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The future is uncertain for Billy Napier and the Florida Gators (1-2) after suffering a 33-20 defeat at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies (2-1) in The Swamp on Saturday afternoon. Redshirt freshman Marcel Reed made his debut for Texas A&M in the stead of Connor Weigman, who was sidelined with a sprained AC…
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The Florida Gators are riding the high of beating FCS Samford behind a lethal passing attack. On Saturday, they will look to keep things rolling in their SEC opener against Texas A&M. Both teams enter the contest 1-1, both coming off dominant cupcake victories against inferior competition. Both teams dropped their highly anticipated openers as…
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The Florida Gators hosted the Kennesaw State Owls in a dominant victory where Florida put three past KSU. Florida entered the contest looking to bounce back from Sunday’s loss against FSU. “Every game is a new game and I think we did really well at playing our game at our level,” said Delaney Tellex. Tellex…
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The Gators suffered their first loss of the season to Florida State Sunday, losing 3-0 to the reigning national champions. But, this game was more about experimenting with tactics and trying new styles of play against a very good team before SEC play. “I love being tactically versatile. That is one identity of our program,…
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The Florida football team came away with a much needed 45-7 victory over the Samford Bulldogs on Saturday night. Freshman DJ Lagway’s 456-yard, three touchdown performance certainly stood out the most, but here are four takeaways from the Gators’ first victory of 2024. The 2023 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year put on an…
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Week one of the 2024 college football season went about as bad as it could have for the Florida Gators. Florida was embarrassed by in-state rival Miami in The Swamp. Week two will see several changes in personnel, most notably freshman DJ Lagway will get his first start against Samford. Lagway entered the game late…
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After a disappointing opening game against Miami last weekend, the Florida Gators are set to face off with the Samford Bulldogs on Saturday night in the Swamp. One of the biggest storylines coming into Week 2 for the Gators is the insertion of freshman phenom DJ Lagway into the starting quarterback position. With Graham Mertz…
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Florida freshman quarterback DJ Lagway will make the first start of his collegiate career on Saturday against Samford, Gators’ head coach Billy Napier said in a news conference Wednesday. The news of Lagway’s start comes four days after Florida’s opening-season 41-17 loss to the Miami Hurricanes where senior starter Graham Mertz was injured and has…
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“Embarrassing” is the word Florida head coach Billy Napier used to describe his team’s performance in the Gators’ 41-17 opening week loss to the No. 19 Miami Hurricanes on Saturday. This was the first time since 1989 that the Gators dropped their home opener. Florida was outclassed by the Canes in every facet of the…
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The Towson University Tigers hosted the Florida Gators in a thrilling and physical game that resulted in a 1-1 draw. The Gators were looking to come back to Gainesville with a win in preparation for their game against Florida State, but they had to get through the 2023 CAA champions first. The game started off…