Football

Tim Tebow clears air, admonishes critics like Hoge

New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, infuriated over holiday weekend reports that “opted out” of playing the Wildcat in a conversation with head coach Rex Ryan last Tuesday, disputed those reports, stood...

Florida player Bill McBride passes away at 67

Former Florida Gators football player Bill McBride, best known for being the Democratic candidate for governor of the state of Florida in 2002, passed away Saturday at the age of 67. McBride,...

Tebow opted out but Jets gave up on him first

Months of frustration and disappointment reportedly boiled over on Tuesday when New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, in a conversation with head coach Rex Ryan, supposedly “opted out” of participating in the...

Former Florida Gators in the NFL: Week 16 (2012)

Now 16 weeks into the 2012 NFL regular season, there are 31 former Florida Gators football players spread over 23 teams. A total of 21 players participated in week 16 action, many...

Reports: Jaguars ready to link up with Tim Tebow

Updated on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. As it is clear that quarterback Tim Tebow will no longer be a member of the New York Jets come 2013, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported Saturday...

Gators on SI’s most memorable moments of 2012

Sports Illustrated on Friday released “The 112 of ’12,” a list of its best sports moments, memes and memories of 2012. Four spots on the list have at least some connection to...

11 Gator Bites for Thursday, December 20

From time to time, OGGOA will come across a plethora of news and notes that we wish to share – too much to fit into one of our truncated BITS segments. In...

12/19: Quinn and Hunter talk practice, juniors

With the team beginning preparations for the 2013 Sugar Bowl against the Louisville Cardinals in New Orleans, LA on Jan. 2, No. 3 Florida Gators defensive coordinator Brent Pease and redshirt senior...

Four-star 2014 QB Will Grier commits to Florida

Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp and offensive coordinator Brent Pease have made it a priority to sign at least one quarterback in each recruiting class. Forced to accept a fallback option...

Cummings, Brown, Moore to sign letters of intent

Three of the eight early enrollees scheduled to join the Florida Gators as part of the 2013 recruiting class signed and submitted their National Letters of Intent to the school on Wednesday....