Category: Football

  • Report: Dan Mullen has agreed to deal to become Florida head coach

    Florida has found their next head coach. According to college football insider Brett McMurphy Florida has finalized a deal with Dan Mullen for their vacant head coaching position. Sources: Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen has reached agreement to become Florida’s coach — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 26, 2017 Mullen has spent nine years as the head…

  • Saturday’s story: Bad things happen in threes

    For Florida football fans this has been a year to forget. Who woke up on Saturday September 2nd, just hours before the kickoff in Dallas, expecting this outcome? Since Jim McElwain’s firing on October 29th there has been no talk about the football games that have been played each week since. The focus has entirely…

  • Report: Florida officials to meet with Scott Frost this weekend

    It appears that Chip Kelly has chosen UCLA over Florida. Earlier on Friday, Yahoo! Sports’ Pat Forde reported that Florida was moving on from Kelly and targeting UCF head coach Scott Frost. ESPN is now reporting that Florida representatives are expected to meet with Frost this weekend in Orlando. *More to come as this story…

  • Report: Florida has moved on from Chip Kelly, now targeting Scott Frost

    According to Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports, the Florida Gators have decided to move on from Chip Kelly in their search for a new head football coach. Forde indicates that Florida is expected to turn it’s attention to Central Florida’s Scott Frost. Frost took over a UCF team that was 0-12 and ranked dead last…

  • Heitner: Kelly signed contract with UF on Sunday

    According to Darren Heitner of the Sports Agent’s Blog, Chip Kelly did indeed sign a contract with UF officials on Sunday. Heitner is also reporting (via sources) that Kelly verbally agreed to a deal prior to Florida’s game against South Carolina. Sources: Chip verbally agreed to Florida before South Carolina game & Florida has been…

  • Report: Chip Kelly has signed contract, “ink has dried”

    Buddy Martin is reporting via a Facebook live feed that Chip Kelly has signed the contract presented to him by UF officials. Martin, citing a source (not his own words), says that “the ink has dried, and Chip Kelly is the Florida Gators head football coach. Just hours earlier, Martin reported that UF officials were…

  • Buddy Martin: UF officials meeting with Chip Kelly in New Hampshire

    The University of Florida and Athletic Director Scott Stricklin may be close to naming a new football head coach. Buddy Martin made the following declaration on his radio show’s Facebook account: Martin believes that Florida has targeted Chip Kelly for about ten days and has done several Facebook live videos in that span anytime something…

  • Is Chip Kelly’s agent in Gainesville?  It sure looks like it!

    At approximately 6:30 PM on Wednesday, I received a message from a trusted friend with a link to a YouTube video. The message simply stated: Chip Kelly’s agent arrives in Gainesville. With Florida searching for a new head coach, and all the rumors swirling regarding Chip Kelly, I was intrigued. The first thing I did,…

  • Heitner: Chip Kelly could be hired by end of week

    The old adage goes, where there is smoke, there is fire. That appears to be especially true in regards to Chip Kelly and the vacant Florida football head coach position. Last Thursday, Marc Ryan of 98.7 FM in Tampa tweeted the following: From a very reliable source. UF has reached out to representatives of Bob…

  • Florida-Florida State kickoff set for 12:00 PM

    On Monday the SEC announced the start times for the football games on Thanksgiving Day weekend. Among those matchups is the heated Florida-Florida State rivalry game. Florida will face the Seminoles at noon on Saturday, November 25. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. Both teams are currently 3-6 with little likelihood of reaching…