Football

FOUR BITS: Macklin, Young, planking, Nelson

1 » Though the story is no longer available on the team’s website due to the NBA lockout, the Detroit Pistons had posted an interesting column focusing on their No. 52 overall...

Gator Chomp used to promo NCAA Football 12

EA Sports is not an official OGGOA sponsor (though we certainly wouldn’t mind) but their latest commercial for NCAA Football 12 is notable considering it features a Florida Gators fan working out...

The Countdown: Florida Gators roster (99-90)

With the 2010-11 athletic season now in the books and the 2011-12 season about to begin, the focus has shifted from some of the school’s smaller sports to, of course, Florida Gators...

Gators TE Michael McFarland will transfer

Florida Gators redshirt freshman tight end Michael McFarland has decided to transfer out of the program, the University of Florida confirmed in a statement. McFarland, a three-star recruit in Florida’s much-heralded 2010...

FOUR BITS: Directors’ Cup, USA, Young, Brewer

1 » The University of Florida athletic program finished no. 4 in the nation in the 2010-11 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. Thirteen Florida Gators programs finished in the top 10 of their...

Planking spreads beyond Florida football

Updated on July 1 at 12:45 a.m. OGGOA is now on day three of our planking watch as Florida Gators student-athletes try to up the ante and take the game to another...

Danny Wuerffel “overwhelmed” by support

A few weeks ago, Florida Gators quarterback Danny Wuerffel was diagnosed with and hospitalized for Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder in which, as the Mayo Clinc puts it, “your body’s immune system...

Florida Gators win men’s 2011 Capital One Cup

The Florida Gators men’s athletic program won the first-ever Capital One Cup, as announced by the organization on Thursday. “On behalf of the university, our student athletes and our fans, we are...

Pounceys, Orr, Watkins, Murphy, Riggs and Silberman join Trail in having fun with planking

Updated at 10:45 p.m. After posting pictures Tuesday of Florida Gators redshirt freshman defensive end Lynden Trail planking throughout the University of Florida campus, OGGOA is back with a second edition featuring...

SIX BITS: Beal, Benedict, Blakely, SEC, Walker

1 » Attending an offseason basketball camp put on by New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams, ESPN’s Andy Katz got another look at Florida Gators freshman guard Brad Beal and again...