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The University of Florida made a big change this summer when it poached former University of Michigan president Santa Ono to come be the president in Gainesville. The move was announced back in early May, and all indications were that Ono was coming to represent the blue and orange as the new head of the […]

The Florida football team picked up a big commitment on Tuesday as four-star safety Kaiden Hall announced that he will play for Billy Napier and the Gators. Hall was choosing between Florida, Alabama, Florida State and Oklahoma, and he decided that the Gators are the best fit. Florida has been doing a great job on […]

Florida football yielded quiet college football recruiting results for the 2026 class. But that changed in a massive way Sunday. Billy Napier and company beefed up their offensive line by beating out Georgia and Alabama for this recruit. Florida received a new verbal commitment from G’Nivre Carr — who stars for national powerhouse IMG Academy. […]

The Florida football team picked up an intriguing commitment over the weekend as three-star 2026 defensive lineman Jamir Perez announced that he will play for Billy Napier and the Gators. Perez doesn’t have a very high ranking, but he stands at 6’4″, and he is 360 pounds. Perez is an absolute unit, and he has […]

The Florida football team finished with an 8-5 overall record last season, and while that doesn’t look like anything special on paper, it was a good season for the Gators. Florida has been struggling for a while now, and coming into last season, it didn’t look like the Gators were going to win six games […]

Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. has been one of the breakout stars of the NCAA Tournament. The First-Team All-American for the Gators didn’t start his college career at Florida, though. In fact, his road to Gainesville has been anything but the traditional one. It could have been simple. He was certainly good enough to get offered […]

Once again, Florida football has another tough schedule in 2025, and Paul Finebaum isn’t the least bit surprised. After Florida football had the toughest schedule in 2024, it might repeat itself. Most notably, there is a four-game stretch where they will play LSU, Miami (FL), Texas, and Texas A&M. As a result, it doesn’t have […]

International Women’s Day has a new supporter with Florida football quarterback DJ Lagway. He is giving back in a big way. Through a partnership with the Gators’ NIL collective, Florida Victorious, Lagway is donating NIL dollars to women’s sports, according to On3.com. In a social media post, Lagway detailed why he donated, as well as […]

Florida football will have heightened expectations for the 2025 season by keeping Billy Napier. The Gators head coach has now pulled a massive recruiting win. And edged out rivals Alabama and Florida State in winning over the nation’s best linebacker for 2026. Florida secured its newest verbal commitment with Izayia Williams, with recruiting insider Hayes […]

The Florida football team landed yet another impressive commitment for its 2025 recruiting class on Tuesday as four-star cornerback Onis Konanbanny flipped his commitment from Tennessee. Konanbanny had been committed to the Volunteers since August, but he has decided to change things up right before National Signing Day. At the last second, the Gators added […]

The Texas Longhorns have added another key piece to their defensive line, as former Ohio State defensive tackle Hero Kanu announced his commitment to Texas on Wednesday. Kanu, a highly sought-after transfer, chose the Longhorns over Georgia and Florida after making visits to all three programs. Kanu’s decision comes after a brief but impactful visit […]

Tim Tebow’s wife is Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Tebow is a former football player who played in the NFL for three seasons. He had a more than impressive college football career with the Florida Gators. Tim Tebow led the Gators to two National Championships, with him being named the MVP in one of those wins. He also […]

Tim Tebow’s net worth in 2025 is $5 million. Tebow is one of the most polarizing figures in sports history. The quarterback-turned-broadcaster-turned-baseball player had an extremely unique career path and is one of the best college football players ever. Here is a look at Tim Tebow’s net worth in 2025. What is Tim Tebow’s net […]

Florida football is picking up a big commitment from a transfer player. The Gators are adding former UAB safety Adrian Maddox, per ESPN. Maddox was intending to go to Georgia, but had a change of heart. Maddox posted 44 tackles in 2024, playing for the Blazers. His addition to the Florida football defensive backfield is […]

Florida football secured a huge win in recruiting by flipping a 5-star wide receiver from Oregon. Billy Napier is riding high in Gainesville after a remarkable second-half turnaround this season. The Gators continued their momentum by beating the spread against Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl. Florida is now claiming the benefits of this late-year surge […]

DJ Lagway is set to take over the Florida quarterback room in 2025 but will have to compete for the starting job. The Gators confirmed that they received a commitment from former Charlotte quarterback Deshawn Purdie through the transfer portal, per CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Despite a promising showing after landing in Gainesville as the […]

Raymond James Stadium will have a different aesthetic for the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl. Within hours of the eighth annual edition of the bowl game, which will feature Florida and Tulane, the committee revealed its end zone designs on social media, much to the delight of fans. Each end zone had a custom design representing both […]

Florida football picked up another win off the field, landing a talented wideout in the transfer portal. In a year that sometimes looked like it would be Billy Napier’s last in Gainesville, the Gators have rallied around their embattled head coach. Florida won three straight games to close the season, clinching its first winning record […]

The Oregon football program lost a 5-star wide receiver to the Florida Gators on Thursday, according to Zach Abolverdi of On3 Sports. Dallas Wilson will join the swamp, along with freshman quarterback DJ Lagway and head coach Billy Napier. Even with an underwhelming season, Florida had some quality wins. They defeated LSU and eliminated their […]

