What a weekend of football. It’s too bad Florida couldn’t get involved in all the craziness. In an effort to exorcise the demons that have infected Florida’s season, I burned my season credential Sunday morning in the fire pit. I think I saw Beelzebub in the flames. Time for Four From The Field, but first a mini-announcement — thanks for all the input and I will continue to do the early edition podcast even though Florida’s season is over. It’s… Read More »
Wake up. Hey, if I can’t sleep neither can you. Even though we are nearing the end of this awful Florida football season, I’m thinking of continuing the Sunday Blog because writing on Sunday’s is good therapy. Then again, it’ll be nice to have Sundays off. Anyway, time for Four From The Field. 1. When I think back to this Florida football season, I think the No. 1 memory will be the scene well after the game when Robbie Andreu… Read More »
I have to say that the South Carolina road trip was the best of the season but I think that’s only because of the company. And we all want to apologize to the people we kept awake at the Fairfield on Two Notch Road (is that a great name for a road or what?) on Friday night. Time for a later than usual version of Four From the Field: 1. I have written and talked about Will Muschamp’s “selective conservatism”… Read More »
The one good thing about a noon start is that we were able to get home to watch a ton of football Saturday night. My FSU-Ohio State scenario for the national title game took a hit because of Alabama’s dominant second half against LSU, but it’s still possible. Time for Four From The Field: 1. Nobody can bring you negative stats like the Sunday Blog, especially when it comes to Florida’s offense. Here’s a new one for you — There… Read More »
After another trip to Jacksonville, The Sunday Blog was all ready at Waldo assuming they’d be doing another checkpoint. I was almost disappointed not to see them. Almost. Time for Four From The Field: 1. I took a straw poll at halftime of the Florida-Georgia game and it was split on whether or not Will Muschamp made the right call to go for fourth-and-10 at the end of the half. It was unanimous that throwing a zero yard pass was… Read More »
The bye week came at the perfect time for the Gators and for the hacks who cover them. I feel recharged after a rough four weeks, three of them on the road, and ready to tackle the last part of the season. Time for Four From The Field. 1. Every year I look forward to the bye week when I can act like everyone else and just watch football and eat and drink. What a dog of a Saturday. We… Read More »
We can cross it off our bucket list — see a football game at Missouri. Although I’m not sure it was ever on a bucket list. Time for Four From The Field, live from St. Louis. 1. So here is my takeaway from going to a game at Mizzou. Nice atmosphere, beautiful scenery, great campus. I was surprised how small the stadium is and they are expanding (I’m sure it’s part of the deal to get into the SEC.) Imagine… Read More »
It is morning here in Baton Rouge where the Gators went down to defeat Saturday. LSU has the best press box in the SEC and the worst after-game set up in the league, but nobody wants to hear me whine about my job. You’d rather I whine about Florida’s offense. So it’s time for Four From The Field. 1. If you had told me Florida would be 4-2 at this point of the season back in August, I wouldn’t have… Read More »
I know that night games are great for the fans but they can be brutal for sportswriters who insist on staying up when they get home even if everyone else has gone to bed. It was worth it because the Stanford-Washington finish was entertaining. But night games also mean deadline writing and I made a mistake on Florida’s record the last two seasons. It’s 15-3, not 15-4. The Sugar Bowl, I guess, felt like two losses. No excuses. On to… Read More »
Another trip to Lexington, another Florida win. I don’t know if Florida fans realize how hard it is to beat a team 27 straight times in anything. You kind of take it for granted after a while. But Florida’s win Saturday night was another example of the talent gap between the two programs. I asked Will Muschamp after the game if his penchant for running the ball in the second half was an effort to shorten the game and get… Read More »
