Lamar Thomas will be stepping into The Swamp in a much different position Saturday, than the last time he was there. Thomas, who is now the wide receivers coach at the University of Kentucky, grew up in Gainesville and played football at Buchholz High School—even playing a few games in …
Read More »Hurricanes Back In AP Top 25 Poll, Play FAU Next
One week. That’s all it took for Mark Richt to bring the Miami Hurricanes football program back into the spotlight of the AP Top 25. Miami slid into the 25th spot, a slot previously held by the Florida Gators (UF fell from its ranking despite a week 1 win over UMass). …
Read More »Tuesday Practice Takeaways: Gators Seek Improvement For SEC Opener
The Gators welcome in the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday afternoon to kick-off SEC play. Florida has out-shined Kentucky dating back to the year 1987—making it the longest win streak in Southeastern Conference history. However, the only history the Gators seemed to be focused on is last week’s game history and what …
Read More »Jarrad Davis Views Reflects on UMass Victory
The Florida Gators came away from a scrappy game against the UMass Minuteman, last Saturday winning 24-7. The game was a lot closer than many expected and caused the Gators to fall out of the AP Top 25. Though, the defense showed it was ready to play, smothering the Minuteman …
Read More »UCF Knights Hope to Have a New Armor in Upcoming Travels to Ann Arbor
The University of Central Florida’s Football team put an end to their long and ugly 639-Day losing streak on Saturday, after defeating South Carolina State, 38-0. It was the debut of new head coach Scott Frost and his game plan did not disappoint Knight fans. Senior running back Dontravious Wilson hit the ground running—making …
Read More »Florida Football Ready for Wildcats
Following Saturday’s 24-7 home victory over the UMass Minutemen, the Florida Gator football team (1-0) will get back to work this week in preparation for the visiting Kentucky Wildcats (0-1). Looking forward to this weekend’s SEC match up, Gator coach Jim McElwain says Kentucky is “hurting” after blowing an 18-point halftime …
Read More »Florida State Rallies to Beat Ole Miss
With three minutes left to play in the first half, the Florida State football team trailed the Ole Miss Rebels by 22 points. The Noles’ offensive line was getting handled up front and Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly was having his way with their secondary. Whatever Jimbo Fisher said to his players …
Read More »Ole-Miss vs Florida State Preview
Two teams who are coming off seasons that, at one point, had huge opportunities to make it to the 2015 College Football Playoff, but couldn’t finish the deal. Two teams with extremely high expectations for their upcoming season. Two teams with veteran, battle tested veterans who have a clear desire …
Read More »Florida Football Outlasts UMass in Season Opener
With a special “Mr. Two-Bits” introduction from The Old Ball Coach himself, newly-christened Steve Spurrier Florida-Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was electric as the Gator football season got underway. The visiting UMass Minutemen experienced The Swamp’s full effect as over 88,000 fans piled in to see the Florida Gators …
Read More »A Night To Remember For Steve Spurrier
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—The Florida Gator football team entered The Swamp last night to reintroduce themselves to their fans after a busy off season and successful fall camp. The season-opener allows fans and spectators to see the new and improved game-plan and if this team has what it takes to make it …
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