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The Gator Country Magazine is now the fastest growing full color magazine printed on high quality glossy paper that’s dedicated to bringing you the best in-depth feature coverage of the Florida Gators. Our magazine is the only one that has award winning writers and columnists on staff so you can truly enjoy reading about your beloved Florida Gators.

There are ten issues a year and each issue is packed with feature stories & information, the latest recruiting news, excellent commentary, and outstanding photographs not found anywhere else. Unlike most magazines, we have fewer advertisements so as to allow us to pack more content for your reading pleasure.

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• NICE CATCH YOUNG MAN
  Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram finds a home at the receiver position
  
  The face of Florida Football is drenched in sweat as he begins the final leg of the daily trek from the practice fields to the locker room. He pauses at the top of the steps and looks out over The Swamp, a place he used to dream about when he was a high school kid.  Back in those days, Sunday afternoons meant football and what better place to play than the same field where the Gators played?

• GAINESVILLE’S FAB FOUR
  Marcie Hampton, Kelsey Bowers, Janine Williams, and Elyse Cusack provide UF Volleyball with a local flavor
  
  Not long ago, moments before the first serve, University of Florida assistant Nick Cheronis looked out on the hardwood, saw the faces and connected the dots as the names tumbled off the PA announcer’s lips. Marcie Hampton, outside hitter, Gainesville. Elyse Cusack, libero, Melrose. Kelsey Bowers, middle blocker, Gainesville. Janine Williams, outside hitter, Gainesville.

• A TRIBUTE TO THE SUPER-SOPHS
  First it was Reaves to Alvarez; now it’s Tebow to Harvin
  
  Almost 40 years later, it’s still remembered as THE play, the one that no Gator who was alive at that time will ever forget. Two months to the day earlier, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and everybody still remembers what they were doing July 20, 1969 when Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” THE play has almost the same effect on Gators of that generation.

• LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD
  Enoch Nadler has helped Florda’s cross country program ascend to unprecedented heights
  
  Grab your GPS. Enoch Nadler runs 100 miles a week. That’s the equivalent of Gainesville to Orlando. Not in the sanctuary of an air-conditioned sedan, but on foot, through winter’s chill, summer’s swelter and spring showers. Add it all up over the course of a season, and the sinewy legs have logged close to 5,000 miles and considering he’s well into his senior year, Florida’s star distance runner might put in close to 20,000 miles…

• OUT OF THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
  After a year with the Canadian National team, Melanie Both returns to the Florida soccer squad
  
  A bus was waiting. As Mel Booth took the first of a few tired steps toward the glass doors, she could hear the cheering of dozens of young women, but the game was more than a day away. With the hotel lobby behind her, she kept walking. The closer she got, the louder the screams. Finally, she could hear the words. Mel, Mel, Mel.

• HOLY TOLEDO!
  Gator baseball gets an unexpected boost when freshman phenom Tommy Toledo picks college over pro ball
  
  It’s not often you see a thirdround pick in the Major League Baseball draft opt to attend college. The money thrown at players fresh out of high school would likely make college an afterthought for many athletes. From the moment Tommy Toledo committed to the University of Florida, Gator baseball fans knew it would be tough to get him on campus. The San Diego Padres’ failure to sign the 117th overall pick turned into UF’s fo

• LOADED WITH POTENTIAL
  Gainesville High’s Earl Okine prepares for his college football career with the Florida Gators
  
  Tom Petty, Stephen Stills, and Andrew Copeland of Sister Hazel are just a few who have emerged from obscurity to the big stage. Each of these superstars had to work and study hard, perfecting their craft before taking the necessary steps turning a passion into a career. Purple Hurricanes football star Earl Okine is presently the biggest name on campus and just like those GHS alumni who preceded him to stardom, he has a tremendous upside that can only be achieved through hours of hard work and dedication.

• HOLLYWOOD BOB’S TOP FIVE PROSPECTS TO FOLLOW
  Every month, Gator Country Recruiting Analyst Bob Redman tells us who the Gators are hot after in football recruiting.
  

• BUFORD LONG’S WIDOW: WAUCHULA’S FIRST LADY OF FOOTBALL
  Buddy Martin’s column
  
  This past year has been happy days for all Florida Gator fans, including Sammie Long. But they could be a lot happier if only her late husband Buford Long were along to celebrate this orangeand- blue ride of a lifetime. However, she is under strict orders not to grieve and mope around—but to go forth and cheer for her beloved Gators.

• BONUS EXTRA:  Pull-out full color poster of Cornelius Ingram scoring a touchdown vs. Kentucky
  

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Prior Gator Country Magazine Issues:

• July 2007
• August 2007
• September 2007
• October 2007