Here’s why Florida Gators fans (should) hate Scott Stricklin
I pulled a novel's worth of receipts on Florida AD Scott Stricklin. (Photo via Phelan Ebenhack, AP) Scott Stricklin certainly is a lightning bolt of a conversation topic among Florida Gators fans....
Spot The Ball: time for Gator football to get up and go in Napier’s fourth year
The phrase "spot the ball" will either be remembered as a rallying cry for the 2025 Gator football season, or the empty words that preceded the beginning of the end for Billy Napier. (Photo credit:...
Florida gains second commitment of the week in four-star safety Kaiden Hall
(Photo via Kaiden Hall, Twitter) After being dormant for much of the 2026 recruiting cycle so far—with the exception of QB commit Will Griffin—Billy Napier and the Florida Gators are picking up some...
Florida adds commitment from OL G’Nivre Carr
(Photo via G'Nivre Carr, Twitter) The Florida Gators' 2026 recruiting class got off to a slow start, but maybe a June 1st commitment was exactly what it needed to pick up some steam. Interior...
Why Billy Napier should hire Ryan Grubb as the Florida Gators’ offensive coordinator
Ryan Grubb, how'd you like to come to Gainesville? (Photo credit: Steph Chambers, Getty Images) We began our series breaking down potential Florida Gators offensive coordinator prospects the other...
Why Billy Napier should hire Andy Kotelnicki as the Florida Gators’ offensive coordinator
Andy Kotelnicki would be a sensational choice for Florida's offensive coordinator. (Photo credit: Matthew O'Haren, Imagn Images) Yesterday, we teased this series discussing the Gators' potential...
Why Billy Napier has to hire an offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators in 2025?
Billy Napier, the ball is in your court. (Photo credit: Stephen M Dowell, Orlando Sentinel) Billy Napier seems to have figured out most of what he needs to succeed as the Florida Gators' head coach....
Florida Gators close winter portal cycle with underrated trio: J Michael Sturdivant, DeShawn Purdue, Kofi Asare
Amid the biggest wave of news for the Florida Gators in the latter half of December-- featuring an easy bowl win over Tulane, the poaching of five-star receiver Dallas Wilson, and the departure of...
Five-star WR Dallas Wilson signs with Florida
UPDATE: Dallas Wilson has officially signed with the Florida Gators! It's a done deal. The five-star wide receiver will officially join the Gators' 2025 class. (Original story begins below) Hello,...
Jack Pyburn exposes fatal flaw in today’s college football
If ever there was a Gator you didn’t expect to hit the transfer portal, it was Jack Pyburn. A Bolles (Jacksonville) product who grew up a Gator fan, Pyburn overcame every single set of odds to make...
Florida Gators 2024 National Signing Day Tracker
The 2024 Florida Gators Signing Day is upon us, and of course, that means it's time for another year of the Florida Gators Signing Day tracker! We're going to do it a little bit differently this...
Four-star safety Hylton Stubbs flips from Miami to Florida
(Photo via Hylton Stubbs) Two days after celebrating a rivalry win over FSU, the Florida Gators can now celebrate a different type of win over another in-state rival. Yes, it's true. The Miami...
Conquered: Florida Gators celebrate 31-11 win FSU in style with Seminole head, flag plant and turf ripping
It wasn't exactly the prettiest clinic of fundamental football, but eventually, a 2-9 team being a 2-9 team took its toll and the Florida Gators smashed rival FSU, 31-11, in Tallahassee to conclude...
Four-star DE Jayden Woods flips from Penn State to Florida
Welcome to Gator Nation, Jayden Woods! (Photo via 247Sports) Happy Black Friday, Gator Nation! As tends to happen in college football: as the Florida Gators heat up on the field, the results are...
Flip season: Muizz Tounkara, Jahari Medlock, Byron Jones cap wild 24 hours for Billy Napier and Florida
OK, Billy, OK. I see you. (Photo credit: John Raoux, AP) It's a very small sample size, but at long last, Billy Napier is beginning to win on the field and the recruiting trail at the same time. And...
Four-star LB Ty Jackson flips from USC to Florida
Welcome to Gator Nation, Ty Jackson! (Photo via On3) Fresh off the Florida Gators’ 24-17 upset win over Ole Miss, Billy Napier has built on that momentum with a massive recruiting victory. Consensus...
