The Florida Gators 2023 football season can be summarized in five words: “So close, yet so far.” Their heartbreaking season finale against the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday night all but confirmed this mantra. The Gators came up short in a closely contested 24-15 loss to finish off their 2023 …
Read More »Dooley Grades The Gators: No. 5 Florida State at Florida
The Tailgate’s Pat Dooley hands out grades after Florida’s 24-15 loss to No. 5 Florida State in The Swamp on Saturday night: OFFENSE D First half: Florida did about as well as you could expect with Max Brown starting the game at quarterback. Even with FSU crowding the line of …
Read More »Gators Volleyball Swept by Kentucky to End Regular Season
The No. 20 Florida volleyball team fell in straight sets to No. 10 Kentucky in Lexington on Saturday afternoon. The rematch marked the last game of the regular season and puts the Gators at 18-9 overall and 10-8 in conference play. It is tough to end the season on a …
Read More »Gator Men’s Hoops Loses to Baylor in NIT Tip-Off Championship
The Florida men’s basketball team was back in action Friday against the No. 13 Baylor Bears. The Gators had an early piece of hardware on the line, playing in the NIT Tip-Off Championship at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. However, Florida was without center Micah Handlogten, who was out due …
Read More »Historic Rivalry Games Highlight College Football’s Week 13 Slate
Week 13 of college football will bring some huge rivalry games to wrap up Thanksgiving week, including some teams eyeing the playoff. https://twitter.com/CFBONFOX/status/1726722089900544201 Ole Miss vs Mississippi State The Egg Bowl, which is one of the most historic rivalries in the SEC, will take place in the last week of …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Team Takes Down Pittsburgh
It may have been Thanksgiving Eve, but the Florida men’s basketball team decided to feast early. dubs in NY! #GoGators | presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/qmEZGgt6JU — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 23, 2023 On Wednesday night, Florida went into the Barclays Center and beat Pitt 86-71 in the NIT …
Read More »The Three-Men Race for the Heisman Trophy
As the regular season comes to an end Saturday, the candidates for the prestigious Heisman Trophy narrow. While it is still any player’s award to win, the pool of candidates with the best shot at winning are three quarterbacks. Oregon’s Bo Nix, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and LSU’s Jayden Daniels …
Read More »Gators Volleyball Defeats South Carolina on Senior Day
The Florida Gators volleyball team took a 3-1 win over South Carolina in the Exactech Arena on Wednesday. The team celebrated Senior Day, as seniors Anna Dixon, AC Fitzpatrick, Elli Mckissock, Kennedy Muff, Nnedi Okammor and Sofia Victoria were recognized. Done in Four Sets one and two were all Gators …
Read More »Digging Deeper: The Journey of Kennedy Muff
It was the energy. It was the pure excitement. It was the goosebumps on your skin that told you where you were that Sunday afternoon. It was the intensity filling every corner of the O’Connell Center, the 10,000 pom poms waving simultaneously that made you forget everything else going on …
Read More »Napier Talks FSU, Mertz and Recruiting
It’s going to be a back-up QB battle on Saturday when the Florida Gators face FSU for the annual head-to-head matchup. Both Graham Mertz and Jordan Travis will be out for the game. But, Head Coach Billy Napier talked about his confidence in the team and how the result might …
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