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(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Saturday morning: Perhaps Texas A&M basketball coach Bucky McMillan should heed the advice of my grandmother, the late, great Ivey Van Sickle, who warned about criticizing others: “Remember, when you point a finger at someone you’ve got three pointing back at you.” On the podcast “Next Round Live,” Bucky took a shot at Florida for retaining Tommy Haugh. Florida spent a rather hefty chunk of NIL money to convince Haug

There’s a name that might have made the rounds outside the Swamp but hasn't been tumpeted nearly enough. It will become louder this season and resonate in the echo chamber with the kind of buzz that normally sells jerseys in June or fuels talk radio in July.

(UAA Photo) The ending was ever so disappointing. The Gators were hot, the No. 8 seed for the NCAA Tournament and a fast track path to the College World Series in Omaha. Well, somebody forgot to tell Troy that it was supposed to roll over and die. The last team to make the NCAA field of 64 teams, Troy made a mockery of the selection committee by rebounding from a first game loss to Miami by taking the Gainesville Regional, pounding Florida into submission two straight games t

There is even more reasons to watch this World Cup. The games are in North America.

(UAA Photo) Tim Walton has spent the last 21 years spoiling Florida softball fans to the point that any season in which the Gators fail to make it to the hallowed ground of Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series is considered a disappointment. The Gators came up one game short of making it to OKC in 2026, but making it that far with only one truly reliable pitcher is an accomplishment. Florida finished the year 52-12, forced to rely too hea

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Tuesday morning: The roster is the deepest and most talented top-to-bottom in the entire country. Todd Golden has 15 very talented players that includes an unmatched starting five and a second unit that could start for all but a handful of teams in any league. This kind of depth and talent is a blessing, but with the blessing comes the dilemma: There are only 40 minutes in a college basketball game. Obviously, when y

Rather than the typical offseason in which the entertainment is pointing fingers at their school, not ours, every time some 19-year-old with a hot car and more testosterone than brains gets arrested, we have the ongoing saga of college sports, complete with a cast of characters that could have been plucked from the 1970s sitcom “Taxi.” If we’re being totally honest here, then secretly, deep down, we are thinking this is every bit as entertaining as that “Taxi” episode when Re

And here’s the truth: no matter how carefully it’s done, no matter how well-intentioned the plan, a sizable portion of folks aren’t going to like it.

A few thoughts to jump start your Sunday morning: Thanks to a second place finish by the Florida women at the NCAA Track and Field championships in Eugene, Oregon Saturday night, the Gators have a shot at keeping alive their 41-year streak of top ten finishes in the Learfield Director’s Cup, which is given to the overall best athletic program in the country. In addition to women’s track, the Gators, who ranked 16th with 576.76 points after the spring sports were tallied, pick

A few thoughts to jump start your Saturday morning: To paraphrase Churchy la Femme, the turtle from the Pogo comic strip, who thought the 13th of every month was Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th comes on a Saturday this month. Instead of a bad luck day, Jon Sumrall could turn this into a good luck day for the Florida Gators. Back when he was Florida's head coach from 2011-14, Will Muschamp could have been nicknamed “Flipper” because he never gave up on a recruit, often flippi

The New Swamp: They’re keeping the bones. The Orange and Blue walls. The steep bowl. The suffocating proximity to the field. By Buddy Martin GatorBaitMedia.com There are moments in the life of a program when the pieces don’t just move — they align. This feels like one of those moments. For years, Gator Nation has talked about “what’s next.” Not just in wins and losses, but in identity. In leadership. In vision. And now, in a span of what feels like a Florida minute, the Univ

Jadan Baugh (13) predicted second team All-SEC by Lindy's (Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Thursday morning: For all the optimism being generated by Jon Sumrall, who is having one of the best offseasons of any coach in the country, Lindy’s preseason college football magazine offers a rather sobering reality check. The fine folks at Lindy’s love Sumrall and believe he’s capable of halting the downward trend that is Florida football since 2011, which is