Before I get started, I wanted to acknowledge that yes, I read Bill Simmons. He is in fact my favorite sports writer. But let me be clear: I am not stealing his opinions, and I never will. The reason I like him so much is that he thinks much the same way I do. We …
I’ve been following sports my whole life. Both my parents were Gators, so I’ve been a Gator since I was five. When Billy Donovan left the Gators for the Orlando Magic, I was not surprised. A college coach cashing in on his success by jumping to the pros? I’ve seen that story a thousand times, …
Five years, ten years, twenty years from now, I will be able to look back at my time at UF and say, “I was there when we won 3 titles in 2 years.” Without Billy Donovan, you can subtract two-thirds of that equation. Billy Donovan didn’t just build Gator basketball; he Was Gator basketball. Our …