Surging Florida Gators shock #9 Ole Miss in possible Napier Renaissance
Moments after Bryce Thornton secured the Florida Gators' 24-17 upset win over #9 Ole Miss, the entire team sprinted down the field to the south end zone, where an impressive list of recruits had...
Florida Gators boot reeling LSU back to Baton Rouge with 27-16 win
(Photo via Florida Gators) For half a decade, everything that could conceivably have gone wrong for the Florida Gators against LSU went wrong. From 2019-2023, it didn’t matter how good or bad either...
Scott Stricklin takes great delight in deceiving Florida Gators fans
Scott Stricklin is persona non grata in Gainesville. (Photo credit: Doug Engle, Gainesville Sun) Less than a year ago, I published this piece explaining how Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin...
Texas annihilates short-handed Florida Gators to pile on the misery
Former Florida Gators commit Isaiah Bond fries the Gators on a 34 yard touchdown catch. (Photo via Texas athletics) It is true, all those who still care to defend the job Billy Napier is doing as...
Georgia rains more pain on Florida Gators at Cocktail Party
Another year, another Florida Gators defeat in Jacksonville. (Photo via Georgia athletics.) For about three and a half quarters, the Florida Gators were within striking distance of mighty Georgia....
Billy Napier lives to see another day at Florida with walloping of Kentucky
Congrats on your first win against Kentucky in three tries, Billy Napier. (Photo via Florida Gators athletics) After weeks of being blown out at home, doing just enough to skirt by overmatched...
Thank you, Graham Mertz: a tribute to Florida’s unheralded warrior
Thank you, Graham Mertz. (Photo via Florida Gators creative team) There are no words left to describe what happened on Saturday night in Knoxville. What words I did have to express my disgust, I...
Silent Knight: Florida Gators muzzle Central Florida for good, but big-picture issues remain
Down you go. (Photo credit: Florida Gators) There’s been much to criticize about Florida Gators coach Billy Napier since his arrival in Gainesville. From the X’s and O’s side of things to the pure,...
With loss to UCF, Billy Napier would cement his legacy as the worst coach in Florida Gators history
Billy Napier isn't coaching for his job against UCF. He's coaching to try to avoid being the worst coach in Florida Gators history. (John Raoux, AP) At this current juncture of the Billy Napier...
Florida Gators football: Napier solves losing problem, nothing more, in win at Mississippi State
(Photo credit: Florida Gators football creative team) With rumors swirling about the future of Billy Napier as the Florida Gators football coach, a laundry list of contributors unavailable for the...
Goodbye, Billy Napier; Texas A&M deals fatal blow to Florida Gators coach
Farewell, Billy Napier. (photo credit: James Gilbert, Getty) Billy Napier won the first game he ever coached for the Florida Gators, and things seemed like they'd be heading up for the program in...
DJ Lagway or Graham Mertz? The future of Billy Napier rests on his next move
For Billy Napier, it's time to roll with DJ Lagway. The future is now. Or there won't be a future for Napier in Gainesville. (Photo credit: Florida Gators) It seems as though a quarterback...
Miami blows up the entire Florida Gators football program under Billy Napier
The Billy Napier experiment has to end for the Florida Gators football program. (Photo credit: John Raoux, AP) Florida Gators football players and coaches spent months talking about how they would...
Florida Gators football: three keys for Florida to beat Miami
As we undoubtedly all know by now, the Florida Gators kick off their 2024 season against the Miami Hurricanes tomorrow in the Swamp. Of course we all know that. Full transparency, I simply wrote...
Florida Gators 8/19/24 Fall camp updates: offensive line is slowly improving, defensive line turns heads
(Photo credit: Florida Gators digital media team) With just twelve days to go until the Florida Gators take the field to open the 2024 season against the Miami Hurricanes, it's time for another...
Legacy Four Star DB Ben Hanks Jr. Commits to Florida
(Photo via Ben Hanks) The Florida Gators' 2025 recruiting class picked up another major piece today-- and continued another family pipeline. Consensus four-star cornerback Ben Hanks, Jr. (Miami,...
Florida Gators fall camp: five storylines to watch for
We are officially one week into the month of August. Which means college football is upon us-- and specifically Gator football, as Florida Gators fans. There is actual Gator football this month, but...
