Mackey Award Kyle Pitts is the second tight end in Gators history to win the Mackey Award. Head coach Dan Mullen, tight end coach Tim Brewster, and award chairman Jerry Mackey were in attendance for Pitts’ award ceremony on Thursday. The John Mackey Award is presented annually to a “‘true …
Read More »Florida Football’s Nay’quan Wright talks RB Rotation
Florida football’s offensive identity is expecting a major shift for the upcoming 2021 season. But as Kyle Trask is passing the torch to Emory Jones, you can expect more ground play with this dual-threat quarterback. With weapons like runningback Nay’Quan Wright in the rotation, the Gators hope to improve from …
Read More »Mullen Talks Spring Football Ahead of Saturday’s Scrimmage
Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen held his last Monday press conference of spring football ahead of Saturday’s privately held scrimmage in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Consistency was one of the topics that Mullen kept bringing up when discussing the team’s performance over the past month. “I think we gotta …
Read More »Florida Football’s Mohamoud Diabate Talks Gator Spring Ball
Spring ball kicked off for the Florida Gator football team on February 18 and they are locked in. Gator linebacker Mohamoud Diabate and the rest of the squad aren’t dwelling on last season or their fall in the Cotton Bowl, but rather looking ahead to what 2021 brings. As a …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back 9: December 7
The Back Nine comes at you from a different platform but it’s the same old Dr. Football. Stay with me peeps. I’m staying with you. Kind of like those aunts in that commercial. 10. Think about this but not for too long or you’re going to end up having nightmares. …
Read More »Will COVID-19 Put a Halt to the 2020 College Football Season?
Will there be College Football in 2020? Back in March, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic known as COVID-19 forced every sport we know and love to remain suspended. However, due to college football season beginning in the Fall, it remains unknown whether or not the season will be able to kick-off …
Read More »Former Gator Great Paves His Way to the CFB Hall of Fame
It’s one thing to be enshrined into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame, but to add the College Football Hall of Fame to your pitch-perfect resume is another. On Wednesday, March 11, former Gator Great Lomas Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Brown attended …
Read More »Tampa Bay Vipers’ Squad Jam-Packed With Former Gators
For those who can’t get enough football, you’re in luck. Football is back, as the XFL’s Tampa Bay Vipers kick off their inaugural season on Sunday when they head up North to face the New York Guardians. The squad features a multitude of well-known college athletes, with a majority of …
Read More »Gators vs. Tigers: Episode IV
The No. 11 Florida Gators (8-2) travel to Columbia to take on a struggling Missouri Tigers (5-4) squad. This being the fourth time the Gators face a tiger this season (2-1 versus the mascot thus far), historically these Tigers have proven a tough test. Missouri has won the last two …
Read More »FEATURE: Gator Football Player Nick Sutton Goes from the Sidelines to the Playing Field
It was Thursday afternoon on March 14, 2018, when Nick Sutton’s dreams finally came true. The young, versatile athlete who has worked so hard to get where he is today, has now received a call that will forever change his life. He was sitting in his apartment by himself when …
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