Family and Friends

Shared experience

As we were leaving the stadium last night, bouncing along with the jubilant chants of: It’s GREAT to BE a Florida GATOR, I bent over and said into Adam’s ear, “you could go to a hundred more games and not see another one like this one.” He didn’t hear me. I couldn’t hear myself. “WHAT?” “I SAID,” now yelling into his ear, “YOU COULD…
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Sports

Here we go again

I’m in trouble. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always great to be a Florida Gator, but I’m not sure my fragile nerves can take another deep run in The Show. Tell me, how many sleep specialists do you suppose recommend staying up past your bedtime with a sleep disorder? Ha-yeah?!? How many of those fine specimens of medical know-how would recommend engaging in stressful…
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SportsWellbeing

Gators in a close one

I’m used to UF winning football games, but not by three points, and definitely not with less than 15 seconds left on the clock. I needed that like I need elective oral surgery. Why do we do this to ourselves? I tell people I’m not the biggest sports fan, that my life doesn’t wax and wane on the outcome of a game. I prefer to think of it as a half-truth rather than half-lie. Come…
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Sports

Giving it up for Michigan

If you’re a Florida fan, you can’t say that Michigan didn’t deserve to win the game today. Other than turnovers, UM outplayed the Gators in every way. In fact, if it weren’t for the turnovers the game wouldn’t have been close. The Gators young defensive line was handled by UM for most of the game, the Gators older offensive line was handled by UM for the whole game…
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Sports

You can’t win them all

Auburn played a heck of a ball game. It’s just a shame they had to play it late at night, on a day when I was having a pretty good day. I’d like to say that Florida had some kind of moral victory… outplaying the Tigers, or being the better team… but it wouldn’t be true. You get greedy when your team wins a lot of ball games. You want them to win them all.
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Sports

Go Gators

There may come a day this season when Tennessee looks like a poor test, but going into this weekend I was a little worried. Partially, this is because I am a worrier by nature; but you’ve got to admit, the young Gator defense gave you a little bit of discomfort in the second half against Troy State, right? There may come a day when I regret saying this, but the Gators looked like they picked…
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CancerGoing for Broke

Beware of area code 352

My wife thinks I’m being silly. But that’s not news. My latest adventure down the road to lunacy involves my alma mater: The University of Florida. It was about mid-April when I received my very first solicitation for money. “Can we count on your donation of $1000?” If I had been drinking it would have shot from my nose in a fountain of incredulity. “Ah…
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Sports

Mixed feelings

It’s not too often that I receive an email from UF President Bernie Machen. In fact, you could say that I’ve never received an email from UF President Bernie Machen. So why now? No, he’s not asking for money. He’s not announcing an initiative to raise money. Instead, it’s an attempt at group therapy. Dear Alumni and Friends, If you’re like me, it was a…
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Current EventsSports

Fear be gone!

A collective sigh could be heard from as far as the Paines’ Prairie State Preserve late last week as word spread that Billy Donovan was not interested in the Kentucky job – and would be staying at Florida (for now). Going back to my days as a UF freshman, and lonely season ticket holder under the Don Devoe regime, I’ve had a destinct inferiority complex over my allegiance to the…
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