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Florida Gators Football Team Celebrating Tom Petty Day on October 5 with Special Merch, Music, and More
For the third consecutive year, the University of Florida’s football team, the Gators, will celebrate the late Tom Petty with his own day. The 2024 edition of Tom Petty Day will take place this Saturday, October 5, during the Gators’ home game in Gainesville, Florida, against the University of Central Florida.
Florida basketball makes top 5 for 7-footer out of OTE Atlanta
The Florida Gators are among the five finalists in the recruitment of 7-foot-1-inch center Jackson McVey out of Overtime Elite in Atlanta. He’s down to Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Florida State, and Stanford, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. The Gators offered him on Sept. 21 following an official visit.
Behind Enemy Lines: A closer look at the UCF Knights
The Gators (2-2) return to competition tonight to take on UCF at 7:45 p.m. ET at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network. Ahead of the contest, Swamp247 spoke with Knights247 reporter Stephen Leonard to gain his perspective on the Knights. What went wrong for...
Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway highlight the juxtaposition of Florida Football's offense
The beauty of football is that there is more than one way to move the ball down the field. One can take the three yards and a cloud of dust approach, or one can let it rip down the field and pick it all up at once. Florida explored both of those options on Saturday night, and for at least one night in The Swamp, both options worked as advertised.
UCF vs. UF how to watch, odds, injuries, weather, and series history
This is probably one of the biggest games of the season for UCF and its fans. The Knights have always felt like UF, and the other Florida schools have looked down on them as the little brother. However, the Knights have been one of the better football programs in the last seven seasons of college football.
UF faces super-sized assignment in UCF’s KJ Jefferson
GAINESVILLE — Florida’s game plan to slow UCF quarterback KJ Jefferson began nearly a year ago when he played for Arkansas. The first time didn’t go so well, with Jefferson, a freight train with the football in his hands, helping send the Gators’ defense off the rails during a stunning overtime loss Nov. 5 in the Swamp. To finally get UF back on track, coach Billy Napier took over the scout ...
Florida standout DB Jason Marshall Jr. remains unsatisfied despite impressive start to senior season
There were numerous critics in 2023 regarding the play of Florida cornerback Jason Marshall Jr. A potential early-round selection in the 2024 NFL Draft, Marshall saw his stock hindered by the inefficiencies to UF's secondary; by the conclusion of the season, his name was notably absent from Draft boards. Rather...
Live score updates: Week 7 Gainesville-area high school football results
Welcome back to normalcy, high school football! After a week drastically altered by Hurricane Helene, the schedule has returned to normal. And just like that, only four weeks remain in the regular season. ...
Scorched in the swamp: A game day battle with heat
By the end of the first quarter, 71-year-old Betty Knight was drenched in sweat, eating ice chips and keeping a cool rag on her head like a parched desert wanderer, savoring the last drops of an oasis. She flew all the way from Gainesville, Texas, to watch the Aggies play...
Florida players get overall boost in EA College Football 25
Four Florida Gators received ratings boosts in the latest title update for EA College Football 25 — center Jake Slaughter (88), quarterback DJ Lagway (81), running back Ja'Kobi Jackson (75), and wide receiver TJ Abrams (70). Slaughter is the only every-down player for Florida on that list. He’s played...
More Jack Pyburn may mean less laughter when it comes to Florida football defense
Florida’s defense was towed into the repair shop last week. The more they looked under the hood, the more problems they found. “Our alignment, assignment, technique and fundamentals,” Billy Napier said. ...
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