Gators welcome Alex Murphy

Florida Gators welcome the younger brother of the  former Gator basketball player Erik Murphy as Alex Murphy transferred to Florida from Duke this week.   

ESPN writes that Alex was redshirted his freshman season at Duke after suffering a concussion, and played sparingly last season.  


Read more at these links to ESPN and ONLYGATORS 

Gator football season winding down

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Well, all hopes for a decent season were dashed this past weekend when the Gators were beat by Georgia Southern - a most unlikely victor in the Swamp.  In a normal year, the Gators would be expected to win a home game against an unranked team.  But this season  has been far from normal, with the starting QB injured for the season during the game against Tennessee.   Most of the Gator Nation had hopes that Tyler Murphy would take over, but then he injured his shoulder.   That left the Gators depending on a freshman QB who is struggling to get the offense going. Of course, the defense has not been the "swarming defense" we are used to either.   You can read more at this link to onlygators.com

The 'Ol Ball Coach against the Young Whippersnapper!

And we have a new quarterback - at least for now.  Tyler Murphy was injured in the last game - he took over after Jeff Driscoll was injured in the Tennessee game.  Skyler Mornhinweg, freshman QB from Philadelphia area, took over this week against the Gamecocks and I thought he did well in his first game. 


Of course, the game was more of a match-up of  between the former Gator player and coach Steve Spurrier and the newest Gator coach Will Muschamp - it was more like the 'Ol Ball Coach against the Young Whippersnapper!  Click link to read "Freshman Faces"

Noon Game today - in the Swamp - Go Gators!

Post game blahs

The Gators were down but not out.  After a miserable first half, the Gators were 20 points behind the Georgia Bulldogs and they came back out of the locker room and played an exciting second half.  They came up just short, and we were left to wonder what could have been...  If only the two field goal tries earlier in the game had been scores, then the Gators would have won by 3, but instead we lost a close one 23-20 on Saturday.  

Now the Gators are 4-4 for the season (no one expected this) and have some work to do... read more at Gatorsports.com "Gators have different goals now" 

Florida - Georgia Game today at 3:30 PM in Jacksonville, Florida

Big game of the year as the Gators face the Bulldogs in Jacksonville - the Florida-Georgia game at 3:30 pm today on CBS.  Based on all the media, news articles, etc up here in Georgia it would appear that  the Gators are the underdogs this year.  Georgia is favored by 3-6 points to win this one.  With all the injuries on both teams this season, I  think it is a toss up and could go either way.  GO GATORS!

Video - Honorary Mr. 2 Bits - Danny Wuerffel

Video Highlights - The Gator Rewind - Florida vs. Kentucky

Florida at Kentucky 7 PM ESPNU

click to read more at ONLYGATORS.COM

Florida 31 Tennessee 17 Video Recap

Florida vs. Tennessee Recap 9-21-13

Florida plays Tennessee in the Swamp today @ 3:30 PM

It's exciting to see the SEC competition begin today for the Gators.  Tennessee has been a rival team for many years, but lately the Gators have been winning each contest since 2004.  


After watching the Vols lose big time to the Ducks last week in Oregon, 
I have a good feeling about this week's game!

Tennessee rolls into the Swamp 
at 3:30 pm today. Go Gators! 

click to read the game preview at ESPN.com

Gators have 5 turnovers in loss to Miami

We all know you can't expect to win a game when your team has 5 turnovers  - in the red zone - Unbelievable!   It is also hard to understand how you lose a game when you had the ball most of the time. Jeff Driskel passed for 291 yards, and the team also had 122 yards rushing for a total offense of 413 yards. Unbelievable! Oops, I already said that!    Coach Muschamp has a lot of work to do this week and I'm sure he will figure this out.   

Read more postgame reports at the links below:

“We gave them way too much momentum early,” Muschamp said.

 A bunch of trips into the red zone, a bunch of blown opportunities.

 "It started with me," Driskel said. "I was careless with the ball."

Game preview - Florida at Miami - 12 Noon Sept 7th

It has been awhile since Florida and Miami played each other - last time they faced each other was in 2003.  Saturday the Gators travel down to Miami and face the Hurricanes for what may be the last time.  I am not sure of the details about that story, but this link will fill you in at Gatorzone.com:

How long has it been?

You could say a while. The Internet was around but Facebook, Twitter and iPhones were not.

Go Gators! 

Gators head south this week!

The rivalry has been renewed!  

Can't wait for this one!

Florida vs. Toledo Football Recap 08-31-13

Florida welcomes Toledo into the Swamp

Jeff Driskel is back at QB for the Gators

The first game of the season is today at the Swamp.  The Toledo Rockets come into Gainesville to face the Gators.  The game is broadcast locally on WPCH (Atlanta) and also can be watched on ESPN3 online. 

Go Gators!  

read preview of game at ESPN.com

Planning ahead, football season begins Labor Day Weekend

Planning ahead - Noon kickoff for the opening game of the football season on the Saturday before Labor day, August 31st -

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Tim Tebow released by the Jets

Best news this Gator fan has heard all week !  

The Jets released Tim Tebow today (FINALLY!).  Tim deserves much better than the way he was treated in the past year. I am sure he is a better person because of this, but I am glad they released him!   I can't wait to see where he goes from him. 

Click this link to read more: http://progators.blogs.gatorsports.com/14032/jets-fumble-on-tebow-time/

Spring Football Practice begins March 13th

The University of Florida football team is scheduled to begin 2013 spring practices on Wednesday, March 13. The football team will open two practice sessions to the public, on Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16 at the Sanders Football Practice Fields. (click to read more)