Then again, football problems are the easy ones. The real challenge sometimes comes at home.

"Money don't matter 2 night It sure didn't matter yesterday Just when u think u've got more than enough That's when it all up and flies..

When he walked into Gainesville four years ago a 36-year-old kid from San Francisco with a résumé built entirely outside the Power 5 the

Ever since the backcourt duo of Xaivian Lee and Boogie Fland found their mojo and their shot, the Gators have won 10 straight games…

There are no tattoos of “scared money” on him or his guys. There are daily scorecards that say “winner” or “loser.”

As the sun broke over the nearby Swamp, the sounds of cleats, whistles, and full-throttle energy signaled one clear message: The Sumrall Era is on.

Todd Golden can get his 100th win as Florida's coach tonight (Photo by Chris Spears) Fifth-ranked Florida (23-6, 14-2 SEC) earned a slice of the Southeastern Conference pie back on Saturday when the Gators treated the 11,076 jammed into the O-Dome to a barbecue of championship proportions. Tonight they have a chance to put an exclamation point on that Southeastern Conference championship in their final home game of the season against Mississippi State (8 p.m., SEC Network).  

Right now, he’s pitching a perfect game. The Gators just might have found themselves a football coach with the right mix of edge, authenticity and energy. 

Another thunder dunk from Isaiah Brown (Photo by Chris Spears) “The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.” – Confucius   There is nothing beautiful about an uncut, unpolished diamond, yet in the hands of a master what looks like an ugly rock can be transformed into a thing of beauty worth thousands of dollars. Back on December 10 when the Gators were 5-4, having just lost to UConn 77-73 at Madison Square Garden, Florida was that uncut, unpolished sto

By halftime it was a 19-point blowout, and by then, the only drama left was what topping to add to the pig roast. Eleven thousand fans came to Exactech Arena expecting a competitive basketball game and wound up at a Gator Gala — complete with Ollie Time, as 7-foot-9 Oliver Rioux got his celebratory minutes.

Tommy Haugh cuts down the SEC championship net (Photo by Bobby D'Alessio) The Florida Gators have successfully created a dilemma of major proportions for the people on the selection committee who will determine the top four seeds for the NCAA Tournament in two weeks. Do they go strictly by record? It seems almost inevitable that Duke, Michigan, Arizona and UConn will finish with fewer losses than the Gators, who currently stand 23-6, and head-to-head, Duke, Arizona and UConn

Let’s not forget — this outfit started 5–4. Lost a few heartbreakers, heard the murmurs and now they’re top-four in everything that matters. That’s what we call responding to the critics — or as Billy Donovan used to say, “growing up right on time.”