Gators Football

I was in the whirlpool at the gym recently when a former UF player asked me this question: Why do they hate Billy Napier? My response was it is the lunatic fringe who hates the Florida football coach. There are a lot of people who believe in him and there …

Ron Roberts enters his first season at Florida as the Gators’ co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach after joining the team in January. Roberts’ experience of more than 30 years makes him more than qualified as a coach for the Gators. He came from Auburn, where he was the defensive coordinator. …

Former Florida standout Alex Brown was nominated for the College Football Hall of Fame class of 2025. Brown played for coach Steve Spurrier‘s Florida Gators football team from 1998 to 2001. Brown is on the ballot alongside fellow Gator Brad Culpepper, as well as other notable names such as Montee Ball, Mark Ingram, DeSean Jackson, and …

Former Florida defensive tackle Brad Culpepper joins defensive end Alex Brown and former coach Urban Meyer in Gators selected for the 2025 College Football HOF Ballot. Culpepper played four years with the Gators from 1988 to 1991, earning consensus first team All-American honors during his senior season while leading the …

A trio of former Gators has officially been nominated for the College Football Hall of Fame class of 2025. Defensive lineman Alex Brown, defensive tackle Brad Culpepper and head coach Urban Meyer all earned nods on this year’s ballot. Having 14 total inductees already in program history, Florida looks to …

One of the last things I did for GatorsWire was a re-ranking of the top 50 Gator football players of all time. The top 5 were easy, but the rest were not. So, here on the High Five, I will give you a little of both, the top 5 and …

The first night game of Florida’s football season will be the second contest of the season against visiting Samford on Sept. 7. The 7 p.m. game will be carried on SECN+/ESPN+, ESPN announced Thursday. The season can’t get here soon enough. 🐊#GoGators | #jOURney pic.twitter.com/vg3GL1n3iV — Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) …

Former Florida football recruit and current Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Florida coach Billy Napier for a failed name, image and likeness deal. Gator booster Hugh Hathcock and former Director of Player Engagement and NIL Marcus Castro-Walker were also listed on the fraudulent claims. Jaden Rashada …

The Back Nine comes at you after a lazy weekend that included a lovely nine holes with my wife and a couple of sleep-deprived nights. 10. The NFL draft was everything that makes the NFL – as my friend Chris Harry likes to call it – The King. It was …

It was an interesting Friday morning for us old folks who went to sleep well before the first round of the NFL draft concluded late Thursday night. I told my wife Florida receiver Ricky Pearsall was picked in the first round and her response was, “Really? I was told he …