Gator Tales with Sean Kelley

With College Gameday drawing eyeballs from across the nation, the Gators battled the Vols last weekend in Knoxville, and while their comeback bid came up an unanswered Hail Mary short, they showed tremendous fight and likely learned a lot about themselves in the process. On today’s show, host Adam Schick fires up the roundtable with FloridaGators.com senior writers Scott Carter and Chris Harry and...

The Gators run of three straight home games under the lights of The Swamp to open the season came to an end last weekend, but the win over USF was more survival than statement. On today’s show, host Adam Schick fires up the roundtable with FloridaGators.com senior writers Scott Carter and Chris Harry and “The Voice of the Gators” Sean Kelley to discuss takeaways from the second victory of the seas...

While the Florida/Kentucky series was a one-sided affair for three decades, the Wildcats have turned into an unlikely rival on the gridiron in recent years, with last weekend’s win their third in the last five meetings. Now the Gators are looking to regroup against an in-state foe that aspires to become a rival in the form of USF. On today’s show, host Adam Schick convenes a roundtable chat with F...

The Gators exploded onto the scene and into the polls in Week One, upsetting 7th ranked Utah and putting the nation on notice in Billy Napier’s first game on the job. But another tricky test awaits this weekend, with hopes the sequel is even better than the original on Saturday night in The Swamp against Kentucky. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes “The Voice of the Gators” Sean Kelley and...

After months of anticipation, the Billy Napier era officially begins this weekend in The Swamp, with one of the highest-profile opening games in school history against reigning PAC-12 champ Utah. On today’s show, host Adam Schick discusses the numerous storylines swirling around this game, this team and this new coaching staff with FloridaGators.com senior writers Scott Carter and Chris Harry and...

In the final episode of the summer, host Adam Schick sits down for an exclusive interview with new football coach Billy Napier. The wide-ranging chat covers his upbringing in Georgia, how football ruled the roost in his family, when his dad gave him the coaching bug, what he learned from his time at Clemson and Alabama, the role of NIL in college football, his big-picture plan to turn around the G...

On this special summer episode, host Adam Schick welcomes new basketball coach Todd Golden for an exclusive conversation. The chat dives into his early roots, why he developed a love for basketball, how the game took him across the globe, his unlikely path to coaching, how advanced analytics will shape the program going forward, how NIL will factor into the student-athlete experience, embracing th...

In his annual end-of-year conversation with host Adam Schick, athletic director Scott Stricklin covers the men’s and women’s track national titles, the work being done under new coaches to build football, men’s and women’s basketball and soccer, his favorite moments from this season, the imminent opening of the Heavener Football Training Center, the status of the long-planned rejuvenation of The S...

After roller coaster seasons, both baseball and softball came to an end in the last week, with softball bowing out of the Women’s College World Series and baseball exiting its hard-fought, weather-delayed regional. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Scott Carter and Chris Harry for the final roundtable of the season, discussing the last stands for softball...

As the calendar turns to June, there are only two Florida teams still competing, and while there were some doubts throughout the spring they would make it this far, both baseball and softball have proven that success in their marathon sports isn’t about how you start, but the way you finish. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to...

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If you assumed the athletic season was going to start quietly winding down by mid-May, think again, as this past week was loaded with significant developments on and off the field. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Scott Carter and Chris Harry to discuss the unexpected retirement of “The Voice of the Gators” Mick Hubert, a new leader for Florida soccer, me...

The postseason feel is definitely in the air for the Gators, especially in Gainesville, where both tennis teams hosted NCAA action this past weekend and softball is currently home to the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2005. On today’s show, host Adam Schick chats with FloridaGators.com senior writer Scott Carter about how things shook out for the Gators in the aftermath of the NFL Draft,...

No matter the sport, we often measure athletes and coaches by milestones, and for softball coach Tim Walton, this week saw a big one added to his resume. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to discuss 1,000 wins for Walton, tough luck for baseball and Hunter Barco, Keyontae Johnson’s surprising entry to the transfer portal, the s...

While it has flown mostly under the radar and doesn’t feature a Gator hovering near the top of the board like we saw in 2021, the NFL Draft hits Las Vegas this week, with Kaiir Elam hoping to give Florida a first round selection for the eighth time in nine years. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writer Scott Carter to discuss Florida’s draft prospects, a new dire...

Spring football came to a close last week, with the Orange & Blue Game putting a coda on Billy Napier’s first offseason leading the Gators. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to discuss takeaways from the well-attended scrimmage, Anthony Richardson under the spotlight, more transfer portal action for men’s basketball, gymnastics...

It certainly isn’t the same as running out of the tunnel in the fall, but Billy Napier is leading the Gators onto the field for the first time on Thursday night for a highly anticipated Orange & Blue Game. On today’s show, host Adam Schick takes a deep dive into one of the innovative new ways football is expanding the scope of what it means to be a Gator by talking to Savannah Bailey about the Gat...

It may not be obvious on the surface, but there was a championship theme connecting the Gators this week, as football continued building a championship mentality on the practice fields, gymnastics took the first step toward its championship hopes and men’s basketball welcomed back a key piece of its championship DNA. On today’s show, host Adam Schick is joined by FloridaGators.com senior writers S...

Although spring technically started a couple weeks ago, when it comes to Gator athletics, the arrival of April is a clearer indicator of where we are on the athletic calendar and what sports are rising to the surface. On this week’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Scott Carter and Chris Harry to discuss how former Gators performed for scouts on Pro Day, the latest...

A new era for Florida basketball began this week, as Scott Stricklin quickly narrowed in on upstart University of San Francisco coach Todd Golden to take over the men’s program and bring it back to prominence. On today’s show, host Adam Schick welcomes FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to do a deep dive on the new hire, sort through some significant stories from week on...

When we talk about March Madness, we are generally referring to the games themselves. But as the college basketball world discovered this week, that can also extend off the court. On today’s show, host Adam Schick is joined by FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to discuss Mike White’s stunning exit from Gainesville, the start of a men’s basketball coaching search, women’...

The gold standard for Florida basketball in the last two decades is obviously the “Oh-Fours” and the back-to-back titles they delivered. But on the next rung below that era, you’re sure to find the core that led UF to the “Elite Eight” in four consecutive years, eventually breaking through to the Final Four in 2014. That group was unquestionably led by Patric Young, who came to Gainesville as a de...

In case you failed to check your calendar in the last few days, it’s already March, which means everyone is talking about resumes and thinking about brackets. On today’s show, we’ll welcome FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to discuss men’s basketball’s rescue at Vanderbilt and the critical finale with Kentucky, Kelly Rae Finley’s newly minted status as head coach of th...

This is a milestone episode of the official podcast of the Gators, but given how many events are packed into the current calendar, there is hardly time to reflect on how we got to 300 shows, but whether this is your first time downloading an episode or you were with us when we launched in August 2015, we are glad you are here! On today’s show, host Adam Schick is joined by FloridaGators.com senior...

While it’s still technically winter, it certainly starts to feel like spring with weekends like the one upcoming in Gainesville, when both basketball squads, baseball, softball and lacrosse are all in action on campus at the same time. On today’s show, host Adam Schick is joined by FloridaGators.com senior writers Chris Harry and Scott Carter to discuss men’s basketball on the wrong side of the bu...