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How bad can it get for the Jaguars and their head coach, Urban Meyer? What's worse than worst? It isn't the losing so much as it is how they lose. It's  a 2-12 record that stinks to a fan base that expected 7-9 victories with its "perfect" coach and shiny new toy, No. 1 overall draft pick in quarterback Trevor Lawrence. But the Jaguars haven't even been competitive in most games. […]

Billy Napier's first press conference as the Gators' head football coach sounded like all the other first press conferences of all the other newly hired coaches. I hope whoever wrote the original script is being paid royalties. The gist of the message from the new coach is always "we need more people, better facilities and more money." Napier is asking for a payroll for himself, his assistant coaches and other […]

I'm not an alarmist. I'm not one to declare the latest as the greatest or the worst. I don't call for a coach's head after one season, certainly not after one game. My profession has taught me to sit back, observe and be patient. Let the game, the season and the coach's future play out over a reasonable amount of time. I've done all of those things and now I'm […]

Isn't it interesting that you don't hear college athletic administrators poor-mouthing any more about not being able to pay their athletes at least a small stipend? The fact that athletes can now be paid for their names and likeness took care of that. And the fact that schools are handing out multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts to coaches as if they're grocery shopping makes it clear they've been lying about their  […]

Let's pump the brakes about Tiger Woods returning to the PGA Tour. The golf world is all atwitter after Tiger made an appearance and spoke at length prior to this week's Hero Challenge in the Bahamas. He did look great considering it was only nine months ago he suffered severe injuries to his legs and one ankle and foot. And I know Tiger has made spectacular comebacks before. But he's […]

As the Jaguars approach the midseason of their schedule, isn't about time they knew the playbook? Knew how to effectively get plays sent in to QB Trevor Lawrence? Knew the snap count? Knew how to line up? Should I go on? Jaguars fans who've suffered through a 1-6 start (and 2 victories in their last 23 games) deserve better. Hey, commissioner, they're not getting the bang for their buck, that's […]

It's certainly too early to line up a firing squad for Dan Mullen. The Gators football coach does have a 33-13 record in 3.5 seasons. But you can't take records in college football at face value because of how out of balance schedules are. As a member of the SEC, playing a nonconference game against Samford is not the same as playing a nonconference game against Clemson. In that light, […]

Georgia is favored over Florida by 14 points in Saturday's game at TIAA Bank Stadium. Sounds about right to me. The favorite wins the annual game the vast majority of times. Truth is, more often than not they win by double digits. Often the game's decided before the 4th quarter. Still, Georgia-Florida remains a top 4 college football rivalry along with Alabama-Auburn, Ohio-Michigan and Oklahoma-Texas. That's because when there are those […]

Rivalries aren't what they once were. Oh, I am not talking about the fans. Rivalry games -- like this Saturday's Georgia-Florida game -- still crank up their passion. They still wear their school colors all week; plan annual parities and enhance the tailgating experience. Victories still feel better than others; losses hurt more than others. I'm talking about the players and often the coaches. Once rivalry games pitted a majority […]