You may well know, if you have been around Alligator Army for, oh, six months, that I have a particular antipathy for questions-based reporting that shifts the onus of answering questions from writer to reader.
But when it comes to something like the Florida Gators opening their slate of spring football practices, as they are did on Tuesday, that format is obviously irresistible. Never mind that these “storylines” and “narratives” are going to be developed through the evaluation of the second-hand information Jim McElwain chooses to impart in press conferences and the eyes-on evaluation of a spring game that has led us to improper conclusions before, and quite recently: It is important to at least present the semblance of reporting to readers, and ginning up narratives to have something to talk about is one handy way of doing so.