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Gators not after revenge
By Sam Campisano | Sep. 13, 2019Florida has its chance for revenge a year after Kentucky marched into Gainesville and ended its 31-year losing streak to UF with a resounding 27-16 victory.
Injuries force players to step up
By Dylan Rudolph | Sep. 10, 2019Florida opens conference play against Kentucky in just three days, and a lot has happened since the Gators kicked off the season two and a half weeks ago. Injuries have already piled up for both teams, and young or inexperienced players will need to fill in.
Dinged up Gators look ahead to Kentucky
By Kyle Wood | Sep. 9, 2019Florida’s football team will likely be without two of its biggest playmakers on both sides of the ball when it takes the field Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky.
Stop FBS-FCS games
By Kyle Wood | Sep. 8, 2019After I got home from covering Florida football’s 45-0 throttling Tennessee-Martin, something much more entertaining popped up on my Twitter timeline.
Gators have reasons for optimism heading into SEC play
By Tyler Nettuno | Sep. 8, 2019Early season contests against FCS teams can be tough to evaluate. Game plans are dumbed down, young players are constantly rotating in and, above all, the weak competition presents little opportunity for an honest appraisal of the team.
Did Florida correct its Week 0 mistakes against UT Martin?
By Sam Campisano | Sep. 7, 2019Florida’s victory over Miami two weeks ago wasn’t pretty.
Florida dominates after early struggles against UT Martin
By Dylan Rudolph | Sep. 7, 2019One pass changed everything.
Gators’ conservative play must end before Kentucky game
By Tyler Nettuno | Sep. 7, 2019It took Florida more than a quarter of football to find the end zone against Tennessee-Martin.
UF hosts UTM in home opener
By Kyle Wood | Sep. 5, 2019The stakes for Florida’s home opener against Tennesse-Martin are drastically different from those surrounding its season opener two weeks ago. But the importance of what is essentially a tuneup game against an FCS opponent cannot be understated after the Gators’ blunders in their win over Miami.
Picks Column: Week 2
Sep. 5, 2019Week 1 is officially in the books, and it was a doozy.
3 things to watch Saturday
By Sam Campisano | Sep. 5, 2019There’s a lot we still don’t know about Florida’s football team.
UF rolls out new game day experiences ahead of home opener
By Victor Prieto | Sep. 5, 2019It’s been 293 days since Florida football hosted an opponent in the Swamp.
Bye Week Blues: Games to watch
By Dylan Rudolph | Aug. 29, 2019A bye week is long and tedious for college football fans. While Florida’s Week 0 battle with Miami on Aug. 24 was entertaining, it left a hole for the UF faithful this week while the rest of the country gets to watch their team play.
Florida football: 5 of the best quotes from Tuesday’s practice
By Sam Campisano | Aug. 27, 2019The dust has settled after Florida’s uninspiring 24-20 season-opening win over Miami. With the team back in Gainesville, the media had the chance to speak with players and coaches after Tuesday’s practice. Here are five of the most interesting quotes:
By the way, the Gators won
By Kyle Wood | Aug. 27, 2019You don’t have to look far to find critics of Florida football’s Week 0 performance.
Mullen must learn to trust Franks more to be successful
By Dylan Rudolph | Aug. 25, 2019Coach Dan Mullen went into Saturday’s matchup against the Miami Hurricanes hoping to win with a conservative mindset. He expected short passes and outside run plays to compensate for an inexperienced offensive line that was sure to have trouble with a Miami defensive line that started four upperclassmen.
UF leaves Orlando with a win and a lot to work on
By Kyle Wood | Aug. 25, 2019Florida’s football team may have had a slightly shorter offseason than the majority of Division I football teams, but it still had 238 days since its last snap of meaningful football to prepare for Miami.
A tale of two lines
By Dylan Rudolph | Aug. 24, 2019The contrast between Florida’s two lines on Saturday in Orlando was evident. No. 8 Florida came out on top against Miami, 24-20, with the help of its defensive line and its aggressiveness at the line of scrimmage, but the offensive line still remains a huge question mark.