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For the first time in more than two years, mystery looms over the Florida Gators football program.

It's easy to look at athletes with a critical eye and a cynical mind. We're no longer naive passersby.

Published: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 11:51 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 11:51 p.m. 1. Time for a little perspective, peeps.

Submitted by Hays Carlyon on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 00:13. 2 cents There were no winners on the Florida sideline during Alabamaa TMs demolition of the Gators in Saturdaya TMs Southeastern Conference title game.

1 ranking Saturday as if it never truly was theirs to own. Based on the overpowering evidence of Alabama's 32-13 win in the SEC Championship game, it must be so.

Who saw the Gator Champ Mark Ingram did at the end of that game. and Tebow called them classy LOL Saban quits when things are bad , Ingram mocks the other team, where is "a classy team" in that.

Strange way to begin a column but today, with Tim Tebow's farewell to the Swamp and all the other sentimental story lines wrapped around the Florida-FSU game, it seems to fit.

Joe Haden came to Florida with credentials worthy enough of being the next great Gator quarterback.

St. Petersburg Times staff writer Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports.

When it was all said and done, the Florida Gators defeated the Florida State Seminoles in The Swamp as most predicted.A However, that story-line was the second most important of the day for the Gator Nation; by far it will always be remembered as the day Tim Tebow said goodbye to The Swamp.

LET'S LOOK AHEAD: The Gators can win their sixth in a row over Florida State in what could be coach Bobby Bowden 's last game in The Swamp.

It's hard to pick apart Florida's 62-3 performance over FIU because we simply didn't learn a lot about the Gators' starting units that will face FSU and Alabama.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. Game 11 of the 2009 season will see the No.

Florida will wear this garb when playing FSU next week as part of a nationwide Nike promotion.

The University of Florida football team scored often and played great defense and the combination was good enough for a 62-3 thumping of Florida International University on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville.

As soon as the game clock hit all zeroes, Meyer had a one-track mind - all Florida State, all the time.

Tim Tebow threw for two touchdowns and rushed for a 55-yard score to lead the No.

Times-Union file University of Florida quarterbacks, Tyrone Young, Jim McClellan, Tim Groves, Larry Ochab and John Brantley at Florida Field on August 25, 1979.

No. 1 Florida vs. Florida International , 12:30 p.m. Line: Florida by 45. Series Record: First meeting.

Moody has had numerous ankle problems in his Gators career. "We need to get him back," Urban Meyer said.