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Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:15 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:15 p.m. Before every game this season, veteran football beat writer Robbie Andreu comes up with five pertinent questions, then answers them after each game.

At this rate, Brandon Spikes can sit out another game if he feels like it. The Florida defense -- and Spikes' replacement in particular -- performed just fine without the All-American linebacker in Saturday's 27-3 victory against Vanderbilt.

Warren Norman never gave the first thought to contending for the SEC Freshman of the Year award when he arrived at Vanderbilt.

Caleb Sturgis put more distance between himself and Jonathan Phillips in the battle to be Florida's kicker on Saturday.

Beating up on Georgia always will be vital to the Gators, and for that Florida greats like Danny Wuerrfel, Rex Grossman and Shane Matthews deserve special distinction.

At least that's what Vern Lundquist, CBSA analyst,A said with just over six and a half minutes remaining in this year's Florida-Georgia game.A Georgia had so quickly fallen apart, sputtered so hard in the second half and so thoroughly self-destructed that not even the CBS announcers tried to prop up any hope of this being a competitive game after ...

Tim Tebow's pursuit of perfection might be causing him to play a little tight. Florida coach Urban Meyer said his star quarterback could be putting so much pressure on himself that it's causing the top-ranked Gators to bog down on offense, especially inside the 20-yard line.

GAINESVILLE - Long after Florida's 29-19 win at Mississippi State was over on Saturday night, a large gathering of media stood outside the team's dressing room waiting.

The top ranked Florida football team travels this week to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Even with a 6-0 record and the No. 1 offense in the SEC, coach Urban Meyer is not happy.

Florida coach Urban Meyer spent Saturday night reveling in his team's 23-20 victory over Arkansas, a game that included a clutch drive, a last-second field goal and a raucous locker-room celebration.

The year 2009 is the year of the disappearing Gators. The offense has disappeared.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:01 p.m. Pat Dooley takes a critical look at how the Gators did on offense, defense, special teams and overall.

Flashbulbs popped, and the crowd at Florida Field stood and applauded. Just another typical appearance at The Swamp for quarterback Tim Tebow.

GAINESVILLE Coming off a 31-30 loss to Ole Miss, Florida led just 17-7 and Arkansas had the football near midfield as the fourth quarter started in last year's meeting in Fayetteville.

Buzz : Moody isn't worried about number of carries despite his recent high level of production.

Florida coach Urban Meyer watched tape of the Arkansas team on Tuesday and said after practice his team may be facing a better club this Saturday than the LSU team that the Gators beat 13-3. "I saw a team that's going to compete for the ," Meyer said.

But first, words of wisdom from Urban Meyer. a oeThe worst thing that can happen to a football player is if all of a sudden he sits home and watches TV or Spongebob or whatever the heck those guys watch," Meyer said.

No vomit. On the team flight. On the bus. On the field. Yes, that was a good sign.

Even with All-America quarterback Tim Tebow cleared to play Saturday, Florida stuck with its running game in the first half.