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 »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 »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, …
Read More »Florida and Head Football Coach Jim McElwain Agree to Part Ways
The Florida Gators have parted ways with head football coach Jim McElwain. McElwain, UAA Mutually Agree to Part Ways Details: https://t.co/QsGUA7spfI — Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) October 29, 2017 Florida’s decision to fire him comes on the heels of a 42-7 blowout loss to Georgia that pushed the Gators below …
Read More »Preview: Florida Looks to Get Back On Track in Jacksonville Against Georgia
Florida and Georgia. Two rivals who make a yearly trek to Jacksonville to play in one of the most popular rivalry games in the country. Georgia comes in with all the momentum and look like a College Football Playoff contender, while Florida is looking to move back above .500. https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/923254296409464832 …
Read More »Preview: Florida Looks to Get Back on Track against Texas A&M
Both Florida and Texas A&M are coming off of home losses to SEC West foes. A win for either team would put its season back on track. Lose, and the questions and pressure get cranked up even more. https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/918215883566338048 Florida (3-2, 3-1 SEC) Bounce Back From Loss to LSU Jim …
Read More »Florida Players React To New Jerseys
Earlier this week, the Florida Gators unveiled the alternate jerseys they’ll be wearing against Texas A&M come this Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. While the jerseys were polarizing to Gator and college football fans alike, several Florida players had opinions on the new uniforms as well. Florida will wear …
Read More »Not So Sweet Homecoming: Florida Falls to LSU 17-16
The Gator football team had the momentum. They’d stormed back from a 17-3 deficit on two short Lamical Perine touchdown runs and seemed poised to tie the game late in the third quarter. Shockingly, kicker Eddy Piniero missed the point-after attempt, and Florida remained trailing LSU 17-16. That’s how the …
Read More »Preview: Gators Look to Defend Home Turf Against LSU
Gainesville, Fla. — The rivalry. Homecoming. Both teams with a lot to prove on their season. There couldn’t be any more hype around this year’s 2017 Florida-LSU matchup, and it’s arguably this game could be one of the biggest deciding factors for how the rest of the season goes for each …
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