College Football

The Kurt Roper Era in Gainesville did not last long. After being hired last year to the offensive coordinator position by former Florida head coach Will Muschamp, Roper improved the offense in some areas. Yet, he did not survive the coaching changes made after athletic director Jeremy Foley hired head coach Jim …

Treon Harris taking first snap of practice on Wednesday. For the first time in recent memory, quarterback Jeff Driskel is not on the Florida football team, as the senior transferred away.  So, Florida will have a new starting quarterback in 2015.  There are four gunslingers on the Florida roster, but …

For a team that started the day outside of the top 50 in most recruiting class rankings, the Florida Gators finished out National Signing Day very strong, finishing in the top 25 on ESPN’s recruiting class rankings. The Gators, who started the day at 66 in the ESPN rankings, found …

New Florida football coach Jim McElwain hires another coach off his old Western Kentucky coaching staff.  58 year old Greg Nord who was a running backs coach for McElwain, has been brought to the Gator staff to coach the tight end position and the special teams. Nord has been an assistant coach for 35 …

The Florida Gator football program under first year coach Jim McElwain closes fast as National Signing Day came to an end. McElwain spoke today about the class that Florida assembled that includes two early enrollees and 18 other athletes that signed letters of intent.   Not included as of this writing …

Tim Skipper was a starter all four years as middle linebacker for Fresno State from 1997-2000. He had 418 career tackles while at Fresno State, second in school history.  New Florida coach Jim McElwain called Skipper to be the new running backs coach for the Gators and needless to say, he was pretty excited …

The last big weekend of official and unofficial visits before National Signing Day in college football takes place this weekend.   National Signing Day is this Wednesday. Florida has only 10 verbal commitments at this time but like most schools, there are several prospects that have interest in the Gators …

The Gator Nation welcomes Florida’s new defensive coordinator, Geoff Collins to the football program. Collins is coming off of a great year in 2014 as Mississippi State’s defensive coordinator/ linebackers coach. He has 21 years of coaching experience and proven success in the SEC and those are some of the reasons new Florida …

The Florida football coaching staff has changed dramatically in the last couple of weeks. One of the most important new faces is the new offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier. Let’s take a look at Nussmeier’s journey to becoming a Gator. To start with, Nussmeier had an impressive college career at the …

The Ohio State Buckeyes overcame four turnovers with an opportunistic defense and a punishing ground game to beat the Oregon Ducks 42-20 in the college football national title game last night in Dallas. Ohio State and former Gator coach Urban Meyer wins his third national title, all in the span …