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Fading into Bolivion: BourbonMeyer Bowl picks Part. 2

Fade: To fade somebody means to wager against them. Example: Because he was a terrible sports gambler, people began to fade all of Tom’s wagers. Bolivian: The non-existent country or state that Mike Tyson was going to go after the … Continue reading

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I’ve battled over which way I could go with this post. Over and over again, I’ve thought, it’s December and the end of the year, so I could do an homage to our friends, family, followers and readers to say … Continue reading

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BourbonMeyer’s Heisman selection: Game recognizes game

It’s the most wonderful time of year again… Bowl game match-ups have been announced. The NFL is playing is about to start playing 4 days a week. The Fall semester is over. And this particular year, Gator Football has come … Continue reading

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Revisionist History: Has Urban Meyer become Anakin Skywalker?

I have no expectations that upon completion of reading this post that I will sway your opinion one way or the other. At this point, you have likely decided how you feel about the Coach and you’ve made your stand … Continue reading

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Focus on Your Home Game

“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.  Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me.  And I’m standing on the edge … Continue reading

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Gators looking to catch a Tiger by the tail

“… the local press seems to think we’d save everyone a lot of time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves. Me… I’m for wasting sports writers time, so, I’d like to hang around and see if … Continue reading

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Finding “Patient Zero”

Stop me if you’ve heard this before… “Long story short… Bama is a better team than us right now. They retained most of their offense and lost a lot of defense. We lost a lot of both, but retain alot … Continue reading

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Requiem for a Dream: Gator Fans Prepare for John Brantley’s 2011 Farewell Tour

He had been waiting and dreaming about this his whole life. The place is here, and the time is now. All the years of throwing the ball through an old beat up tire rhythmically swinging from a tattered rope from … Continue reading

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Words for My Gators

After this loss to South Carolina in Game 1 of the College World Series. I have a hard time putting words together to describe the feeling other than Bill Simmons’ “Stomach Punch” game. I can only imagine what Sully can … Continue reading

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Gator Great profile: Francesca Enea

In our effort to inundate our readers with softball information this Spring, BourbonMeyer.com comes with our strongest move yet. A couple of weeks ago, we had the opportunity to interview Gator Great Francesca Enea and ask her a few questions … Continue reading

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