alligatorSports roundtable: Florida vs. LSU
The Florida Gators head to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to take on the Louisiana State Tigers in Death Valley at noon Saturday after demolishing Vanderbilt last Saturday 42-0.
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The Florida Gators head to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to take on the Louisiana State Tigers in Death Valley at noon Saturday after demolishing Vanderbilt last Saturday 42-0.
Two years ago, on Oct. 13, 2019, a pair of future Heisman hopefuls met under the lights in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and lit the scoreboard on fire. Louisiana State’s Joe Burrow and Florida’s Kyle Trask each threw a trio of touchdowns before the Tigers rolled to a 42-28 victory en route to an undefeated national title run later that season.
Correction - This article initially incorrectly claimed Gibson was Florida's fourth 4-star commit of the class of 2022. He was the ninth.
Florida’s Ben Shelton made school history Sunday when he defeated San Diego’s August Holmgren, 6-3, 6-4, to clinch the International Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championships singles title. The sophomore became the first Gators men’s tennis player to ever claim the crown.
Florida head coach Dan Mullen heard the same questions after the Gators’ upset loss to Kentucky, when the Gators only converted a single play for more than 20 yards.
The Florida Gators football team returns to The Swamp Saturday for a homecoming matchup at noon against Vanderbilt after a disheartening defeat to Kentucky last weekend, UF’s second loss in three games.
Florida quarterback Emory Jones stood just shy of the Kentucky logo at Kroger Field, waiting for a play call that never came.
Florida football leaves the Sunshine State for the first time this season, with a duel with the Kentucky Wildcats on tap Saturday night from Kroger Field. The Gators look to move above .500 in the Southeastern Conference, and the Wildcats put their undefeated record on the line in front of their home fans. Our football writers give their thoughts on what the fifth game of the season could hold.
Florida quarterback Emory Jones stood in an empty pocket, his arms at his sides and no defender within two yards of him, and watched his pass sail helplessly past the extended arms of wide receiver Justin Shorter and fall incomplete to the grass of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
In the earliest days of football, teams built their offensive attacks around grinding each other into the ground by running the ball. In 1975, the nation’s leading rusher, Southern California’s Ricky Bell, finished with 385 attempts, while no quarterback threw the ball more than 353 times.
There is no such thing as a moral victory, but Florida came close after ending up a yard short on a two-point conversion play which likely would have forced overtime versus No. 1 Alabama.
The Southeastern Conference unveiled its 2022 football schedule Tuesday, and Florida’s slate finally fell into place.
Florida starting quarterback Emory Jones stood in the pocket, running back Malik Davis at his right side and the Alabama defense in his eyes. He’d just conducted an 11-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, UF’s third in a row, and now needed a two-point conversion to tie the top-ranked Crimson Tide at home. Two yards stood between Jones and immortal glory.
With kickoff for Alabama and Florida less than 24 hours away, the alligatorSports football beat writers predict who walks away from The Swamp with victory on Saturday.
Florida linebacker Ventrell Miller, who led the team with 88 total tackles in 2020, will miss the remainder of the 2021 season, as first reported by the Orlando Sentinel’s Edgar Thompson.
The third week of the college football season opened on Monday morning, and the defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide are favored by more than two touchdowns in their Saturday contest against Florida.
Redshirt freshman Anthony Richardson scrambled to his left with a South Florida defender closing in behind him and two more bearing down in front. He found his target, turned his body, planted his feet and rifled the ball forward less than a second before contact.
As redshirt freshman Anthony Richardson leapt into the air, sailing over the Florida Atlantic defender helplessly diving below him, the crowd at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium erupted into a triumphant roar.
On a night headlined by redshirt junior Emory Jones’ first start at quarterback for the Florida Gators, redshirt freshman backup Anthony Richardson stole the show with highlight reel runs and a 73-yard touchdown scamper during a season-opening 35-14 win over Florida Atlantic.
The last time Ben Hill Griffin Stadium welcomed Gator fans to each and every one of its seats was also a night game.