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Here’s Billy Napier’s emotional post-game interview after beating Ole Miss.
It did not air live because ABC/ESPN chose to feature a countdown clock for the Texas game rather than give the Florida #Gators any semblance of post-game celebration despite a top-10 upset at home.
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Donovan Stiner killshot. #Gators win.
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🚨5-star 2025 WR Dallas Wilson intends to back out of his Oregon financial aid and sign with the Florida #Gators, per multiple reports.
Wilson would be the highest-rated player in UF's class joining the team weeks after National Signing Day.
Details: onlygators.com/12/19/2024/fl…
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Dante Fowler never misses his opportunity. #Gators
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Florida #Gators head coaches through their first 32 games.
Steve Spurrier: 26-6
Urban Meyer: 26-6
Dan Mullen: 26-6
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🤯🥇🐊Paris comes unglued as Florida #Gators star Bobby Finke saves 120 years of American men's swimming history setting a world record in the 1500m freestyle to win the United States' lone men's individual swimming gold of the #Olympics.
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Robert Downey Jr. wearing a Florida #Gators shirt on “Saturday Night Live,” 1985-86.
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Billy Napier on Anthony Richardson: "My wife can call plays with that guy at quarterback." #Gators
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What a special moment!
Entire team surrounds and hugs Todd Golden and Walter Clayton during their CBS post-game interview. #Gators
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Gainesville, Florida, native Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter in 20 years to win the 100 meters at the #Olympics.
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SEC officials so far ...
- Took 1st down away from Florida without indisputable evidence.
- Missed a half-dozen clear holds on Georgia OL
- Did not overturn a clear UGA incomplete pass in red zone
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🚨Breaking: 5-star EDGE Jamonta Waller has committed to the Florida #Gators.
📈Florida moves to No. 3 in rankings, up 19 spots from Sat. AM.
🐊UF has three 5-star commits for first time since '12. Seven commits in three days, nine in eight days.
👀More: bit.ly/46dSKXO
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This Florida #Gators national championship team may be one of the most notable squads of all time.
- Won toughest conference in NCAA history
- Beat two-time reigning champs, TWO No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament
- Trailed by 9+ points in its last 3 games
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#Gators QB DJ Lagway: "There's something about Coach Nape, man. He's a different guy. He's just amazing to follow and see how he leads through the good, the bad and the ugly. He's going to be the same."
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1. Florida outplayed Alabama
2. Dan Mullen mostly outcoached Nick Saban
3. Emory Jones played well after his INT
4. Defense played well over final three quarters
5. Damn missed XP
Full #Gators takeaways with a post-game story coming up a bit later.
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Trey Smack has officially become the most successful long-range kicker in Florida #Gators history with more 50+ yard FGs than anyone who came before him.
Not Caleb Sturgis or Jeff Chandler or Evan McPherson or Judd Davis or Eddy Piñeiro. Trey Smack.
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Billy Napier: "I can't tell you how proud I am of Graham Mertz. ... The leadership he showed. And man, what a competitor. Are you kidding me? That was incredible. Kid's got grit, man.
"He's what UF football should be." #Gators
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Florida Gators Men’s Basketball
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Billy Donovan came back and spoke to the Florida #Gators football team.
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Florida #Gators QB Kyle Trask confirms he will play in the 2020 Cotton Bowl vs. Oklahoma. He will decide on the NFL Draft after the season is over.
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Florida #Gators QB Kyle Trask, TE Kyle Pitts named All-America First Team selections by CBS Sports. Kadarius Toney in as a second-team all-purpose pick.
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Florida #Gators LB Ventrell Miller announced on Instagram that he will be returning to the program next season.
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🚨🐊Breaking: 5-star 2024 DL LJ McCray (No. 6 overall) has committed to the Florida #Gators over Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Auburn.
Daytona Beach product now highest-rated player in Gators’ class. Would be UF’s highest-rated DL signee since '10
More: bit.ly/3MfYQyj
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Florida #Gators QB commit Jaden Rashada is now a five-star prospect ranked No. 29 overall, per 247Sports.
He is on track to being UF's first five-star QB signee since Jeff Driskel in 2011.
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Final shot of the game. Refs miss an OBVIOUS foul call. #Gators should’ve had three FTs to tie the game and force OT. Florida got hosed.
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BIlly Napier's offensive play calling continues to inhibit the #Gators. Gadget plays when Florida is rolling down the field. QB keeper on first-and-25. Not running when it's working. Endless screens and plays behind the LOS. Year 4.
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EXTRA CHEESE! Chris Chiozza sends Florida #Gators into Elite Eight with OVERTIME BUZZER-BEATING THREE. 🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊🧀🐊
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▶️🐊🏀 One of the best endings to a Florida #Gators basketball game ever.
😱Tyree Appleby alley-oop to Anthony Duruji to tie it at 68.
😱Appleby buzzer-beater to beat Ohio State 71-68.
ONIONS!
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Former Florida #Gators star Alejandro Tosti made a hole-in-one on the famed 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass ahead of #THEPLAYERS ... and then promptly jumped into the lake!
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Double Gator Chomp for Jawaan Taylor after being drafted by the #Jaguars.
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Anthony Richardson on why he's speaking tonight: "We lost, and I feel like it's completely on me. ... I played terrible. I didn't do anything that would have helped my team. I tried to lead, but I don't feel like I did that. ... I take full responsibility for the loss." #Gators
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There will be a lot written on the Florida #Gators and this SEC Championship Game, but the team did itself and its fans proud coming out of last week. That was a valiant effort. Alabama is not overrated. Florida lived up to the task and was a play/decision or two away.
