After two straight blowout losses, it would be easy for the Gator football team to point fingers to place the blame. Florida head coach Randy Shannon is having none of that. “I don’t make excuses,” he said. And he isn’t making any right now, even with all the injuries the …
Read More »Randy Shannon Press Conference Recap
“We were not a football team that was consistent,” said Florida Gators football interim head coach Randy Shannon. Shannon started off Monday’s press conference with this and said it was the biggest contributing factor to the teams loss on Saturday. He said special teams did not improve and fixing these …
Read More »Week 10 Recap of SEC Football
The SEC has been dominated by Georgia and Alabama these past couple of weeks and this week proved to be no different. But right now, with only three weeks left in conference play, the only teams that have a strong possibility of winning an SEC title are Georgia, Alabama and …
Read More »Missouri Dominates Lackluster Florida 45-16
A hectic week for Florida that started with parting ways with their coach ended with a thud on the field. A flat Gators team fell to the Missouri Tigers 45-16 in Columbia, getting dominated in all three phases of the game. Florida delivered a similarly lackluster performance as it did …
Read More »Preview: Florida Travels to Missouri in First Game of Post-McElwain Era
For the first time since 2014, Florida will play a football game without Jim McElwain at the helm. That’s also the last time the Gators lost to the Missouri Tigers. Florida (3-4, 3-3 SEC) travels to Columbia to take on Missouri (3-5, 0-4 SEC) with Randy Shannon as its’ interim …
Read More »Gators Could Name Starting QB Today
The last time the Florida Gators traveled to Columbia, Missouri, Will Grier was the starting quarterback and Jim McElwain was in his first season as head coach. Now, both of them are gone. The head coach, for now, is Randy Shannon and Gator fans await what decision he makes regarding …
Read More »Randy Shannon Focusing Gators Solely on Missouri
For the second time in his career, Randy Shannon is a head coach. But this one comes under different circumstances than the first one. His first head coaching gig came at Miami, his alma mater from 2007-2010. While in charge of the Hurricanes, he went 28-22. Now, Shannon is the interim …
Read More »Florida Is Struggling, But So Is FSU
“At least we’re not Florida State.” That’s the sentence Gator fans find themselves repeatedly saying nowadays. There hasn’t been much Gator fans have been able to get excited about during the 2017 football season. From losing the opener to Feleipe Franks’ underwhelming performance at quarterback and losing Luke Del Rio …
Read More »The Shannon Era Begins at UF
The Florida Gators and head coach Jim McElwain have mutually agreed to a contract buyout. Defensive coordinator Randy Shannon has been named interim head coach for the Gators. This decision was made after the Gators were blown out 42-7 by SEC rival Georgia. Florida has now lost three straight games …
Read More »Scott Stricklin Talks McElwain, New Head Coach Search
A whirlwind of a Sunday ended by hearing from Scott Stricklin, Florida’s athletic director. The press conference was called as a result of what happened earlier in the day with Stricklin saying the athletic association and Jim McElwain “mutually agreed to part ways.” Stricklin Speaks In meeting with the media, …
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