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Shannon making changes as he takes over as Florida’s head coach
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 30, 2017Randy Shannon isn’t concerned with the past.
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Gators RB Malik Davis, LB Kylan Johnson expected to miss rest of season
By Matt Brannon | Oct. 30, 2017As the Gators try to move forward after the firing of Jim McElwain, they’ll have to do it without one of their top playmakers.
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Column: A way too early prediction of the College Football Playoff
By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 30, 2017Let me start off by saying I am no college football expert. I just watch games and form opinions based on what I see, like any other fan of the sport. With that being said, there are less than five weeks left until the field of the College Football Playoff is announced. Here are my picks for which teams will fill those four spots.
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Gators’ theme going into SEC Tourney: Revenge
By Morgan McMullen | Oct. 30, 2017The Gators have a shot at redemption. Some on the team are calling it an opportunity for payback.
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With McElwain out, five candidates stand out for UF job
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 29, 20171. Dan Mullen, head coach, Mississippi State
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Gators volleyball team sweeps Mississippi State in straight sets
By Justin Ahlum | Oct. 29, 2017In UF’s second contest in three days, Florida controlled its match and took home its 18th win of the season on the road against the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-17, 0-11 SEC), 25-18, 25-10, 25-15.
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Florida football players react to firing of Jim McElwain
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 29, 2017Nothing has gone according to plan for Florida’s football players in 2017.
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Column: A look at the biggest accomplishments, biggest failures of McElwain’s tenure
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 29, 2017Jim McElwain is out as Florida’s football coach. What were some of his best and worst moments during his time at UF? Let’s take a look:
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With final round in North Carolina rained out, Gators women’s golf team finishes 13th
By Tyler Nettuno | Oct. 29, 2017Florida never had a chance to move up the leaderboard in Sunday’s final round at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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FIRED: Jim McElwain out as Gators football coach
By Matt Brannon | Oct. 29, 2017After a third consecutive loss and a media circus surrounding Jim McElwain’s claims that death threats were leveled against members of the UF football program, Florida fired McElwain on Sunday. He finished with a 22-12 record over two and a half seasons.
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After blowout loss, Gators coach Jim McElwain addresses rumors of firing
By Matt Brannon | Oct. 28, 2017Gators coach Jim McElwain knew something was wrong before the game even started. Walking into Florida’s pregame meal, he was informed of rumors that he could be losing his job.
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Notebook: Zaire lone bright spot in loss; Toney, Cleveland ineffective in return
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 28, 2017When examining Florida’s 42-7 loss — one in which UF’s offense appeared lifeless, its defense appeared lethargic and its coach appeared unsure of his job security — there was at least one positive to glean from the Gators’ performance: Malik Zaire.
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Column: I get why Jim McElwain should go. But remember he’s human, too
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 28, 2017JACKSONVILLE — I felt something on Saturday I’ve never felt before when listening to Jim McElwain speak. It was some combination of pity, sadness or, really, any emotion other than frustration, which I’ve felt plenty with McElwain in the past.
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Georgia thrashes Florida in 35-point blowout
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 28, 2017Feleipe Franks laid face down on the 3-yard line of EverBank Field, his body dejectedly limp as Georgia’s players celebrated scoring another touchdown.
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Gators defense dominates Gamecocks for 11th sweep of the season
By Andrew Huang | Oct. 27, 2017Rhamat Alhassan launched herself straight up in front the net, as if she was on a pogo stick, and did what she does better than all but two players in the country.
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Gators’ Marshall Dillon records personal best at SEC Championships in Georgia
By Alana Gomez | Oct. 27, 2017Marshall Dillon hasn’t wasted any time making an impact for the UF men’s cross country team. In his third career race for the Gators, the redshirt freshman posted a personal-best time and 38th-place finish at the SEC Championships on Friday in Athens, Georgia.
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Men’s swimming and diving defeats Georgia for first time since 2013
By River Wells | Oct. 27, 2017It had been almost four years since the Gators men’s swimming and diving team defeated the Bulldogs. On Friday, Caeleb Dressel and Jan Switkowski were determined to change that.
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Picks Column Week 9: Hate Mail Edition
Oct. 27, 2017What a week it’s been for Florida football coach Jim McElwain.
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Malik Davis: Exceeding expectations before they were set
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 26, 2017Malik Davis squeezed the handoff and darted around the right side of the Robinson defense. He rocketed down the field, spraying black turf pellets at the trailing defenders with each stomp and huffing air through his vampire-toothed mouthpiece. He arrived in the end zone 30 yards later, and the game stopped.
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Fight of their lives: How cancer has affected the family of UF volleyball player Lindsey Rogers
By Andrew Huang | Oct. 26, 2017Shock is all Steve Rogers felt when he heard the news, as he was lying in his hospital bed, recovering from surgery on his ruptured pancreas.