One of the biggest names in the transfer portal is former USC wide receiver Zachariah Branch, who announced that he would be looking for a new home in 2025 after spending the last two seasons in Los Angeles. Branch immediately becomes one of the top options on the market and will be highly coveted by […]

The Florida football team still has one more game this season as the Gators did qualify for bowl season, but offseason preparation is well underway because of the transfer portal. The transfer portal has been open for around a week now, and it will be a very useful tool for the Gators this offseason. Billy […]

As one of the first Power Five schools to begin bowl season, Florida (7-5) will end the year against Tulane (9-4) in the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Tulane-Florida prediction and pick. Florida is coming off a dominant win over rival Florida State to end […]

Having struggled on defense all year long, LSU landed a major commitment from the transfer portal. Junior defensive end Jack Pyburn will spend his final year of eligibility with the Tigers after three years with Florida. Pyburn committed to LSU from the transfer portal on Monday, Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports reported. His 60 tackles […]

The Florida football team got some great news to kick off bowl season as the Gators have learned that star defensive lineman Caleb Banks will be returning for another season. Banks is one of the best DL in all of college football, and he could’ve gone to the NFL after this season. He will instead […]

Trevor Etienne is grateful to be playing for the Georgia football Bulldogs. The star running back missed the last three games with a rib injury, but he returned with a vengeance in Saturday’s SEC Championship game against Texas. Etienne carried the ball 16 times for 94 rushing yards and two touchdowns, the second of which […]

The Florida Gators finished out the 2024 regular season by dominating their rival, the Florida State Seminoles. The win capped off a three-game winning streak, giving Florida football a surprising 7-5 finish to the season. However, their on-field success isn’t the only shocking thing going on right now, their recruiting is also booming. Hylton Stubbs, […]

The final weekend of the college football regular season is known as rivalry week, and in 2024, it certainly lived up to that billing. Not only were there numerous instant classics played over the holiday weekend — like Georgia Tech and Georgia’s 8-overtime thriller, a nail-biter at Clemson between the Tigers and Gamecocks, and yes, […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Florida-Florida State predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Florida-Florida State. The big college football rivalry game this weekend is in College Station, Texas, but this rivalry game in Tallahassee, Fla., will contain its own considerable degree of intrigue. Absolutely no one predicted […]

It was all right in Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss’ hands—a berth in the College Football Playoff. Then, on Saturday evening in Gainesville, Florida, it slipped away. The Rebels had been projected to make the playoff as far back as the end of last season. Those expectations only intensified as the season approached. Kiffin and […]

The Florida football team has been making noise on the football field as they have pulled off home upsets in back-to-back weeks, and now the Gators are seeing some recruiting success in the aftermath. Florida just flipped two recruits as three-star offensive tackle Jahari Medlock has flipped from Cincinnati and three-star wide receiver Muizz Tounkara […]

Not too long ago, Florida football was a punchline and Billy Napier was considered to be a dead man walking. Now, they have just taken a fatal bite out of an SEC squad’s season for the second week in a row. Despite being big underdogs at home against the soaring Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday […]

For two of the three traditional powerhouse programs in the Sunshine State, the 2024 college football season has not been too kind. While the Miami Hurricanes control their own destiny to the College Football Playoff, the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles are both at risk of missing out on the postseason. If they did, […]

Florida football just got a ringing endorsement from a 5-star cornerback who might flip his commitment. Billy Napier’s team is coming off an impressive win against LSU and now looks to continue its momentum into a Week 13 matchup against Ole Miss. Regardless of this coming Saturday’s result, quarterback DJ Lagway and company are already […]

Ole Miss is coming off their biggest win of the season, as they took down Georgia in Week 11 at home. It was never close for the Bulldogs, as the Rebels won 28-10. It has been a run of success for Ole Miss since two of three games in the middle of the season to […]

Florida football quarterback DJ Lagway is pumped up after his team defeated LSU on Saturday. Lagway says he and head coach Billy Napier are going to work together to change the culture at the school. “That means a lot, man, you know, just being the second year in the offense, you know, is huge,” Lagway […]

Following a massive upset for the unranked Florida football program in Week 12 of the college football season, the Gators’ social media team made sure to troll LSU head coach Brian Kelly on his way out of Gainesville. Following back-to-back losses for the Gators heading into this matchup, they get back on track following this […]

Suffering their third straight loss, LSU football is in a position it rarely experiences. With the Tigers’ 27-16 road loss to the Florida Gators, LSU slipped to 6-4 overall. Head coach Brian Kelly had won at least 10 games in every season dating back to 2017, but he will not be able to accomplish that […]

Three weeks ago, LSU football was playing for sole possession of first place in the SEC. Now, head coach Brian Kelly could realistically be on the hot seat. Oh how quickly things can change in the most unforgiving league in the country. Tough competition is not sparing this team a deluge of derision, however. The […]

Florida football needed any type of spark to ignite their chances against LSU. Freshman running back Jadan Baugh delivered just that with under four minutes left. Baugh took the pitch then raced all the way to the end zone for 55 yards. The Tigers shifted over to the right, but left a gaping hole large […]