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As Florida entered another SEC title game, have the Gators improved?

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If the Florida Gators are the same-old football team, can this season’s SEC title game be any different? Once again, the Gators are a heavy underdog to Alabama, which once again has a national title in its grasp. Once again, it’s easy to wonder if Florida has enough sizzle on offense to pull off an offense over over one of the Tide’s best defensive teams. In some ways, this season was just a sequel to Jim McElwain’s first season with…

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Bucs think Jameis Winston can be a better player his second year

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The coaches of the Tampa Bay Bucs seem to agree on two things. Jameis Winston was good last year. He has to be better this year. Winston, already the acknowledged leader of the Bucs, faces the pressure of improving the Bucs’ record from six wins. He will be expected to improve as a player. That’s been the beauty of having him here for a year now,” said quarterback coach Mike Bajakian. “When he got here last year and for much of…

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Orlando Magic won 10 more games, but fell short of post-season

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It was better. It wasn’t good enough. How else are the Orlando Magic supposed to look at another season that didn’t end up in the playoffs? They won 35 games, 10 more than a year ago. But they fell short of their goal of the post-season. So was it improvement by young players who are getting better? Or was it biding time until a new group gets here? Was the good start (19-13 on New Year’s Day) a sign of…

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Are Bucs really better going into 2015?

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They entered the draft as the NFL’s worst team. They exited talking about competing for the division. That is how much better three days can allow a football team to feel about itself. The Tampa Bay Bucs, the dregs of the league last year when they finished 2-14, feel that’s how much better the off-season has left them. Outsiders will probably doubt it. A team rarely goes from two victories to contention, and a rookie quarterback is rarely promise upon…

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