As the Florida Gators Football team starts gearing up for it’s 2025 schedule, the Gators are predicted to end the season with 6.5 wins, per On3. In the past three years under Billy Napier, the program won an average of six games per season. Despite the rough first half of …
Read More »Florida Football’s Napier Making Staff Decisions
Florida coach Billy Napier addressed the media Wednesday afternoon as the Gators continue to build their coaching staff. New Hires and Familiar Faces After weeks of relative silence, the Gators made some noise by announcing Vinnie Sunseri as the new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach on Jan. 30. Sunseri was …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Gators To Face At Least 3 Heisman Hopefuls
There has been this take that Florida’s football schedule will be softer next season because so many quarterbacks have left. Well, try this out for size – Florida will play against the top three favorites for the Heisman Trophy (all quarterbacks), will play against another guy who could also win …
Read More »Official: Florida Football Hires Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach
College football fans buzz as the word runs that former NFL assistant coach Vinnie Sunseri will be the new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Florida Gators, according to multiple media outlets. Florida made it official Thursday. “Vinnie Sunseri has a great pedigree coming from a football family and …
Read More »Florida Football Roster Check
The college football transfer portal — the NCAA’s version of free agency — closed Dec. 28. Who did Florida target? Who’s still on the roster? Here’s a breakdown of the Gators’ moves this past month: Players Added The Gators added five players via the winter portal. The most recent was …
Read More »Gators Football Gains Transfer Quarterback Harrison Bailey
Following transfer quarterback Deshawn Purdie’s departure, Louisville graduate quarterback Harrison Bailey committed to Gators football. Bailey, a 6-foot-5, 230 pound signal-caller, has found a home in Florida for his final season of college football. Florida Decommit, Deshawn Purdie Former Charlotte 49ers freshman quarterback Deshawn Purdie signed with the Gators football …
Read More »Florida Football’s Slaughter Honored With All-American Brick Ceremony
Florida Gators center Jake Slaughter had his All-American brick unveiled Friday in front of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Associated Press named Slaughter as a First Team All-American on Jan. 13. He is now one with The Swamp. https://twitter.com/abrittonharr/status/1880342211336040752 UF awards its football All-Americans with an honorary brick. Slaughter’s 2024 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Florida Football’s Toughest 2025 Road Games
Fans all over the country like to complain about the schedules that are handed down by conferences in football each year. They are either too hard or too easy and never just right. I’ve talked a lot on The Tailgate with Jeff Cardozo about how much more difficult the 2025 schedule is …
Read More »Florida Football Rolls To Gasparilla Bowl Win
TAMPA — Adversity was the calling card for Florida’s 2024 football season. From a Week 1 beatdown at the hands of rival Miami to losing key players on both sides of the ball to injury, the Gators managed to overcome adversity to find themselves with a winning season. With the …
Read More »Dooley Grades The Gators: Florida Riding Momentum Into 2025
Pat Dooley, co-host of The Tailgate on WRUF, grades the Gators after their fourth consecutive win, a 33-8 victory Friday against Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. OFFENSE: B- First half: If you are a fan of yardage and time of possession, the Gators graded …
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