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12/17/2018 08:55 AM
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UCF AD Danny White to Gators AD Scott Stricklin: Help put an end to playoff monopoly, unfair scheduling | Commentary
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In an email exchange between UCF athletics director Danny White and Florida Gators athletics director Scott Stricklin, White not only lobbies for Stricklin to schedule a neutral site game with the Gators, but encourages Stricklin — a member of the College Football Playoff Committee — to help him... 
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12/14/2018 01:35 PM
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Gators coach Dan Mullen open to playing UCF, calls two-for-one series a good deal for Knights
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UF football coach Dan Mullen admits he has little to do with scheduling, but he made it clear Friday he’s not ducking UCF. Ever since the College Football Playoff selection committee matched up the Gators and Michigan in the Peach Bowl and put UCF and LSU in the Fiesta Bowl, UCF fans have questioned... 
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12/14/2018 02:50 PM
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UF coach Dan Mullen expects more Gators to leave early for NFL
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The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will be defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson’s final game with the Florida Gators before he leaves school early to the NFL. Coach Dan Mullen hopes it is the right decision in a business where there are few sure things. “I guess for him, time will tell whether it was... 
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12/14/2018 02:25 PM
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Gators coach Dan Mullen ups reps for Emory Jones ahead of QB competition in spring
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The 2019 Florida Gators’ quarterback competition has begun. While Feleipe Franks prepares to start against Michigan in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, Emory Jones will receive a heavy workload, with an eye on readying the first-year freshman for spring practices. As bowl preparations resumed Friday,... 
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12/13/2018 12:15 PM
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UF-USF series now to begin in 2021
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The Florida Gators’ series with the South Florida Bulls will begin in 2021, a year earlier than originally scheduled. UF announced Thursday the first meeting in the three-game series between the schools will be contested Sept. 11, 2021, in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium. The Gators then will host... 
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12/08/2018 01:40 PM
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Gators' rally falls short during 63-59 loss to No. 10 Michigan State
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The basketball and the game were up for grabs as Florida Gators coach Mike White watched helplessly from the sideline. A late-game rally born of hustle and grit on Saturday against Michigan State would fizzle when the Gators failed to dig deep one more time. Amid the scramble, Spartans wing Kyle... 
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12/07/2018 03:50 PM
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Up-and-down Gators host No. 10 Michigan State in basketball seeking signature win
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Despite Mike White’s subdued tone Friday morning, it’s been a pretty good week so far for UF’s head basketball coach. It could be a great one if the Gators knock off 10th-ranked Michigan State. Tuesday night’s win against West Virginia in Madison Square Garden — known as “The World's Most Famous... 
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12/07/2018 04:50 PM
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UF AD Scott Stricklin open to playing UCF; Knights AD Danny White suggests neutral-site game
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UF athletics director Scott Stricklin said Friday he would be open to scheduling a football game, or even a series, with UCF. The game would pit one of the nation’s storied programs and the state’s flagship university against one of fastest rising programs in college football and a university with... 
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12/04/2018 11:15 PM
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Allen scores 19 as Gators top West Virginia
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Kevaughn Allen scored a game-high 19 points to lead Florida to a 66-56 win over West Virginia in the second game of the Jimmy V Classic late Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Even though Allen was the only Gator to finish in double-figure scoring as Florida won its third game in its last... 
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12/03/2018 06:35 PM
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Gators' 2019 class moves into top 20 in national recruiting rankings
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The Florida Gators have risen into the top 20 of the national recruiting rankings. Four-star offensive tackle Michael Tarquin’s commitment to Dan Mullen’s team Monday night moved UF from No. 21 to No. 19 in 247Sports rankings. The No. 10 Gators have gained four spots since a 41-14 win Nov. 24 against... 
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12/03/2018 01:25 PM
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Gators AD Scott Stricklin: UF didn't duck UCF in the Peach Bowl
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University of Florida athletics director Scott Stricklin wants to make one thing perfectly clear to those UCF fans who keep blowing up his Twitter account: The Gators did not duck the Knights in the Peach Bowl. “We would have loved to have played UCF in a bowl game,” Stricklin told me Monday. “I... 
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12/03/2018 11:45 AM
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UF coach Dan Mullen to call Urban Meyer for tips to beat Michigan in Peach Bowl
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To beat Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines, UF coach Dan Mullen will look for an edge wherever he can find one. In this case, it is just a phone call away. Ohio State’s Urban Meyer has been Mullen’s primary mentor and Harbaugh’s principal tormentor. Mullen plans to pick Meyer’s brain for some inside... 
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12/02/2018 06:30 PM
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No. 10 Gators to face No. 7 Michigan in Peach Bowl
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Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh did not have much to say about coach Dan Mullen and his Florida Gators — the Wolverines’ opponent Dec. 29 in the Peach Bowl. Little surprise there. What little assessment Harbaugh, ever a man of few words, did offer was glowing. Despite never facing Mullen in competition,... 
