Emmit Smith: College Career Gatorzone Emmitt Smith during his UF career In part two of our four-part series profiling Gator and NFL great Emmitt Smith, he heads down to Gainesville to begin his college football career at the University of Florida. After putting up astronomical stats in high school and being one …
Read More »Florida Football Hosts Georgia Southern
The Florida football team is currently in the midst of a slump during their five-game losing streak, the longest such streak since UF dropped nine in a row during the 1979 season. The Gators (4-6, 3-5 SEC) will look to reverse that recent trend when the Orange and Blue welcome …
Read More »Week 13 SEC Preview
As the college football season dwindles down to the last couple weeks of play, here’s a look at this weekend’s SEC action. Mississippi State at Arkansas. Both teams want desperately to douse their losing streaks. Mississippi State is currently riding a three game losing skid while Arkansas has chalked up a …
Read More »Gator Football Falls to South Carolina
The Florida Gator football team called upon redshirt freshman Sklyer Mornhinweg to play quarterback after Tyler Murphy couldn’t go because of a shoulder injury on Saturday against South Carolina. Mornhinweg and the Gators fought hard and battled but in the end came up short. South Carolina won their 16th straight …
Read More »Around the SEC: Week 12
There are just four intraconference matchups this weekend, but a couple games do feature teams with national title aspirations, highlighted by #7 Auburn (9-1, 5-1 SEC) hosting #25 Georgia (6-3, 4-2 SEC). The Tigers have reeled off six straight wins since their lone loss of the season to LSU back on September 21st, and …
Read More »Florida Offensive Coordinator Pease says QB Murphy injured, may not play vs. Carolina
” There is a possibility that starting Gator quarterback Tyler Murphy could miss the South Carolina game on Saturday because of a shoulder sprain. Gator offensive coordinator Brent Pease says redshirt freshman Skyler Mornhinweg would replace Murphy if his shoulder injury proves to be too much pain to play through. Pease …
Read More »Florida Football Looks For Answers
One word that could be used to describe Florida’s 34-17 loss to Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon would be bizarre. Florida had not lost to Vandy since 1988 and had not dropped four consecutive games since 2011. The Gators had more first downs (26-14) and almost double the total yards (344-183) than …
Read More »Gator Football Returns to Swamp Against Vanderbilt
After three straight losses, the Florida football team returns to Ben Hill Griffin stadium for the first time in over a month. The Gators (4-4, 3-3) take on the Vanderbilt Commodores for their Homecoming game Saturday. Vanderbilt is led by head coach James Franklin, in his third year at the school. The Commodores are 4-4 …
Read More »VIDEO: Your Friday Sports in Two Minutes
From the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, WRUF’s Chelsea Gates has your WRUF sports update. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/CHELSEAGATESONLINE.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/CHELSEAGATESONLINE.mp4]
Read More »Florida Football Offensive Coordinator Brent Pease Previews Vanderbilt
The Florida Gators will settle into The Swamp on Saturday for the first time in over one month, taking on the Vanderbilt Commodores and aiming to snap a three game losing skid. Florida (4-4, 3-3 SEC) fell to Georgia 23-20 last week in Jacksonville, outscoring the Bulldogs 20-3 after falling …
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