Pat Dooley, co-host of The Tailgate on WRUF, grades the Gators after Florida won Saturday for the first time at home since last season, 24-13 against UCF at The Swamp: OFFENSE: A- First half: Wow, it was incredibly efficient. Quarterback Graham Mertz was 14-for-17 and the Gators rolled up and …
Read More »Florida Men’s Tennis Has Short Stay In NCAA Tournament
The Florida Gators men’s tennis team was ousted from the NCAA Tournament in the first round Friday by UCF, 4-3, at the Tallahassee Regional. The Gators end their season at 13-12 after the Knights (18-5) avenged a 6-1 loss in Gainesville earlier this season. UF jumped to a 1-0 lead …
Read More »Florida Men’s Tennis Remains Undefeated At Home
The Gators men’s tennis team remains undefeated at home after a 6-1 victory Monday against the UCF Knights. Florida broke a four-match losing streak to improve to 4-4. It was the Knights’ first loss of the season after a 7-0 start. Doubles The Knights earned the first win on Court …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Host Knights in NIT play
The Florida men’s basketball team (16-16) host the UCF Knights (18-14) on Wednesday to open NIT play. The Gators and the Knights have faced off 11 times in history, with Florida winning 10 of the match ups. The last time they met was back in 2012 when the Gators won …
Read More »Gators End Rough Season with Loss in Gasparilla Bowl
The matchup between Florida and UCF finally came. For the Florida Gators, they’re glad it’s finally over. In the midst of head coaching changes, upsets when heavily favored and hope for the future, the Gators just couldn’t end it on a high note. After leading by a point at halftime, …
Read More »Bearcats are Hosting the UCF Knights
The Cincinnati Bearcats are hosting the UCF Knights. This is the fourth time the Bearcats host the Knights with the game scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16, at Nippert Stadium at noon. Looking at the Teams This isn’t the first time the two teams meet, since 2015 the two teams have …
Read More »Ten UCF Players Opt Out of College Football Season
Ten University of Central Florida football players will not take the field during the 2020 season due to concerns of coronavirus. During his announcement of the decision Tuesday, head coach Josh Heupel said that UCF supports each player’s decision regarding the virus. Although the players opting out will be away …
Read More »Centralized Conference Realignment
How many different ways has it been said that this year has been a dumpster fire? For college athletics, the chaos of 2020 has unearthed deep cracks in a system of dysfunctional leadership divided by geography, politics, and mixed messaging. A single multi-billion dollar business in which a multitude of …
Read More »Florida Soccer Begins SEC Play at LSU
It seemed like business as usual after the Gators’ first two games of the season. The team had won both of its matches, and Canadian international Deanne Rose was impacting games like expected. She was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after she scored three and assisted once in …
Read More »Big Tests for Both the Knights and Noles
Week three of the college football season comes with big tests for both the UCF Knights and the Florida State Seminoles. Two Years Ago Both Florida State University and the University of Central Florida have faced different trajectories in the past two years. On December 1, 2017, The UCF Knights …
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