While much has deservedly been made about the skill of the seniors, Jim McElwain knows Florida’s remarkable 10-3 record this season couldn’t have been possible without the progression and subsequent contributions of the team’s underclassmen.
Before I worked at the Alligator, I had intended to drop out of college.
ATLANTA -- There weren’t many who expected the Gators to show up in Atlanta and roll the Crimson Tide.
Barring an unforeseen mangling of the College Football Playoff rankings, Florida enters Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game solely focused on the 60 minutes of play and not on any championship possibilities, giving UF a chance to play spoiler of the Crimson Tide’s postseason dreams.
Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game is the most concrete evidence to date that the Gators have returned to the national spotlight sooner than anyone could have anticipated.
Florida’s 27-2 loss to FSU in the team’s regular-season finale temporarily erased the memories of a promising season in Gainesville under first-year UF coach Jim McElwain.
Florida shouldn’t have had any trouble with Vermont, yet the Catamounts repeatedly hit shots to stay in the game.
Technically, the Gators avoided the trap by beating Florida Atlantic, albeit barely.
Following months of financial woes, former NFL running back Clinton Portis filed a Suggestion of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Nov. 5, which revealed numerous debts totaling more than $2 million.
Jim McElwain doesn’t cut corners in life, and that holds true for the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches he’s making for any of the 105 players on Florida’s football team.
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