(Photo by Chris Spears) JACKSONVILLE – Forget the final score for a moment. If you simply go by points, the Florida Gators lost 24-20 to 5 th -ranked Georgia Saturday at EverBank Stadium. In reality, it wasn’t four points that separated the Gators and the Bulldogs. It was maybe 12 inches.   Twelve inches. Maybe ten inches more on a fourth-and-1 at the Georgia 18 with 8:06 left in the game. A straight handoff from DJ Lagway to Jaden Baugh off the right side. As strong as he is

Interim head coach Billy Gonzales brought Florida to the brink of victory against Georgia, but once again the Gators couldn't close the deal. By Carlton Reese GatorBait Media At 4 th -and-1 from the Georgia 18 and leading 20-17 with around 8 minutes to play, the game was on the line for the Florida Gators. Convert and you’re set up to kill more clock and are just 17 yards from the end zone and putting the game away. Fail to convert and you set Georgia up with a scenario they’

As If Written By STEVE SPURRIER You give this game a few decades, and it grows its own legends, its own villains, and a few ghosts that never quite leave the grass. I ought to know — I’ve played both the hero and the haunted in this one.

Gonzales, now in his third stint as a Gators coach, has been a part of multiple national championship teams in Gainesville.

“What in the wild, wild world of sports is-a going on here?” – Taggart, as played by Slim Pickens in the movie “Blazing Saddles”   Yes, what is going on here? A Thursday night that began quiet and calm turned chaotic in a matter of an hour or so, in its wake leaving LSU without an athletic director and Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin without an interim baseball coach. Both the firing of LSU AD Scott Woodward and UF interim baseball coach Chuck Jeroloman taking the a

(Photo by Chris Spears) Even before Billy Napier was fired, the Florida Gators would have been given a fighting chance to spring an upset over 5 th -ranked Georgia Saturday in Jacksonville (3:30 p.m., ABC). The Gators (3-4, 2-2 SEC) have this nagging habit of bringing out the worst in opponents while Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC) remains a mystery. Are the Bulldogs like an avalanche, picking up momentum enough to bury anyone in their path as the regular season begins its final month

The Gators are hoping quarterback D.J. Lagway finds a new comfort zone with a new play-caller. By Carlton Reese, GatorBait Media As crazy as it may seem, there is real football to be played on the field Saturday, and it is annually the biggest game on Florida’s schedule. Amid all the noise surrounding the pink slips of coaches from Happy Valley to Gainesville to Baton Rouge, one must not forget the importance of what takes place in Jacksonville this weekend – results on the f

Ole Miss took a crucial step forward in the SEC race with last Saturday’s 34-26 win at Oklahoma, powered by Kewan Lacy’s late touchdowns and

Simply saying I don’t like Georgia would be one of the all-time understatements. Saying I hate Georgia is far closer to reality but lacks in

Jimmy Sexton, the ultimate dealmaker, is the puppet-master, orchestrating nearly every move on the board.

(UAA Photo) For a guy who has always coached wide receivers, Billy Gonzales did a rather nifty impersonation of a veteran head coach Monday afternoon. Florida’s interim football coach was poised, prepared and thorough as he took questions that ranged from preparations for 5 th -ranked Georgia to the origins of his coaching career. If you didn’t know better, you would think he had been a head coach for years.   Billy G was simply Billy G, which is what former bosses like Urban

LSU fired Brian Kelly Sunday evening causing a ripple effect throughout college football. By electing to eat Kelly’s whopping $53.333 million buyout, LSU effectively raised the stakes for every successful coach in the country. It is going to cost more to hire new coaches and schools that want to retain their coaches will be forced to renegotiate contracts.   The willingness of schools like LSU, Penn State ($46.8 million buyout of James Franklin) and Florida ($21 million buyou