My eyes got a little watery as I was reading this. Anybody who speaks badly of Jeremy Foley should have their mouth washed out with soap!
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: March 28, 2018 at 8:04:17 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport > By Pat Dooley (Gainesville Sun) - March 28, 2018127 > > Florida quarterback Tim Tebow not only was the face of Gator football, he was > the face of college football. [File] > Earlier this month, ESPN put out a list and that’s all you need to know to > predict that there was some controversy. That’s what lists are there for, to > make you disagree and inspire social engagement. > > This list was to celebrate 20 years of ESPN the Magazine (who knew?) and it > was of the 20 most dominant athletes of the last 20 years. It wasn’t a very > well thought out list in that it had Peyton Manning at No. 3 and Tom Brady at > 20 and excluded Michael Phelps, had Serena Williams way too low and included > two athletes I have never heard of. > > But it accomplished its goal in that it offered up chum for talk radio. > > It also got me thinking about what that list would look like if we were > talking about UF athletes, especially because the last 20 years have been the > most dominant we have experienced at Florida. > > During the last two decades — since late March of 1998 — Florida has won 26 > of its 40 national titles and 108 conference championships in different > sports. > > So narrowing it down to the most dominant players isn’t easy and the criteria > depends on how you view dominance. > > But because I am a sucker for a list, I came up with mine anyway: > > 1. TIM TEBOW > > It wasn’t just what he did on the field, although two national titles and a > Heisman Trophy would be enough. Tebow wasn’t just the face of Florida > football during his time in Gainesville, he was the face of college football. > > 2. THE OH-FOURS > > Sorry, can’t separate them. Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer and Taurean > Green (aw, let’s throw Lee Humphrey in as an honorary member) owned college > basketball for two seasons and could probably have won it again if they came > back. Only one school had consecutive national titles in the last quarter of > a century and that was these Florida Gators. > > 3. CAELEB DRESSEL > > Talk about a guy who just keeps getting better. No swimmer has gone under 18 > seconds in the 50 meters and he did it twice on Thursday. Dressel is a true > superstar in a sport that a lot of people only pay attention to every four > years. > > 4. ABBY WAMBACH > > As a freshman, she led Florida to a national soccer title along with teammate > Danielle Fotopoulos. She went on to be named SEC player of the year twice and > Florida would win the SEC in all four of her seasons. > > 5. BRIDGET SLOAN > > When she arrived in Gainesville, Florida had no NCAA gymnastics titles. When > she left here, Florida had three. It was no coincidence. Sloan was dominant > on the beam and in the locker room with her infectious personality. > > 6. MATT LAPORTA > > Scientists recently discovered an object on Mars that looked like a ball. The > best bet was that it was hit there by LaPorta. His UF career home run record > of 74 may never be touched and places him ninth in the country all time. > > 7. LAUREN HAEGER > > Anyone who draws comparison to Babe Ruth is going to be on this list. Haeger > helped Florida to a pair of national titles with both her bat and her arm and > dominated her sport as a senior. > > 8. PERCY HARVIN > > He was an absolute freak and a huge reason why Florida won two national > titles in three seasons. Don’t think he was dominant? Try tackling him. Best > combination of power and speed ever at UF. > > 9. LAUREN EMBREE > > Embree not only clinched a pair of tennis national championships with the > winning point, she went 38-0 in singles in SEC play. She was the three-time > SEC player of the year including the first ever as a freshman. > > 10. ALEX MCMURTRY > > Her career isn’t over yet, but it has been spectacular including winning an > individual national gymnastics title last year despite her ongoing back > issues. > > 11. STACY NELSON > > You want dominant? How about 88 wins in the softball circle during her last > two years and a career ERA under one? > > 12. ALEX FAEDO > > One of the best competitors to ever lace them up for Gator baseball, Florida > rode his incredible postseason on the mound to its first national title. > > 13. MARQUIS DENDY > > Whether it was the long jump or the triple jump, Dendy was usually collecting > some hardware. He won seven NCAA titles and won the last 10 college events he > competed in. > > 14. BILLY HORSCHEL > > You can’t do much better than being a four-time golf All-American. Especially > for a guy who signed for the minimum scholarship. > > 15. MIKE ZUNINO > > The stats are impressive, but can be ignored because Zunino was the man in > charge of a team that went to the College World Series three straight times. > > 16. SHANNON GILROY > > Lacrosse may be the newest sport at UF, but Gilroy wasted little time > establishing herself as one of the best athletes ever at UF as a three-time > All-American. > > 17. ALEX BROWN > > The King of Sacks, Brown was certainly dominant if you were trying to block > him. His 33 sacks are still the most ever in Florida history and his 13 are > the single-season record. > > 18. JEFF DEMPS > > This may be one you wouldn’t have thought of, but he is the only man to ever > win the 60 meters three times at nationals. And he ran the anchor in the > 4×400 that clinched a national title. And he was a pretty good football > player too. > > 19. RYAN LOCHTE > > Lochte is best known for his antics, but his talent as a swimmer at Florida > was undeniable. He won seven national championships as a Gator. > > 20. AURY CRUZ, RHAMAT ALHASSAN (tie) > > It’s my list so I can have ties. The two powerful volleyball players had > something in common — they led Florida to the national finals. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. And follow > at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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