Gator Baseball Team Tops Preseason Poll

The preseason college baseball poll was posted this week at USA TODAY.com and the Florida Gators are on top. Click to read the story here. 

Six SEC schools appear in the USA TODAY/ESPN coaches' preseason poll, topped by No. 1 Florida and closely followed by two-time defending national champion South Carolina.

Click to view the complete USA TODAY/ESPN coached preseason poll 

Gators face LSU at home today

 It has been over a year since the Gators lost a home game, so we hope they can keep the win streak going today.  They face the LSU Tigers at 6 PM today! Click to read preview at Gatorsports

 

Today's game

Who: No. 17 Florida Gators (14-4, 2-1 SEC) vs LSU Tigers (12-6, 2-2 SEC)
When: 6 p.m.
Where: O'Connell Center, Gainesville

Gators on the road to face South Carolina today

The Gators are on the road again and heading to Columbia, SC to face the South Carolina Gamecocks.  The game is tonight at 7 PM.  Florida is ranked #19 going into this game.  After losing to Tennessee last Saturday, the Gators were able to beat the Georgia Bulldogs 70-48.  Go Gators!   Click to read more at onlygators.com

Gator Basketball - SEC season begins today

Time to focus on basketball now that football season is over.  After some great early season games against non-conference teams, the Gators will begin the SEC season today at 11 AM in Tennessee.  Coach Donovan and the Gators face the Volunteers.  Go Gators - read preview at this link

Gators are the victors of the Gator Bowl

After finishing the regular season with a 6-6 record, the Gators were invited to play against another 6-6 team, the Ohio State Buckeyes for the final game of the season.  Seems strange to end the 2011 season on the second day of 2012.  In a rematch of two teams that played for the national title four years ago, the Gators were able to pull of a win.  Playing in the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida, it must have had the feel of a home game. I will have to check with my son and get back to you on that as he and his wife were at the game today.  The Gators had a 14 point lead for most of the 2nd half, but with a few seconds remaining Ohio State scored a touchdown.  The Buckeyes attempted an onside kick and failed, and the Gators were able to run out the clock.   The final score was 24-17 and you can click to read the recap at Gatorsports.com

Gator Bowl Preview

Gator fans are ready for the big game tomorrow in Jacksonville, Florida.  Since New Year's Day falls on Sunday this year, the college bowl games have been moved to Jan 2nd.  It feels like we will be celebrating two back to back holidays for the new year.  Our youngest son Brandon surprised his wife with tickets to the Gator Bowl.  Since she is a big Ohio State fan and he is a big Gator fan, I can't wait to see a picture of them all decked out for the game! 

Of course, we remember what happened the last time they played for the national championship (see photo above) 

  You can read a preview of the game at this link...