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Monday, July 14, 2025

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Receiver Jacob Copeland is one of several UF freshmen that could see extended reps against Kentucky on Saturday due to injuries. 
SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

Injuries force players to step up

Florida opens conference play against Kentucky in just three days, and a lot has happened since the Gators kicked off the season two and a half weeks ago. Injuries have already piled up for both teams, and young or inexperienced players will need to fill in.


Deanne Rose.
SPORTS  |  SOCCER

UCF spoils Florida’s home opener, 2-0

Florida’s soccer team began the 2019-20 campaign with five straight games on the road over a 16-day span. In that period, the Gators suffered three consecutive defeats to ranked opponents and lost junior forward Deanne Rose to a hamstring injury against then-No.5 Southern California on Aug. 29.


Emory Jones.
SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

Stop FBS-FCS games

After I got home from covering Florida football’s 45-0 throttling Tennessee-Martin, something much more entertaining popped up on my Twitter timeline.



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