(Photo by Chris Spears) “Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They’re realized through the magic of persistence, determination, passion, practice and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.” – Elbert Hubbard TJ Shanahan’s dream come true story comes complete with speed bumps, detours and an amazing string of events orchestrated with such precision that the only plausible explanation is unseen forces of the universe have been workin

That’s really what you want to hear coming out of the scrimmage, no injuries to key players.

Not that it makes me any more of an expert, but I have met or known most of them, hired one (Beano Cook), wrote books about one (Spurrier), interviewed a half dozen and been on TV numerous times with one (Finebaum).

(Photo by Chris Spears) Fasten your seatbelts, folks. After four years of blah, blah, blah press conferences in which it seemed Florida’s head football coach was intent on using as many words without actually saying anything during 15 painful minutes, enter Jon Sumrall. He’s the type that if you’re afraid of the answer, you better not ask the question. He spent 37 minutes Monday offering far more info, detail, humor and enthusiasm than the question required. What a concept.

(Photo by Chris Spears) On the first drive of Saturday’s scrimmage, the first unit offense was stuffed on fourth-and-one. Good news for the defense but a serious point of contention for Florida head coach Jon Sumrall, who considers most fourth-and-short situations a money down. “If it's third-and-one and fourth-and-one, we should never get stopped,” Sumrall said at his Monday morning press conference, the irritation obvious in his entire demeanor. “We've got to get better t

That distinction is the real story of Sumrall’s first eight months in Gainesville, and it’s why the mood around this program feels different heading into fall camp. The problem was never a lack of of volume or standards. It was a lack of teeth.