Gators football legend Tim Tebow returns to Gainesville this weekend with SEC Nation for a top-25 game.
The weekly traveling SEC Network pregame show picked No. 21 Florida (3-0, 1-0 SEC) as its destination for Week 4 to showcase the anticipated matchup against No. 4 Ole Miss (3-0, 1-0). Tebow and the broadcast crew will be at the Plaza of the Americas for the three-hour show starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The Plaza of the Americas is also the site for The Paul Finebaum Show live from 3-7 p.m. Friday.
Last week, SEC Nation was in Auburn when the Gators defeated the Tigers 44-39.
This is the 15th time SEC Nation stops at The Swamp. The last time it came was Week 6 last season, when Florida upset Texas to push the Longhorns out of playoff contention.
The Gators are favored by 3.5 in this week’s spread despite sitting 17 spots behind Ole Miss in the Associated Press poll. The Rebels are fresh off their revenge victory against LSU, defeating former coach Lane Kiffin 32-24 in Oxford.
This is the 28th meeting between the two teams with an all-time record tied at 13-13-1. The Rebels won last year’s contest in Oxford, 34-24, shutting out the Gators in the second half.
“I fully expect our fan base to be ready to go and create as much havoc as they possibly can to make this place a tough place to play when we play big games like this one,” UF coach Jon Sumrall said Monday.
Game coverage starts at 12:30 p.m. on WRUF 98.1-FM/850-AM/103.7 HD2 and at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
