Tight end Aaron Hernandez continues to separate himself. He is clearly Tim Tebow's favorite receiver and one of the few offensive weapons who is consistently making plays on a stout Gator defense.

The view from the bench got old in a hurry for Vernon Macklin, who spent the last couple of practice days catching it from all angles from Billy Donovan. After spending the majority of losses to Vanderbilt and Kentucky sitting in a chair on the sideline watching the Gators get torn up on the inside, Macklin turned in 28 foul-free minutes Saturday night as Florida (12-5, 1-2 SEC East) broke into the win column in Southeastern Conference play with a solid, 72-58, victory over LSU (9-8, 0-3 SEC West) before a crowd of 11,627 at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

A year removed from the miracle on 34th Street where he took an unproven defensive line at the intramural fields where the Gators do their two-a-days in August and transformed them into one of the best in the Southeastern Conference, Dan McCarney is trying to go one up on himself. Last year he transformed Florida’s front four into a more than competent unit. For his 2009 encore, he plans to turn that group into one more than capable of domination.

No. 1/1 University of Florida defeated Longwood, 3-1, in the regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon. Senior Kristina Hilberth recorded her first three-hit performance, leading the Gators with a 3-for-4 performance and the game-winning RBI.

Junior Corrie Brooks went a combined 4-for-6 on the day with a grand slam, five RBI and two runs scored as the No. 1/1 University of Florida (51-3, 26-1 SEC) softball team defeated Longwood (23-22) , 11-0 and 6-0, in Saturday's doubleheader at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

In the second inning of another one of those wrecking ball games that you almost pity whoever is today’s sacrificial lamb for the big bad wolf that is the Florida Gators, Tim Walton fired a shot that was heard clear across the college softball world. By sending Kim Waleszonia in to pinch-hit, her first at-bat since she messed up a knee back on February 28, Walton, for all practical purposes, announced that a team that is flirting with true greatness just got better.

Despite the numerous injuries Florida’s football team has sustained this spring, the Gators added a bit of depth Wednesday.

For the next two weeks, Swamp Things will preview each Florida Gators football position each day. Today we start with quarterbacks, and no, there's no quarterback controversy in Gainesville.

With a little help from its national championship football team, the Florida track and field team went on to win six events and posted 20 NCAA regional-qualifying marks Saturday as the two-day 65th annual Pepsi Florida Relays concluded in James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track.

Meyer speaks out on behalf of offensive lineman Carl Johnson, who was arrested last month for allegedly violating a restraining order obtained by his ex-girlfriend.