(Photo by Chris Spears) “Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room.” – Michael Dell The head coach who is so comfortable in his own skin as he preps for his maiden voyage as the latest chosen one charged with restoring Florida football back to life among the elites of the college game, admits he wasn’t exactly a paragon of virtue and leadership skills back in 2022 when he was days away fro

Florida is now on its fourth head coach since 2010 and looking to return to the prominence that has long escaped the program albeit for a few fleeting seasons that reminded many of better days. Enter Jon Sumrall, a coach with more championship pedigree than any of his past four predecessors, and tough minded attitude to boot. Sumrall enters the season with what seems to be an appreciation for the job and a little easier schedule to manage. Could that lead to eight regular sea

It’s finally here! Game week! Opening Game Weekend! The first home game of the season is upon us. I’ve always been a fan of college football, heck, who am I kidding? I’ve been a fan of any kind of football for as long as I can remember. But in 1987 I moved to Gainesville. I was fortunate to be able to establish friendships with some of the players and coaches and it didn’t take long to become a true Florida Gators fan. I think the first home game in 1987 was the first key par

Better days future meets with better days past “Better days, better ways Everybody's lookin' for better days Somewhere beneath the shinin' star, better days Take me, won't you take me to better days Sure could use a few better days Floridays” – From “Floridays” by Jimmy Buffett We are Gators, therefore there is this mysterious gene in our DNA that we inherited from our parents and grandparents before them. For those of us who grew up prior to 1990 when Ben Hill Griffin told

Not to go all Charles Stanley on you — though I do love his sermons — but have you ever noticed how the most perfectly orchestrated plan, the one everybody swears is a lock, has a funny habit of blowing up in the architect’s face?

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.