Gainesville game day banner causes controversy
The intensity of the rivalry between the UF and Florida State was evident early Saturday. FSU fans were outraged by what they saw in the Swamp prior to the night-time kickoff.
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The intensity of the rivalry between the UF and Florida State was evident early Saturday. FSU fans were outraged by what they saw in the Swamp prior to the night-time kickoff.
The Gators defense fought all night to spoil the Seminoles’ perfect season.
The Florida Gators will host the undefeated, No. 5 Florida State Seminoles Saturday at 7 p.m. Follow along below for live updates throughout the game.
Fresh off a timeout, Florida freshman outside hitter Kennedy Martin spearheaded the Gators' comeback efforts. The Wildcats held game advantage, 2-0, and led set three 18-13.
The Florida Gators (5-6, 3-5 SEC) will face the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles (11-0, 8-0 ACC) Saturday night at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. UF will look to secure a sixth-straight bowl berth while spoiling FSU’s perfect regular season.
Baylor nursed a five-point lead with less than two minutes to play. Florida needed a stop to have a chance to secure a massive early-season win. The possession came down to Bears guard RayJ Dennis.
Within the first 49 seconds of the game in Brooklyn, New York, Gators sophomore center Micah Handlogten fell to the ground — legs tangled with a Panther and never got back into the action. Eight minutes later, a 3-pointer by Pitt redshirt junior forward William Jefferies put UF on the brink of trailing by double digits.
Florida showed out for senior day with fierce intensity. UF senior outside hitter AC Fitzpatrick fought hard defensively to keep South Carolina off the scoreboard. Fitzpatrick sealed 14 kills on a .323 hitting percentage against the Gamecocks.
Florida’s heart was broken. The Gators scored a clutch basket with four seconds to take a one-point lead and seemingly secure a clutch victory.
Redshirt junior Parker Valby’s performance on the national stage Saturday morning can be described as a comeback race.
There’s seemingly no reason left for Florida to play hard. The Gators lost three games in a row, dropped to .500 on the season and were only playing for pride and a chance at a minor bowl game.
The Gators men’s basketball team came out firing on all cylinders and rolled the Seminoles Nov. 17 — it also answered UF head coach Todd Golden’s challenge to the team.
In set four, UF senior outside hitter AC Fitzpatrick launched a kill across the backcourt, which the Razorbacks failed to make the dive.
A medida que se acerca la temporada navideña, la mayoría de los estudiantes abandonan Gainesville para visitar a amigos y familiares durante Acción de Gracias y Navidad, entre otras festividades invernales, lo que deja a muchos estudiantes internacionales de la UF sintiéndose alejados de las festividades. Solos y sin poder regresar a sus familias en el extranjero, esta época del año puede resultar aislante ya que las ciudades cierran durante las vacaciones.
Raised among the vibrant city streets and playful neighborhoods of Kumasi, Ghana, in West Africa, Melvin Osei Opoku sighs with a smile whenever he thinks of home. More than 6,000 miles away for nearly three years, the 21-year-old UF biomedical engineering sophomore celebrates every holiday in the States.
A UF pro-Palestinian student group could see a future victory in a courtroom against top Florida education officials after it cited First Amendment rights against a statewide order calling for the deactivation of its group.
At Butler Plaza, a mix of grocery-store chains — Sam’s Club, Whole Foods, Publix, Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Aldi — compete for Gainesville shoppers’ attention, all within a one-third mile radius. But one store is noticeably missing, not just from the plaza, but from the city entirely.
When it was finally safe to return to grocery stores after the COVID-19 lockdown, Laura Holmes took her 5-year-old twins to Publix. Sitting side by side in their race-car cart, the twins ducked at the sound of the store’s public address system. Curiously, they stared at other customers walking by, and Holmes realized her children — born in 2018 — had missed many of their formative moments because of the pandemic.
Derek LaMontagne spent his midterm season in a courtroom.
As the holiday season approaches, most students flock from Gainesville to visit friends and family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, among other winter holidays, leaving many UF international students feeling estranged from the festivities. Alone and unable to return to their families abroad, this time of year can be isolating as cities shut down for the holidays.