Freshman Nyadieng Yiech notches first career double-double. By Loren Meadows, GatorBaitMedia.com , Host of the Lowdown with Loren Meadows Nyadieng "Nidi" Yiech (UAA photo) If Liv McGill is Kobe Bryant, and Laila Reynolds is Lamar Odom, then freshman Nyadieng “Nidi” Yiech is starting to look like the Ron Artest of the triangle that is the Gator women’s basketball team. The Gators got all they wanted from a physical South Alabama team Sunday but were able to put away the Jaguar

Early national reaction has been positive, with analysts praising Sumrall for targeting proven coordinators rather than simply importing his entire Tulane staff,

Tommy Haugh could be SEC Player of the Year (Photo by Chris Spears) The best basketball team in the Southeastern Conference already has three losses and will have the perilous assignment of taking on a really good UConn team in Madison Square Garden tomorrow. Should we be worried?   Nope.   The Florida Gators (5-3) may have slipped in the rankings (No. 18 in both polls), but that’s because of the three losses. Closer look shows the Gators have lost the three by a combined 11

“If our lives were that simple we’d live in the past “If the phone don’t, ring it’s me” – Jimmy Buffett.   Notre Dame sat by the phone waiting but it never rang Sunday. That’s because the College Football Playoff Committee did what Domers think is the unthinkable and decided that 3-loss Alabama belongs in the tournament and Notre Dame needs to sit this one out. In other words, the CFP folks told Notre Dame that the college football universe doesn’t revolve around all that So

The “ESPN Cartel” — a label I helped coin way back in 2006 to describe the network’s soft power over college football — has never been more visible than now.

It’s almost enough to make me into a football Hoosiers fan, but I still got this little Tulane squad to root home and a guy named Sumrall who’s working double overtime'\.

Jon Sumrall, Florida’s new football coach, proved right away that he’s one of those rare birds-turned-Gator.

New UF coach Jon Sumrall will coach Tulane tonight against North Texas The ultimate test is winning on the field, but for less than a week on the job Jon Sumrall is proving to be a very good hire for the Florida Gators. After scoring big with an enthusiastic introductory press conference in which Hall of Fame Florida coaches Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer fully endorsed him, Sumrall held on to the bulk of a recruiting class that some thought would disintegrate and made two ou

While Florida’s class is small, only 18 early commitments, it includes some players who could make immediate impacts. 

Boogie Fland drives for two late game points (UAA Photo) DURHAM, North Carolina – There were no moral victories to be had Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but Todd Golden saw something in his 15 th -ranked Gators in the second half of a 67-66 loss to 4 th -ranked Duke that bodes well for the future.   Down by as many as 15 in the first half and 36-24 at the intermission, the Gators put together their best half of the season and gave themselves a chance to win a game t

And I want to apologize for my short-sightedness in miscasting and misjudging him as a less-than-stellar prospect because of his tenures at Group Five teams Troy and Tulane. This guy is big league to the bone.

Boogie Fland scores against Providence (UAA Photo) Based on the two games of the Rady Children’s Classic in San Diego last week, Todd Golden has a rather good idea what it’s going to take for 15 th -ranked Florida (5-2) to deal with 4 th -ranked Duke (8-0) tonight (7:30 p.m., ESPN) in the SEC-ACC Challenge at Cameron Indoor Stadium.   The Gators split two games in San Diego, dropping an 84-80 decision to TCU in the first game, then bouncing back with a 90-78 win over Providen