Sometimes when you are trying to look something up, another thing jumps up and smacks you right in the face.
In this case, I was looking to see when was the last time Florida started a season unranked in both football and basketball (never finished that project, but I will).
And what was startling was that – if we assume the Gators won’t be ranked when the first Associated Press poll comes out – this will be the fifth time this century Florida will be unranked to start a season and the fourth time in the last nine years.
That last stat is mind-boggling, but it also shows what happens when you go through so many coaches in a short time.
But we will take this in a positive direction and Dooley’s Dozen will tell you some stories about teams at Florida who were not ranked in the preseason but overachieved their way to a nice season.