PORT ST. LUCIE –– In the gymnasium at St. Lucie West Centennial High, three hats — Miami, Florida and Alabama — sat on a table in front of senior Jay-nard Bostwick. Though Bostwick appeared undecided, his mind was already made up.
TAMPA — Vernon Hargreaves III remains uninterested in national attention, regardless of how much his play warrants it.
Less than one week after defensive coordinator Dan Quinn left the Gators for the NFL, coach Will Muschamp has filled out his staff.
Former Florida defensive coordinator Dan Quinn accepted the same position with the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday afternoon. Gators special teams coordinator and linebackers coach D.J. Durkin was promoted to replace Quinn.
The Gators’ list of early departures continues to grow.
NEW ORLEANS— Linebacker Daniel Brown doused coach Charlie Strong with a cooler of yellow Gatorade.
Freshman defensive back Willie Bailey has decided to transfer, coach Will Muschamp announced on Monday.
Joker Phillips has been hired as Florida’s wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, the school announced on Monday. Phillips will begin recruiting on Friday.
Florida’s berth in the Sugar Bowl was a foregone conclusion, but its opponent was a mystery.
Will Muschamp made sure he didn’t make the same mistake twice.
After a fractured right thumb and a hamstring injury kept linebacker Jelani Jenkins out of three games this season, a broken fifth metatarsal will keep him out of Florida’s bowl game. He underwent surgery on Monday morning and is expected to be out four to six weeks.
When Antonio Morrison has played, the results have been promising. Coach Will Muschamp is expecting them to only get better.
TALLAHASSEE — Will Muschamp called his team soft last season after UF closed out a dismal year with an embarrassing home loss to Florida State.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida remained ranked at No. 4 in the BCS standings on Sunday night. UF is behind No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia.
TALLAHASSEE — The atmosphere on Saturday night in the bowels of Doak Campbell Stadium was bittersweet. Florida’s fate was in another team’s hands, but coach Will Muschamp — soaked and dripping with Gatorade — still found plenty to be happy about.
Gators quarterback Jeff Driskel will start on Saturday at Florida State, coach Will Muschamp said on Wednesday during his weekly teleconference.
Florida entered the season without a clear-cut starter at quarterback. Now the same questions return for the Gators as they head to Tallahassee for a critical road matchup on Saturday in their final regular season game of 2012.
On Saturday, the Gators did something they hadn’t done in their past four games: win without the outcome ever being in doubt.
A rush of emotions will hit senior left tackle Xavier Nixon when he and UF’s 18 other seniors run out of the tunnel in The Swamp for the last time on Saturday, but they may not be the only ones.
With the Gators on the verge of a season-crushing loss, Loucheiz Purifoy kept UF’s BCS hopes alive.
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