Hoover, Ala.— When Dan Mullen was hired at Mississippi State following a disastrous 4-8 season under former head coach Sylverster Croom, the expectations were low.
HOOVER, Ala. — The eyes of college football fans are upon Hoover, Ala., all week as the 2014 Southeastern Conference Media Days kicked off on Monday.
HOOVER, Ala. — Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive finished the things he does best to open SEC media days.
HOOVER, Ala. — Without consistency at the quarterback position, the Florida Gators suffered a dismal fate in 2013.
HOOVER, Ala. — Whether it was saying Kentucky being the best road environment he’d experienced in the Southeastern Conference, lauding Jeff Driskel as the best quarterback in college football or admitting Bryan Cox, Jr. actually has the best fade haircut on the team, Vernon Hargreaves III had a whirlwind experience at the 2014 Southeastern Conference media days.
AlligatorSports continues its position breakdown, with this edition shining light on the tight ends. The B-position in Kurt Roper’s offense will be broken down in this piece.
Florida freshman cornerback Jalen Tabor was cited for marijuana possession of less than 20 grams in May, according to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report.
AlligatorSports continues its positional breakdown of the 2014 Gator football team by turning its attention to the secondary, specifically the cornerbacks.
Florida’s wide receiving corps was arguably the weakest position on the entire Gator football team last season.
The 2014 edition of The Opening football camp kicks off this Friday and runs until July 10 at Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton, Ore.
With a football program that grows further out of touch with its fanbase as the days go by, the University Athletic Association announced on April 14 that it was going to employ an innovative way to respond to the qualms of supporters.
One year, six months and eight days after he officially joined the Florida football staff, Joker Phillips is out as the Gators’ wide receivers coach after resigning Wednesday, according to the school’s website.
Florida has landed its quarterback of the future.
When it comes to high school football recruiting, there is no such thing as an offseason. The 2014 session of Will Muschamp’s football camps kicked off Friday afternoon, featuring some of the best high school football players from across the state.
A revamped Florida offense seemed to be missing a piece coming out of spring practice. In the crippled passing attack that threw for only 2051 yards in 2013 -- 12th in the SEC and 109th in the nation -- tight ends weren’t much of a focal point if any could be found in an inept offense.
There might not be real football to be played until late August, but that doesn’t stop news from breaking around the Southeastern Conference. In the past week, SEC football TV schedules were announced, Florida’s 2015 recruiting class picked up two commitments and a former Gator national champion announced his return to the Gainesville campus.
As you walk past “Gator Mania” in the Oaks Mall, you take in a storefront that vomits orange and blue. But hanging on a mannequin in a display window is an orange shirt with a blue crab on it that has the No. 5 right in the middle, inviting you to visit ‘Jameis’ famous crab shack emporium.’”
Editor’s Note: A version of this story ran online on May 15.
6-1-1, 6-0-2, 6-2-0. They’re not area codes found in your local phone book, they’re different number combinations to get to the magic number the Southeastern Conference has finally settled on as it pertains to league football games: eight.
One year ago, Florida was coming off a magical 11-2 season that included a berth in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The Gators were pegged to contend for a Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title and were even labeled as a dark-horse national title candidate in 2013.
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