It took a fourth-quarter comeback from the Oakland Raiders to defeat the Houston Texans at Estadio Azteca Monday night. Trailing 17-13 after three frames, QB Derek Carr led a huge fourth quarter to secure the win. In the first three quarters, they looked like the Raiders of old with only …
Read More »McElwain Names Austin Appleby Gators’ Starting QB
Austin Appleby will start at quarterback for the Florida Gators this week against South Carolina. Appleby’s Return The grad transfer from Purdue will be replacing Luke Del Rio who is out with a shoulder injury, head coach Jim McElwain announced Wednesday during the SEC teleconference. Appleby started two games earlier …
Read More »Del Rio and Offense Still Seeking Improvement After Georgia Win
Luke Del Rio has yet to repeat his 320-yard, four-touchdown performance against Kentucky in the second game of the year. But he has also yet to lose a game as the quarterback for the 6-1 Florida Gators. The redshirt sophomore is 5-0 this season, missing the Tennessee loss and the …
Read More »Luke Del Rio Returning to a Familiar Setting
For Luke Del Rio, there were certainly some perks to being the son of an NFL head coach. Ahead of his biggest start to date as the Gator quarterback however, who knew that getting tea for the Jaguar players as a youngster would make the now-Everbank Field a familiar place. Fixable Offense …
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