Golden now is among the four or five highest-paid coaches in the country, behind Kansas’ Bill Self, UConn’s Dan Hurley and Arkansas’ John Calipari.

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Friday morning: When asked prior to the 2010-11 basketball season about expectations for the Gators, who returned all five starters, Billy Donovan asked rhetorically, “Does another year older make you another year better?” In this particular case, the Gators were better, making it all the way to the Elite Eight game where they lost by three points in overtime to Butler. A year ago, expectations for Florida football w

I know, I know — not exactly a bold prediction you’d see splashed across a highlight reel. But I’ve never been the guy chasing headlines with his predictions. I’m the guy who shows up seven months later and says “told you so” in a very quiet voice.

The small details that are often overlooked. If you think that doesn’t matter just remember the play last year when the entire defense moved to the two “A” gaps or right over the center and DJ Lagway still ran the play to give it to Jadan Baugh between the guard and center on fourth down.

Florida has a No. 1 quarterback, as good a running back as you will find in all of college football, a wide receiver corps that might be as good as there is in the SEC, five offensive linemen who are finding a groove, some guys on the edge who can get after the quarterback, some studs at linebacker and a secondary that is long on potential but needing to grow up in a hurry. Jon Sumrall seems to have the Gators exactly where he wants them to be. There is an air of confidence a

This is not to be critical of Jon Sumrall, who has inspired Gator Nation. Nobody in The Swamp is shocked and quite frankly I believe in faith, from afar, that he made a good choice, even if somewhat obvious — without evidence to prove it.