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11/27/2018 07:50 PM
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Gators rout North Florida 98-66 behind six double-figure scorers
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The Florida Gators came limping into Tuesday night’s matchup looking like a wounded team. Sophomore wing Deaundrae Ballard wore a large band-aid over his left eye and center Kevarrius Hayes’ nose was heavily bandaged. Even coach Mike White had a bruise next to his left eye. But a few bumps and... 
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11/26/2018 07:20 PM
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Hagerty and UF alum Driskel takes over at QB for Cincinnati
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Andy Dalton is out for the rest of the season with an injured thumb on his passing hand, another significant blow to a Bengals team that has fallen apart in the past month and now will turn to Hagerty High and UF alum Jeff Driskel to try to salvage the campaign. Dalton reached for a fumbled ball... 
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11/26/2018 06:15 PM
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UF DB Chauncey Gardner-Johnson declares for NFL draft
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UF defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson wasted little time turning his eye toward the future following the end of the Gators’ regular season. Gardner-Johnson, a junior, declared for the NFL draft on Monday evening, two days after his team’s 41-14 win at Florida State. Gardner-Johnson wrote on... 
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11/26/2018 05:00 PM
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UF coach Mike White at wit's end with struggling Gators
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UF basketball coach Mike White is frustrated — and he does not care to hide it. Seniors Jalen Hudson and KeVaughn Allen aren’t scoring. Power forward Keith Stone has five offensive rebounds in six games. The team’s two most reliable defenders are freshman guards Andrew Nembhard and Noah Locke. ...
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11/24/2018 08:55 PM
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Three things we learned during Gators' 41-14 win against Florida State
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No. 11 UF earned a 41-14 win over rival Florida State Saturday to end a five-game skid in the series. Here are the top three things we learned from the Gators’ victory: 1. QB Feleipe Franks deserves some credit for the Gators’ success. No one shoulders more of the blame than Franks when the Gators... 
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11/24/2018 06:20 PM
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Difference between Gators and FSU: Dan Mullen is a better coach than Willie Taggart
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The Florida Gators have found their Dan the Man whereas the Florida State Seminoles appear to have a bad case of the Willies. With one full regular season in the books, the verdict is in — at least for now. In Dan Mullen, the Gators clearly found a better head coach than FSU did when it hired Willie... 
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11/24/2018 02:40 PM
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Gators roll to win over rival FSU, snap Seminoles' 36-year bowl streak
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The Florida State game always meant a little bit more than the other ones to UF quarterback Feleipe Franks. The stakes also were higher than usual for the Florida Gators on Saturday during their quarterback’s first game at Doak Campbell Stadium. With family and friends traveling from nearby Crawfordville... 
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11/23/2018 10:30 AM
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No. 11 Gators tired of losing to FSU, look to end five-game skid in series
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Growing up near Mobile, Ala., running back Lamical Perine felt that the Iron Bowl was the gold standard among rivalry games. After two losses to Florida State, the junior is all in on the Gators-Seminoles series. Perine hopes his teammates are as tired of losing as he is and ready to snap a five-game... 
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11/22/2018 04:05 PM
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UF cornerback CJ Henderson 'a one-of-a-kind guy' for Gators
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Another practice is in the books for the Florida football team. Sweat-soaked Gators in dirt-stained uniforms trudge back to the locker room. CJ Henderson, shirt off and in his defensive stance across from fellow cornerback Trey Dean, stays behind. Work remains. The scene plays out most evenings... 
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11/23/2018 12:30 AM
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Gators trounce Stanford in Battle 4 Atlantis
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Deaundrae Ballard scored a career-best 19 points to help Florida beat Stanford 72-49 in Thursday's consolation bracket at the Battle 4 Atlantis. KeVaughn Allen added 13 points for the Gators (3-2), who arrived in the Bahamas with an offense that hadn't performed the way coach Mike White expected.... 
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11/23/2018 05:00 PM
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How to watch UF football at FSU: Gators' scouting report
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No. 11 UF at FSU, noon Where: Doak Campbell Stadium TV: ABC Weather: 68 degrees, zero percent rain chance (UPDATE) Online: orlandosentinel.com/gators; @osgators on Twitter. Quick slant: FSU’s five-game winning streak is its longest in the series, which began in 1958. The only other time the Gators... 
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11/21/2018 04:30 PM
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UF tailback Dameon Pierce emerges as playmaker for Gators
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Dameon Pierce caught his first touchdown pass as a Gator on Saturday. The freshman running back ran an ordinary route to the flat from Idaho’s 4-yard line. He caught an ordinary pass from quarterback Emory Jones. His celebration? Also ordinary. He handed the ball to the referee after jumping into... 
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