yards through the air, Meyer said after the game that he was not happy with the mental mistakes...
Teams Tend To Improve In Week Two
September 07, 2007 by
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It is like most cliches, tired and overworked, a half-truth that once took on a fresh life only to be repeated into banality. But it's that time of the year to bring it up again.
Go ahead and say it. "A football team shows its greatest improvement between its first and...
UF's Riley Cooper Blazing His Path
September 06, 2007 by
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"That's a goal of mine," he said. "Coming in here, there weren't a lot of people really saying that one of my attributes is speed. They were saying I'm a physical player and probably a possession receiver. I wanted to prove that's not true. That's...
Help On The Way For UF's Defense
September 05, 2007 by
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Markihe Anderson was OK with missing the opener. Until about two minutes before kickoff. "I didn't know how much it was going to eat at me until I ran out of that tunnel," said the sophomore cornerback. "That really got to me. I wanted to play badly. Man, it was...
Gator Defense Sees Positive and Concerns From Game 1
September 05, 2007 by
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It took one drive for Florida's defensive secondary to realize that the season had started.The Gators went on to defeat Western Kentucky 49-3 last Saturday, but on the Hilltoppers' first drive it looked as though Florida would start its first drive playing catch-up.
On the...
UF's Opponent Troy Has Big Time Ambitions
September 05, 2007 by
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When Steve Dennis was hired as Troy's athletic director three years ago, he received a phone call he hasn't forgotten to this day."Someone called and said, 'Yeah, I got this kid down here who's really good. He can fly down the field and I think he can help your...
UF's Meyer Not Happy With Execution At Practice
September 05, 2007 by
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Florida coach Urban Meyer didn't provide a glowing assessment of how his team practiced Tuesday."It was long," Meyer said. "It was not very good. But we'll get better."
Some subtle adjustments made Tuesday's practice more of a grind. "We went...
Grand Opening: Gators Reign
September 02, 2007 by
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Ever since his arrival in Gainesville, Urban Meyer has been adamant that there is no Urban Meyer offense. The offense is what it is, he's said, designed to fit the talent of his players and different from year to year, team to team.
Well, that sure looked like the Urban Meyer...
UF's Riley Cooper Torches Hilltoppers
September 02, 2007 by
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In his brief Florida career, Riley Cooper is already establishing a trend. Any team named Western, he dominates. Last year, Cooper rolled up career highs against Western Carolina. On Saturday, Cooper began his sophomore campaign by terrorizing Western Kentucky during a 49-3 Florida...
UF TB Proves His Mettle
September 02, 2007 by
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Forget about all those defenders in white jerseys. Florida's Kestahn Moore had no trouble eluding them. What Moore couldn't do, however, was avoid the bad weather that forced Florida's 49-3 win over Western Kentucky to be called with 8:23 remaining.
Had a full game been...
Hidden Position Playmakers
September 01, 2007 by
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With so much attention given to the Gators' big-play potential all over the field, it's easy to overlook a position that is the source of many.
In 2007, one thing Florida fans will see from its tight ends in head coach Urban Meyer's spread-option offense is versatility...
It's Tebow's Turn to Lead His UF Dream Team
September 01, 2007 by
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He wasn't always the Chosen One.
Playing in the backyard with two older brothers, Tim Tebow had to wait his turn to be the one delivering passes. In his first Pop Warner game, he played tailback while Franchott Allen, the brother of former Gator Guss Scott, took the snaps.
...
Timmy Time
September 01, 2007 by
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Tim Tebow did not run for those 9,940 yards and 95 touchdowns as a three-year starter at Nease High School. He did not set the state of Florida career records for passing yardage, touchdown passes and completions with his powerful legs.
He did it with his golden left arm.
And...
USCw Transfer Moody Enrolls in Classes at UF
August 31, 2007 by
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Southern Cal transfer Emmanuel Moody is officially a Gator now. He's enrolled in classes at Florida and will join the team at practice next week following a physical, UF coach Urban Meyer said.
Meyer was allowed to talk about his new tailback for the first time Thursday after...
Gators Two QB System
August 29, 2007 by
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At this time a year ago, the Florida coaches knew they had a special talent in Tim Tebow, but they were not certain what role the true freshman quarterback would play during the season. No one was predicting he would have the impact that he did.
"We didn't know what we...
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