Making a good team a great team is rarely cut and dry. Florida won 19 games in former coach Jim McElwain’s first two years, but failed to reach the ultimate stage.
Florida and Miami will meet in Orlando five days from now to commence the 2019 college football season. Both teams had a lot of turnover during the offseason. Here are three storylines to know about this Gators team heading into this weekend’s contest:
Saturday’s season opener will not be the last chapter written in the Florida-Miami rivalry.
The final edition of alligatorSports' Position-by-Position series focuses on the most inexperienced unit on UF's depth chart: tight end.
Florida sophomore defensive back John Huggins has been dismissed from the football program.
Florida didn’t have a single five-star recruit for 2019, but a new transfer might just make up for it.
The group that raises the most question marks on the defensive side of the ball for UF is the one that usually brings the most stability to a defense.
Sophomore UF defensive back John Huggins was accused of choking a female tutor in October, according to a UPD report uncovered this week by the Tampa Bay Times.
Gators coach Dan Mullen always makes a big point to emphasize special teams. They eat first at meals, and Mullen has also been known to hand scholarships to walk-on contributors on special teams.
One of the oldest maxims in football has to do with perhaps the most underappreciated players on the field: the offensive linemen.
You may have heard the news by now.
Optimism was abounded at UF football media day on Thursday.
Optimism was abounded at UF football media day on Thursday.
Florida isn’t just known for its secondary.
The NFL returns Aug. 1 with the Hall of Fame Game, which means training camp is right around the corner. It’s the perfect time for draft picks and players on the bubble to prove themselves. Here are some former Gators to look out for as NFL training camps get underway:
In case you needed any more proof that expectations are higher for coach Dan Mullen’s UF football team this year, here you go:
In his first season at the helm, Dan Mullen revitalized a Florida offense that seemed to lack an identity under former head coach Jim McElwain.
Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks is now a professional athlete. He’s not getting paid by a football team, however.
There’s been much talk in Gainesville about UF’s quarterback situation. Supporters and detractors of starting quarterback Feleipe Franks have often discussed whether his impact on Florida’s offense is a positive or a negative one, and any good or bad day it has is typically analyzed through the lens of the quarterback position.
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