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FOUR BITS: Soccer opens SEC, Haden for Thorpe, Hunter coming on, cross country honors

1 » The 2009 Southeastern Conference Championship Tournament begins Wednesday as one-seed Florida Gators soccer (14-4-2, 8-1-2 SEC) faces the eight-seed Tennessee Volunteers (8-8-3, 4-5-2 SEC) at 6:00 p.m. in Orange Beach,...

Notes from Urban Meyer on Rainey, Georgia

Florida Gators head coach Urban Meyer made himself available to the media on Wednesday and touched on a few specific topics. – Redshirt sophomore running back Chris Rainey is all set to...

Hyde, five other soccer players earn SEC honors

Florida Gators senior All-American Lauren Hyde has been named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year. One of six Florida soccer players to earn honors Tuesday, Hyde is the first Gator...

Streaks and records following Florida vs. Georgia

– The No. 1 Florida Gators extended their winning streak to 18 games, dating back to 2008. This is good for the longest in school history, the longest in the nation and...

Basketball wins, four athletes take SEC honors

The University of Florida‘s men’s basketball team began their 2009-10 season Monday night, defeating Saint Leo 95-46 in an exhibition game at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Gators freshman guard Kenny Boynton...

Georgia’s cheap shot on Tebow goes unnoticed

While OGGOA was prepared to drop the entire Brandon Spikes eye gouging story following our last post on the subject, a new piece of video and comments by members of the media...

SEC, Spikes release statements on eye gouge

While the rest of the media and the thousands of so-called “Gator Haters” out there want to drag this incident out, the story ends here. Official statement from the Southeastern Conference: “The...

Meyer, Tebow speak to media on Monday, Nov. 2

Probably one of the most interesting Florida Gators weekly Monday press conferences took place today with head coach Urban Meyer and senior quarterback Tim Tebow at the helm as usual. Meyer got...

CHOMPING: On Spikes, Lil’ Wayne lyrics and Slive

Covering the Florida Gators as close as I do every day, I often find the need to vent regarding some of the coverage the team receives, what occurs on the field or...

Women’s cross country wins SEC Championship

No. 5 Florida Gators women’s cross country won the 2009 Southeastern Conference Championship meet on Saturday, the team’s first conference title since 1997. With all five scoring runners placing in the top...