For 49 years, the University of Florida has been quenching your thirst with the signature sports drink of athletes everywhere — Gatorade.
How did you spend your week? And what were you doing when the heavens opened Saturday evening over Ben Hill Griffin Stadium?
Mother Nature got the best of Florida football on Saturday.
It’s been a while since Quinton Dunbar left a game without a catch.
It seems like just yesterday we were kicking off the 2014 college football season with the Texas A&M vs South Carolina Thursday night opener, but week two is already upon us. Outside of Florida’s game against Eastern Michigan this Saturday, let’s take a look at some of the best games of the weekend.
Coach Will Muschamp has received criticism this week concerning his decision to lift the suspensions of wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (university sanction) and nose tackles Darious Cummings and Jay-nard Bostwick (violation of team rules) on Monday.
Florida and Idaho will not face off again in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this season.
Although Florida fans were expecting to get its first look at Kurt Roper’s new offense, they would have to wait another week to do so as the season opener versus Idaho was suspended last weekend due to unsafe weather in the area.
How fast is too fast for an offense? Texas A&M ran 99 plays in its season opener against South Carolina, and Baylor ran 97 in its debut against Southern Methodist.
At the start of Florida’s practice on Monday, the first since its season opener against Idaho was suspended, coach Will Muschamp said the team focused first on going through film from the game — all 10 seconds of it.
The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will kick off regular season play against the Green Bay Packers at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Former Gator Percy Harvin, who returned the second half opening kick for 87 yards to help secure Seattle’s first Super Bowl win, will be looking to compete this year after only playing one regular season game in 2013.
It took all of 10 seconds for officials to decide that Florida Field was not capable of hosting a football game Saturday night.
Week 1 of the college football season has come and gone, and the slate of games gave us a lot to digest. Let’s look at some of the major takeaways from the weekend of games, and look ahead at the best games for week two.
Florida fans will have to wait another week to see the 2014 Gators play. The season opener that was scheduled against Idaho on Saturday evening was suspended.
Jeff Driskel started Florida’s second drive against Tennessee on a hot streak.
Following a 4-8 season, head coach Will Muschamp seemingly made all the right changes. He hired a new offensive coordinator in Kurt Roper, as well as offensive line coach Mike Summers to give the 2013 offense an up-tempo makeover.
We’ve made it people. The 2014 college football season kicks off tonight. With the season finally here, I give you the best matchups of the weekend from the Southeastern Conference.
After redshirt senior Jonotthan Harrison played his last game for the Florida Gators — a 37-7 loss to Florida State on Nov. 30 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to close out a 4-8 season — coach Will Muschamp knew he needed a replacement.
With Jeff Driskel returning from a broken fibula to play in Kurt Roper’s new high-tempo spread offense — and not to mention the hoopla surrounding the backup battle between Treon Harris and Will Grier — much of the attention surrounding Florida’s offense has been directed to the quarterback position.
Come Saturday, Florida will get the chance to finally bury the disaster that was the 4-8 season of 2013. It seemed the day would never come, but a clean slate for the program starts with its season opener against Idaho.
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