GatorLinks: Gators-Dawgs week, TebowMania, Volleyball keeps rolling, other tidbits
Monday, October 24, 2011 | Women's Basketball, Football, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Scott Carter
Hey folks, hope everyone had a good weekend. We now return to Florida-Georgia week today with Gators head coach Will Muschamp and players meeting with the media later this morning.
While the Gators were off Saturday, there was still a big Gator-related football story that took place in Miami on Sunday afternoon. Let's check out some links covering former UF quarterback Tim Tebow's first start of the season, the UF volleyball team's win over Mississippi State, and other Gator-related sports news:
--Here is a look at Georgia entering Saturday's game against the Gators from the Gainesville Sun (via AP).
--The Florida Times-Union writes that Will Muschamp is on new side of Florida-Georgia rivalry.
--Georgia jumped into the polls on Sunday despite being idle like the Gators. Click here for a Georgia notebook from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
--Yahoo! Sports writes that Tim Tebow's late mastery covers up early blemishes in Denver's 18-15 win over Miami on Gator Appreciation Day at Sun Life Stadium.
--Here is game story from Denver Post, headlined Tim Tebow rallies Broncos past Dolphins in overtime.
--The Gainesville Sun's Kevin Brockway traveled to Miami and filed this report headlined Tim Tebow's magic in Miami.
--There is a great note in Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback about Tebow and John Elway and their penchant for comebacks.
--LSU surprised the UF soccer team on Sunday, winning 1-0 and handing the Gators just their fourth SEC home loss in program history.
--The Gators volleyball team keeps on rolling with a 3-0 sweep Sunday over Mississippi State, Florida's eighth consecutive victory.
--Gators women's tennis standout Lauren Embree is playing in the singles final of the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional tournament today at UF. Embree will face Georgia's Chelsey Gullickson.
--Meanwhile, Gators men's tennis players Billy Federhofer and Nassim Slilam advanced to the doubles final.
--The Gators women's golf team finished in the top 10 of the 2011 SEC/PAC-12 Challenge in Knoxville, led by top-10 individual finisher Mia Piccio.
