The Florida Gators have come to expect only the best out of all-everything quarterback Tim Tebow. Whether it was winning last season's Heisman Trophy, dealing humbly with cult-hero worship or tending to sick and poor during missionary visits to foreign lands, the results have reached folklore proportions. ...more

August 30, 2008

Thursday night, a new yet familiar era was ushered in at Mitchell Stadium. ...more

August 30, 2008

At Stake It's all about image. Not only are the fifth-ranked Gators favored to win, they need to look like one of the country's best teams while doing it. Hawaii, meanwhile, earned positive national attention last year on the way to a Sugar Bowl appearance, and it does not want to see that progress wrecked. ...more

August 30, 2008

Enthusiasm is rampant in Lake Placid as the Green Dragons open the football season tonight under the leadership of first-year coach Jason Holden. ...more

August 29, 2008

From Day One, and in bullish terms, Florida coach Meyer expressed a desire to field the fastest team in America. ...more

August 26, 2008

For the last three years, a familiar player has been in the Mitchell backfield. ...more

August 23, 2008

CORAL GABLES Less than a week away from its season opener, the University of Miami football team held practice under the lights at Cobb Stadium early Friday morning, completing its second straight day of Charleston Southern game preparation. ...more

August 22, 2008

GAINESVILLE Urban Meyer has been searching for a feature running back to open more options in the University of Florida's spread offense. ...more

August 21, 2008

In 2003, Plant High School won all of one football game. The once-proud Panthers had fallen on the hardest of times; they were now Friday Night Lightweights. Dad's Stadium orphans. Enter new head coach Robert J. Weiner, who seemed almost oblivious to the riches-to-rags challenge. The whispers had grown deafening that the iconic, 82-year-old South Tampa institution, synonymous with affluence and academic achievement, had grown too soft to excel at a tough, noncountry club sport. But the longtime Jesuit High assistant had seemingly been preparing for this opportunity his whole career. His philosophy of old-school work ethic, zealot-like motivation, unwavering loyalty and community commitment -- plus a fun, high-octane spread offense – may have found the perfect fit in high-profile, under-performing Plant High. He also realized that South Tampa was unique: a de facto small town within a major city and would likely rally around a revived football program. ...more

August 19, 2008

Urban Meyer's new favorite book sits within arm's reach, resting on the large desk that is the centerpiece of the University of Florida football coach's office. Although months ago Meyer consumed the motivational theories of "Change or Die - The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life" by author Alan Deutschman, the autographed copy remains strategically accessible, a constant reminder of Meyer's hotwired commitment to psychology as a football teaching aid. ...more

August 17, 2008