Gators Fall to Vols: Does It Really Matter If They Make It or Not?

With just under four minutes left in the second half at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, the Florida pep band started playing Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.”

Live Blog: Florida and LSU Hit the Hardwood for Fat Tuesday

I’m using CoverItLive again.

Go here for fun live-bloggery.

An Interview With the Parents of Tebow Sanford Crumley

You remember how there was this story last week about Auburn fans in Chattanooga, Tennessee naming their son Tebow after that Heisman-winning University of Florida quarterback?

Well, you may know it from big blogs, but I know it as a tip I shot to Deadspin last Thursday.

And while the story was blowing up on Friday, I was in the process of sending emails back and forth to Tebow’s parents, Alli and Damon Crumley, hoping they would be awake and willing to do some sort of interview.

They generously consented to an email interview. Jump with me for that.

Thank You, Lane Kiffin

I come not to bury Lane Kiffin, but to praise him.

The Return of Tebow (And Others?)

Gatorsports has it. Set phasers to hate.

But are Percy Harvin and Brandon Spikes also returning?

Recruits Don’t Make Passes at Statues Without Glasses

The famously bespectacled Joe Paterno may be seeing his last days on the horizon. Surely, more than one of his team’s less inspired performances has been described as the blind leading the blind.

And if you groaned at those, just wait until today’s surfeit of witty opthamological observations.

The Second Annual Bowl Preview: Part One, December 20th-24th

Yes, The Arena has been around long enough for me to be on the second annual edition of my bowl preview. In it, I spend more than a paragraph on every single bowl game. This time, I’m breaking up the posts and breaking down the games a little bit better than last year.

Even Nickelback Would Have Been Better

You remember what happened the last time the national championship took place in Miami, don’t you?

No, besides USC’s 55-19 thrashing of Oklahoma. You give up?