Homecoming

The crowd Gator Chomps in spirit of this year’s UF Homecoming Parade on Friday on West University Avenue.
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The crowd Gator Chomps in spirit of this year’s UF Homecoming Parade on Friday on West University Avenue.
Saneh Ste. Claire and Brendon “BJ” Jonassaint smile after being named UF’s 2016 Homecoming Queen and King. The winners were announced at Gator Growl on Friday.
Despite the rain, fans walk down the closed-off University Avenue to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the UF Homecoming football game.
From left: UF students Richard Minichiello and Sarah Galante laugh while facing the rain before the UF Homecoming football game on Saturday afternoon. They “couldn’t believe they got soaked,” said Galante.
Local organization Menagerie In Motion drives a human-powered gator down University Avenue during the UF Homecoming Parade on Friday. The group’s featured machines ranged from horseshoe crabs to unicorns.
Members of the Homecoming Parade march down W University Ave on Friday morning.
Members of the Homecoming Parade march down W University Ave on Friday morning.
Members of the Homecoming Parade march down W University Ave on Friday morning.
The crowd Gator Chomps in spirit of this year’s UF Homecoming Parade on Friday on West University Avenue.
Members of the UF Fightin’ Gator Marching Band and color guard walk down University Avenue during the annual UF Homecoming Parade on Friday afternoon.
Jalen Tabor eyed Drew Lock and made his move.
Members of the Homecoming Parade march down W University Ave on Friday morning.
Members of the Homecoming Parade march down W University Ave on Friday morning.
Members of the Homecoming Parade march down W University Ave on Friday morning.
Renee Hoffner-Dabbs hadn’t been to Gator Growl since 1988.
Caleb Brantley / redshirt junior / 6-foot-2 / 297 pounds
Two UF students are leaving for Haiti today to help those in need.
Before every UF football game this Fall, Terry Peppers slips on a pair of orange-and-blue argyle pants.
You’re sitting in lecture, listening to your professor drone on about some topic you won’t even be tested on. You feel your eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Your head drops down. Reflexively, your body jerks back and your eyelids shoot open. “Everything OK?” your friend next to you whispers. “Barts and Royals,” you deliriously mumble back. “Huh? Whatever, dude,” she says before glancing down at her notes. You lull slowly back to sleep, and as you’re drooling on your desk, you have a dream about…
Jalen Tabor remembers the homecoming embarrassment two years ago.