Football

Snell’s Slant: Appleby can become a Gators legend, Florida should be favored at Tennessee

This sucks. No, this truly sucks. Going into the game against the North Texas, I only wanted two things to happen for Florida football: win the game and come away healthy. Sure,...

Injury updates: Florida WR Antonio Callaway likely to play at Tennessee

Florida Gators head football coach Jim McElwain is not going to show his hand, so referring to star sophomore wide receiver Antonio Callaway as “questionable to probable” was as revealing as he...

Florida Gators in the NFL: 2016 — Week 2 recap, stats

The 2016 NFL regular season began this week with 40 former Florida Gators on the main rosters of 23 of the 32 teams in the league. Twelve teams have multiple Florida players...

Mississippi State’s Scott Stricklin offered Florida AD job amid conflicting reports

Updated at 1 p.m. The Florida Gators‘ extended search for an athletic director to replace Jeremy Foley may be reaching its conclusion. Mississippi State’s Scott Stricklin, one of a few athletic directors...

Hyped Florida-Tennessee game marred by big-time injuries: Update on Callaway

It’s been rare the last few years that the showdown between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers has received this much hype before the season. Sure, it’s happened before — basically once...

Here’s the likely reasons why Florida is closing practice before the Tennessee game

Leaving many things open ended and unsaid, Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain provides plenty of room for speculation. So when he unexpectedly announced Monday that Florida football practice would be closed...

Report: Florida starting QB Luke Del Rio to miss ‘at least’ two weeks

Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain was expecting to be without redshirt sophomore starting quarterback Luke Del Rio for the foreseeable future following a left knee injury Saturday night. Instead, it appears...

Top 25 polls, Week 4: Florida Gators up again after strong showing

Alabama remains the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll released on Sunday following Week 3 action, receiving 50-of-61 first-place votes in the former and 59-of-64 first-place votes...

Four things we learned in Florida’s record win over North Texas in The Swamp

It was never a contest on Saturday inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Florida Gators (3-0) remained steady following a breakout performance in Week 2 and put together a 32-0 shutout of...

Florida starting QB Luke Del Rio ‘probably’ out against Tennessee

The Florida Gators had played well through two-plus games under their new starting quarterback. But as (bad) luck would have it for Florida, it does not look like he will be available...