OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi’s old nemesis — a wayward shooting touch — ended what started as a promising upset bid. The Rebels squandered a 16-point lead in the first half before losing 64-60 to No. 14 Florida on Thursday night.

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The NHRA GatorNationals will take place at Gainesville Raceway March 8-11. Here is the schedule...

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TAMPA -- Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has agreed to terms on a contract to become the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' next head coach, the team confirmed. The deal is for five years. Schiano, 46, has been with Rutgers for 11 seasons, taking it from a college football laughingstock to a program that had winning records in six of the past seven seasons.

There is "growing support" among conference commissioners, athletic directors and bowl officials to increase the difficulty of becoming bowl eligible by requiring teams to have seven victories, or a winning record, when the new BCS cycle begins in 2014, multiple sources have told CBSSports.com. The seven-win requirement would also mean a handful of bowls likely would be discontinued because there would not be enough eligible teams to fill all of the current 70 berths.

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The top-ranked Florida baseball team will begin practice next Friday and there is much to be excited about in Gainesville. They return their starting weekend rotation (Hudson Randall, Brian Johnson, and Karsten Whitson). The Gators also return a couple of key members of the bullpen (Greg Larson and Steven “Paco” Rodriguez) and seven of their eight everyday starters.

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For years, the differences between Tony Stewart’s Chevy Impala, Denny Hamlin’s Toyota Camry, and Carl Edward’s Ford Fusion have been undistinguishable to the untrained eye.

Camp Hill, Pa. - University of Florida punter David Lerner (Gainesville, Fla.) has been named one of four finalists for the 2012 Uplifting Athlete Rare Disease Champion Award, the Uplifting Athletes foundation announced today.

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The following are quotes from Florida head coach Billy Donovan from today's press conference. The Gators defeated LSU on Saturday. Florida swill travel to Oxford to face Ole Miss on Thursday night and host Mississippi State on next weekend.

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Schedule conflicts. That tragic moment when you look at your calendar and realize two very enticing events land on the same day. NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Danica Patrick had a moment like this when she flipped her calendar to May 27, 2012: Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Indy 500 versus Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Coke 600.

Kentucky jumped into the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 College Basketball Poll. Florida moved up to #14 in the poll, while Florida State entered the poll at #23 after upsetting North Carolina and Duke (and beating Maryland) in their last three outings.

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