Danny Wuerffel, the former Florida Heisman Trophy winner who led the Gators to their first football national championship, is among 76 players on the 2012 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of FAme, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today.

The Hall of Fame Class will be announced live in New York City during a noon press conference on May 15, and those selected will be  -inducted at the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 4, 2012 at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City.  Florida WR Carlos Alvarez was inducted in 2011.

"It's an enormous honor to just be on the ballot when you think that more than 4.86 million people have played college football," NFF President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell said. "The Hall's requirement of being a First Team All-American creates a much smaller pool of only 1,900 individuals who are even eligible to be on the ballot, so being in today's group of 76 names means an individual is truly among the greatest to ever have played the game, and we are proud to announce their names today."  ... Read more

So muchh for not living up to the Florida program's standards. After struggling most of last season, the Florida women's track and field team rebounded in grand fashion this past weekend.

The No. 6 Gator women's track and field team won the 2012 SEC Indoor Championship - its second indoor league team title in the past three years, and seventh overall.

The UF women scored 132 total points to win the championship, while No. 2 LSU finished second with 109 points and No. 4 Arkansas was third with 99.

Arkansas won the men's team title with 151 points, while the No. 2 Gators were second with 137 and No. 24 Georgia placed third with 85.5.

"These ladies had a team-only meeting last April," Holloway said. "They made the decision that they were going to get better and get better in a hurry, and they were second at SEC Outdoors. They sat down in the fall and they talked about what we were capable of doing and how we were going to get it done, and I think what you saw this weekend was a byproduct of that." ... Read more

Florida senior Preston Tucker became Florida’s career RBI leader on Saturday, breaking the recored previously held by former Gator Brad Wilkerson (1996-98).

Tucker hit a two-out solo homerun in the third inning to set the new school record.

“It means a lot,'' Tucker said about breaking the record. "It’s really cool since it was previously held by Brad Wilkerson who played in the Big Leagues for a ton of years. And, you know, it means a lot knowing that the guys in front of me have been on base a whole lot -- going back to Avery Barnes and Matt den Dekker too, and the guys hitting in front of me this year. We’ve had a great team through the last four years and it means a lot to me.”

Tucker, a former Tampa Plant standout, now has 215 RBI in 205 games. He was 2-for-4 in a 5-1 win over William & Mary on Saturday afternoon.

“It’s a little relief and felt good, especially since we were only up one at that point,'' Tucker said. "I got the record; it feels great and now I can just continue to have good at-bats.” 

Despite his 7-5 first season with the Gators, The University Athletic Association has exercised its right to a one-year contract extension for Flroida head football coach Will Muschamp.

Muschamp, who was hired in December 2010, originally signed a five-year contract worth approximatley $13.75 million.

"Coach Muschamp's original contract was for five years with an option year,'' UF Associate Athletic Director for Communications Steve McClain said. "The UAA exercised that option year in January, and he now has five years remaining on his current contract.''

The Gators finished 7-6, 3-5 in the SEC in Muschamp's first season.