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Fat Guy Punt Return!
Fat Guy Touchdowns are tired. Fat Guy Punt Returns are wired! ...


Tennessee-Florida: The Full First Half Lowlight Reel
Today's premier SEC bout in Gainesville between the Volunteers and Gators has been terrible for the game of football. Fortunately, it's been great for those who enjoy football follies....

The Florida Panthers Really Packed 'Em In For Their Preseason Opener
This was the anthem scene at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., this afternoon for Predators-Panthers. It proves once and for all that there's no better setting for preseason hockey than a doubleheader that begins at 2:30 on a Monday in south Florida in the middle of September....

Unarmed Former Florida A&M Player Shot Dead By Police
Jonathan Ferrell, a former safety at Florida A&M, was shot and killed by North Carolina police early Saturday morning, apparently after seeking help after a car accident. Ferrell was unarmed, and the officer who fired the fatal shots has been charged with manslaughter....

USF Gives Up Touchdown When Own Running Back Forces QB Fumble
Look, USF is bad. But so is FAU! We can't think of any better example of Bulls futility than this play early in tonight's matchup between the two teams in Tampa, when the Owls score a touchdown thanks to USF forcing a fumble against itself. The bus, it has a broken axle. ...

Was Diana Nyad's Cuba-To-Florida Swim Legit? Haters Want To Know.
Proving once again that no significant achievement becomes official until it's picked apart by people on the internet, Diana Nyad's historic swim from Havana to Key West is now coming under fire....

Diana Nyad Completes Cuba-To-Florida Swim, Is Better Than Us
Diana Nyad became the first person ever to complete the swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage on Monday, because she is not human....

FAU Spiked The Ball On Fourth Down
When you're one of the worst teams in major college football, you need all the breaks to go your way and to call a perfect game. FAU lost by several touchdowns to the University of Miami tonight, and the way they ended the game might suggest why they struggled so much....

Wing-Eating Contest Ends With A Pantsing And A Punch In The Face
To clarify: The winning dude-bro gets pantsed. The shirtless loser who does the pantsing gets punched in the face—and seems so surprised to get punched in the face. We've got no details on this other than what you see here, but if that Jacksonville sign in the background is any indication, this happ...

There's A Lot Going On In This USF Video
Dick Vitale? Jon Gruden? I think I'll wait for the next bus....

Why Jameis Winston Will Be Your New Favorite College Football Player
Much as it hurts me to my heart to say this as a Florida fan, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is going to be one of the most fun college football players of 2013 and beyond. The glorious quotes that come out of his mouth are only part of why....

Woodpeckers Can't Get Concussions, Will Muschamp Says (And He's Right)
Florida coach Will Muschamp is not known for his learnedness, but he dropped a little science during a press conference today, telling the assembled reporters a strange-but-true fact: Woodpeckers can't get concussions....

Chad Qualls Celebrates Like A Marlin Should
And by that, I mean that he fails to celebrate striking out Omar Quintanilla, a .227 hitter. Obligatory Vine below....

Florida Removes Aaron Hernandez's Commemorative All-American Brick
This photo comes to us from Ted Spiker, who was just at the Florida football stadium to witness evidence of Aaron Hernandez's 2009 all-american season being unceremoniously sawed away. Rather fitting that it sits above Maurkice Pouncey's brick, isn't it?...

Watch Florida State's Nick O'Leary Survive An Insane Motorcycle Crash
It is important to note this: Florida State tight end Nick O'Leary not only survived this horrific motorcycle crash this May, he walked away from it....

Charges Dropped Against Barking Florida Gator Antonio Morrison
The charges against Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison stemming from a Sunday arrest for barking at a police dog have been dropped, according to the Orlando Sentinel....