Full document: Lawyers for Billy Napier, Marcus Castro-Walker and Hugh Hathcock file motion to dismiss Jaden Rashada suit
For those who have made it a point of emphasis to forget the name Jaden Rashada (which I will acknowledge was done for good reason), and need a refresher, the story goes like this: Florida poached a...
Texas recruiting ace Joe Hamilton returns to Florida in sudden about-face
Joe Hamilton is back in town. (Photo via Florida Gators) College football is known for its crazy recruiting flips, changes of heart and even some full-circle roller-coaster ride decisions, but...
Five-star WR Vernell Brown III continues family legacy, commits to Florida Gators
(Photo via Vernell Brown III) For Billy Napier and the Florida Gators football program, the 2025 recruiting class was pretty slow out of the gate, triggering some alarm bells. In mid-June, the...
Hard Work Works: Inside the rise of Florida DL Joey Slackman
Growing up in the small Long Island town of Commack, NY, Joey Slackman certainly had a lot going for him. Yet he admits that he never thought he had a prayer of playing college football for the...
Florida Gators boost 2025 class with pass-catcher hat trick: Joshua Moore, Micah Jones, Tae’shaun Gelsey
Finally, some good news for the Florida Gators on the recruiting trail-- actually, a whole lot of it. (Photo via Micah Jones, twitter) Billy Napier and the Florida Gators got off to a slow start...
Florida provides Billy Napier with legal big guns for Jaden Rashada lawsuit
The Jaden Rashada saga continues. (Photo credit: Matt Pendleton, Gainesville Sun) Jaden Rashada and his family want legal warfare, and they're going to get it. The story that apparently has...
Jaden Rashada sues Billy Napier, Marcus Castro-Walker, Hugh Hathcock: the story that just won’t die
Jaden Rashada is suing Billy Napier. Oh, boy. Here we go. (Photo credit: Mark J. Rebilas, USA Today) What has easily staked its claim as the craziest story in the young history of college football's...
Arizona State WR Elijhah Badger transferring to Florida
Welcome to Gainesville, Elijhah Badger! (Photo credit: Calvin Stewart, The State Press) There seems to be a legitimate Tempe, AZ to Gainesville, FL pipeline that just completed its construction. And...
Home at last: Cormani McClain will get a second chance at Florida
Welcome back, Cormani McClain. (Photo via Cormani McClain) As reported by On3, one of the wildest stories in recent memory is set to come full circle. On October 27, 2022, five-star Lakeland, FL...
Betting sites are ominously low on Florida Gators football, again
The boys in Vegas are not too keen on Florida again this year. (Photo via Florida Gators) In the offseason leading up to the 2023 season, the boys in Vegas did not think much of the Florida Gator...
Florida WR Ricky Pearsall selected 31st overall by San Francisco 49ers in NFL Draft
Welcome to the big time, Ricky Pearsall! (Photo via Florida Gators) For the San Francisco 49ers, receivers Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel were being tossed out to the NFL waters as trade bait as...
Mannie Nunnery delivers all-time parting shot on his way back to the transfer portal
Not a good look for Mannie Nunnery. (Photo via Florida Gators) Earlier this offseason, former Florida defensive end Princely Umanmielen put on a master class in how to burn bridges on your way out...
Five takeaways from Florida Gators spring game
Photo via Florida Gators The Blue team defeated the Orange team, 19-17, in the annual Florida Gators spring game on Saturday on a game-winning kick from Trey Smack. There were plenty of things to...
Florida Gators spring practice notes 4/9/24
Photo via Florida Gators Happy Orange and Blue Spring Game week to all those who celebrate! That's right, the Florida Gators spring game is just five days away. Florida also just held another...
Florida Gators spring practice notes: 4/2/2024
(Photo via Florida Gators) With spring practice about halfway complete, I thought today would be a good day to compile some more news and notes from the Florida Gators' spring practice season. As is...
Princely Umanmielen puts on a master’s class in how to burn bridges and lose respect
Princely Umanmielen has gone from being a generally well-liked player to a pariah pretty quickly. (Photo credit: James Gilbert, Getty Images) Departed ex-players saying less-than-flattering things...
Florida Gators 2025 SEC football opponents announced
(Photo via Florida Gators) The Florida Gators 2025 football schedule will look a lot like their 2024 schedule. Almost identical, really. Well, no, not almost. It is identical. It's just inverted....
