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The start of the college football season looms, but the Florida Gators’ grind began in the spring. Months before any results were shown on the field, UF head coach Billy Napier and his staff have been laying the foundation for the program’s future.
It’s back-to-school season, and Gainesville is meeting the moment with a music festival.
There’s only one 5’6, beaming blonde who could make sorority girls sneak out during “dry week” and encourage incoming freshmen to ditch new student convocation: TikTok star Alix Earle.
Happy first week Gators, and welcome to The Swamp! Whether you’re stepping onto campus for the very first time or returning for another chapter in your journey here, I am beyond excited to greet you as this year’s Student Body president.
As temperatures rise in Gainesville and across the state, outdoor workers and students increasingly rely on trees for shade. But a UF plan to strip trees from campus will eliminate sun protection.
You’re in The Swamp. As 90,000 fans are on their feet, the sun melts your face after you lost your voice sometime in the second quarter. Or maybe you’re in Jacksonville, listening to the echoing cheers of “Go Gators!” and looking at a chaotic sea of orange and blue at the Florida-Georgia game. Somewhere across the field, a Georgia fan is barking like a dog.
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is known for having one of college football’s loudest student sections. It ranks among ESPN’s top 20 college football stadiums and is 247Sports’ seventh-best stadium atmosphere.
If you can’t get tickets to a game or the Gators are on the road, don’t worry: Gainesville has plenty of options for where to watch Florida sports.
In a school of over 60,000 students, it seems impossible to find the right person.
The 2024 Florida football team produced an explosive turnaround that exemplified the potential of its young players and its camaraderie as it navigates through training camp.
Is college just a contest to see who can suffer the most?
From going out on a Friday night to attending a weekday lecture, students find themselves in various social circles, separating each experience from the next. But for the queer community in Gainesville, their identities unite them, no matter where they may find themselves.
Florida Gators center Rueben Chinyelu withdrew his name from the NBA Draft and plans to return to Florida, per Swamp 247. Chinyelu returns with two years of eligibility remaining.
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team was ranked just inside the preseason AP Top 25 Poll at No. 21 in October. However, when the final buzzer sounded in the national championship game, the Gators were the last team standing.
Julie Mauerman met her best friend under unusual circumstances.
Following a season of highs and lows, the Florida football team hit the field for its annual Orange & Blue spring game. With the Gators preparing to showcase the fruits of their labor this offseason, NBA Youngboy and Bossman Dlow blared over the speakers on a cool, blue-skied sunny afternoon in Gainesville as Ben Hill Griffin stadium came alive with anticipation.
As fans swamped Midtown bars and the Stephen C. O’Connell center reached maximum decibel levels on April 7, another Gator watch party was brewing a few miles away — quieter, and with a much earlier bedtime, but no less spirit.
Surrounded by a stadium packed 51,000 strong, the Gators gathered in Atlanta for the 2007 NCAA Championship game, prepared for a face off against Ohio State. Back in Gainesville, fans crowded into the popular bars of the day, anxious to see if the Gators could pull off their second — and consecutive — NCAA championship win, a feat no team had managed to achieve since the early ‘90s.
Florida took home its first national championship in 18 years after a neck-and-neck game between the Houston Cougars on Monday night. The Alamodome supported a boxing ring, much by Houston’s invention, and with a national championship hanging in the balance, top-seeded Florida and Houston traded haymakers.
When UF’s Final Four matchup against the Auburn Tigers ended in triumph, Gainesville roared. Students stormed the streets. Bar floors shook. Fireworks exploded. The Gators had just advanced to their first National Championship since 2007.
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