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Louisville To Name Charlie Strong Head Coach Today

Posted by admin on December 9th, 2009   No Comment

Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong is expected to become the new Louisville coach today.

Strong will be leaving Gainesville and headed to Louisville today and will be announced at a press conference sometime this afternoon. He has also stated that he will return and coach Florida in the Sugar bowl game against Cincinnati on January 1.

“It’s a great opportunity for me,” Strong said. “I’m going into a great situation where I have a chance to build a program.”

As of right now, Strong said he has no plan to take anybody from the coaching staff with him to help build his football program. This will be the second coordinator in the last year to become a head coach. Offensive coordinator Dan Mullen became the head coach over at Mississippi State right after the 2008 SEC Championship game. Meyer said he was unsure whether Strong would stick to coaching throughout the bowl game since he would be taking a new head coaching spot. Mullen stayed on the coaching staff so he could help Florida through the BCS championship game last season.

Strong has been on this Gator staff for seven years and was definitely one of the top recruiters. Last week in the SEC championship game against Alabama, the Gators defense gave up 490 yards in the devastating 32-13 loss.

He started his career out at Florida back in 1983 when he was just a graduate assistant under Charley Pell’s staff. Then in 1999-2002 he was the defensive coordinator up at South Carolina under Lou Holtz.

It seems like Florida always has assistants leaving and being hired somewhere else. In 2007, coach Urban Meyer had to find a replacement for Doc Holliday when he left to become the West Virginia assistant coach.

We wish Charlie the best at Louisville.

(Quote gathered from Antonya English/Gator Report.)

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Gator Basketball Moves To No. 10 In AP Poll

Posted by admin on December 8th, 2009   No Comment

Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators started off the season unranked but turned some heads after a 20 day stretch of 8-0, and also moving them up to the No. 10 spot in the AP poll on Monday.

Florida will play No. 7 Syracuse (7-0) this Thursday in the SEC-Big East Invitational at the St. Pete Times Forum. The Gators lost to Syracuse last year but not by much, and this year I think they should be able to give up a better fight even without Guard Ray Shipman (mid foot sprain) and center Kenny Kadji (lower back) who are both still questionable for this Thursday.

This is just the second week that they have been ranked since last January, and coach Donovan doesn’t know how his team might react by all of the good things that are being seen so far this year. Hopefully they don’t get all big headed going into this invitation just because they are undefeated and ranked 10, they got a heck of a ball game coming up Thursday.

“All this is very, very fragile,” Donovan said. “Winning is very fragile, success is very fragile. And I think if you embrace it, or think you have it figured out, or think it’s easy, that’s when you really put yourself in a position of being extremely vulnerable.”

The game will tip-off at 9:00 pm and will be televised on ESPN.

(Quote gathered by Antonya English from Gator report.)

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Florida To Play Cincinnati In Sugar Bowl

Posted by admin on December 7th, 2009   No Comment

Well Gator Nation. It’s official. Florida is set to face undefeated Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on New years day.

This will be the Gators eighth Sugar Bowl appearance, and also the fourth most in bowl history.

The game is set and ready for 8:30 pm and will be shown live on FOX. Here is an interesting fact for you. This is the first time ever that two top five teams have faced in a non-championship Sugar bowl since back in 1977.

“We are very much looking forward to the opportunity to host the No. 3 and No. 5 teams in the country, as well as their fans, for the 76th Allstate Sugar Bowl,” Sugar Bowl President Richard R. Smith said. “Florida and Cincinnati have both had great seasons with thrilling games that have gone to the last minute to preserve their place in the Sugar Bowl and we are confident that the 76th chapter in our illustrious history will maintain our tradition of staging the greatest game possible.”

After the 32-13 loss to Alabama on Saturday, Florida dropped from the No. 1 spot to No. 5.

(Quote/info gathered from Antonya English/Gator Report.)

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Urban Meyer Stays The Night In Hospital

Posted by admin on December 6th, 2009   3 Comments

Florida Gator head coach Urban Meyer had to spend the night in the Gainesville hospital after arriving home after the devastating 32-13 loss to Alabama in the SEC championship that took place in Atlanta.

The Florida athletic officials stated that Meyer was treated for dehydration. Meyer was released from the hospital today around 1:30 pm. There are school officials that do know more information but would not like to release it, but they also said that he was suffering some chest pains.

“He’s doing fine now,” Florida director of communications Steve McClain said Sunday afternoon.

The Bowl selections are held on FOX tonight at 8, Florida is expected to play in the Sugar Bowl.

(Quote gathered from Antonya English from Gator Report.)

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Charlie Strong Denies Louisville Coaching Rumors

Posted by admin on December 6th, 2009   1 Comment

Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong denied rumors late that last night after the loss to Alabama.

The rumors that he was going to interview for the Louisville job is not true Strong said. From what the media all around has been saying, Strong is the leading candidate for the head coaching job and expected to have an interview right after the SEC championship game. But it doesn’t look like that is going to happen.

Strong also stated that he has not been contacted by Louisville and has not had any discussions with them either about becoming the next head coach at Louisville.

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Tim Tebow As A Receiver?

Posted by admin on December 5th, 2009   2 Comments

It looked like Florida Gator quarterback Tim Tebow was having some fun running several routes during the Gators walkthrough at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta before they face off against Alabama in the SEC championship.

Tebow spent most of his time just messing around with other teammates and assistant coaches by running routes and catching passes. It seemed like Tim really was having a good time playing wide receiver to. Maybe he might be practicing the role he could be playing in the NFL? Who knows. Here are two videos that were captured.

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Tebow No. 2 In This Weeks Scripps Heisman Poll

Posted by admin on December 3rd, 2009   2 Comments

One of the biggest games this year for Tebow is only a couple days away, and coming into this final weekend of play before all of the Heisman ballots are due, Tebow is now No. 2 in this weeks Scripps Howard Heisman Trophy Poll.

Tim is just footsteps behind Texas quarterback Colt McCoy who took the No. 1 spot after having a terrific game against Texas A&M last weekend. It was just last week when Tebow and McCoy were tied for second place but McCoy put up the better numbers even with Tebow’s five total TD’s. This is the first time all year that Colt McCoy has taken over at the No. 1 spot.

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Tebow Becomes A Finalist For Walter Camp Award

Posted by admin on December 3rd, 2009   No Comment

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has been named one out of the five finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year award early Wednesday.

There winner will be decided by division I coaches and sports directors, and will also be chosen live on December 10 at 6pm on ESPN. Other players who are competing with Tebow for this award are Colt McCoy from Texas who has a good chance of repeating with this award, Case Keenum of Houston, running back Mark Ingram from Alabama, and DT Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska.

Here are some facts on each player:

Tebow has thrown for 17 touchdowns and rushed for 13, McCoy has passed for 3,328 yards and has 27 touchdowns, Keenum has racked up a total 4,992 yards and 38 touchdowns, Ingram has rushed for 1,429 yards along with 12 touchdowns, and last is Suh who has 70 tackles this year, 7.5 sacks and three blocked kicks.

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