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No. 10 Florida beat No. 7 Michigan
No. 11 LSU beat No. 8 UCF
No. 14 Kentucky beat No. 12 Penn State
No. 5 Georgia tonight vs. No. 15 Texas
We may be looking at five SEC teams in the postseason top 10, three from the East.
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Florida #Gators recruiting blue-chip ratios ...
Urban Meyer's best ever at UF, 2010: .777
Billy Napier's first recruiting class, currently: .895
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That's one of the best, most composed and thorough games that Florida #Gators football has played in quite some time. It's not all about big point totals or passing TDs. That was an impressive W, and you have to feel good about it if you're a UF fan.
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If that's not Todd Grantham's last game in orange and blue, Dan Mullen will be putting himself on the hot seat entering the 2022 season. #Gators
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Kyle Pitts hits the right stick. #Gators
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13 years ago today, The Promise. @TimTebow
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"Brian Poole, DBU, Florida" #Gators 🐊
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Florida outscored 24-3 since Billy Napier called the double reverse flea flicker and Jamari Lyons spit in an FSU player's face.
#Gators had every ounce of momentum that could've existed in The Swamp and blew it.
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Florida #Gators star Billy Horschel easily communicates with a pal on the golf course to clear the way at the Cognizant Classic.
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Florida #Gators TE Kyle Pitts has been cleared and will play in the SEC Championship Game, per College GameDay.
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There's a new set of Pouncey brothers in Gainesville. Texas WR transfer Jordan Pouncey, four-star 2020 CB Ethan Pouncey commit to play for the Florida #Gators. They are cousins of Maurkice and Mike Pouncey.
Story + commitment video: bit.ly/33EzUqY
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Kamari Wilson wanted Billy Napier to meet his mom. He jumped up and went to his house, believes Wilson made a life-changing decision. #Gators
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🏆🐊NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Florida #Gators win third national title in program history, first since 2007, with come-from-behind 65-63 win over Houston!
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🚨🐊Breaking: 5-star QB DJ Lagway has committed to the Florida #Gators, becoming the centerpiece of their 2024 class.
More: bit.ly/3VGSxGS
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ESPN is sending both College GameDay and SEC Nation to the Florida-Georgia game on Saturday. #Gators wanted a return to the national spotlight, and they got it.
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Billy Horschel perfectly skips No. 16 at #themasters. It's an orange & blue week for sure. #Gators
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Walter Clayton's closing words: "I'm a real Florida boy, so I know what it means to wear this orange & blue. ... We family for real. ... Gator Boys stay hot, and it's going to continue, man. Go #Gators!"
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Dan Mullen is furious after SEC officials call an incomplete on a Kyle Trask pass to Jacob Copeland. It's the EXACT situation that they gave Georgia a complete pass for last week. In fact, there's less movement on this one. #Gators
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Jim Wyatt
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Shout out to @DesmondHoward, the only one who picked the Florida #Gators today.
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Napier: "This group of players is special. We had our best week of practice. We're growing up. ... They never gave up on each other. ...
"Can you believe we get paid to do this?! ...
"We're building something. Better days are ahead." #Gators
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I honestly didn't see Georgia turning blue twice in one week. #Gators
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Mullen said, when he was hired, he told #Gators fans if they packed stadiums and supported the team they would win big.
21 wins in two seasons, two NY6 bowls, two top 10 finishes.
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Florida #Gators junior WR Trevon Grimes announces he will return for his senior season. First bit of good news for 2020.
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Realize there's a lot of people following this account and those replying may not represent the majority, but a lot of you need to calm the hell down about the #Gators in Year 1 under a new coach who has been tasked with almost completely rebuilding a program.
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Florida fan to Mullen: “I just want to thank you ... from the bottom of my heart ... for kicking Michigan’s ass.”
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Billy Napier asks #Gators fans to be at Saturday's game early because they are part of the team, said he's excited to experience a Floirda game day from the home sideline for the first time.
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No player gets more attention on the field than the quarterback. Yet this is missed on the most critical play of the game. #Gators
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🚨Breaking: 5-star WR Vernell Brown III, a UF legacy, has committed to the Florida #Gators over Ohio State, FSU & Miami.
🔹No. 6 WR | No. 25 prospect
🔹Highest-rated UF commit
More: onlygators.com/07/21/2024/fl…
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Dameon Pierce's first NFL run ... 20 yards.
EIGHT CARRIES PER GAME. 🙄 #Gators
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Oh boy. Vernell Brown III proving why he's the 3rd true freshman WR in history to start for the Florida #Gators. FTMF.
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Vernell Brown III with an INSANE one-handed grab in the red zone. Catch of 2025 so far. #Gators
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Responding to rumors, Florida #Gators LB Diwun Black confirms via Twitter that he is not transferring and will be on campus in January.
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"The Guarantee" ?
DJ Lagway's comments after Florida's loss to Miami as the #Gators open 1-3 for the first time since 1986.
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Florida #Gators TE Kyle Pitts finished in the top 10 of Heisman Trophy voting. The first tight end to receive that recognition in 43 years. Pitts only played 8 games but had 770 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Billy Napier on Cormani McClain: "He's got a long way to go. Let's not put the crown on the guy's head right now, but he stepped up. There's more room for growth. He's matured, cleaned himself up. Continue to do what you're supposed to do, good things will happen." #Gators
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Florida #Gators jump up three spots to No. 3 in the new Coaches Poll, leaping ahead of Georgia.
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Florida received a technical foul for the most obvious flop in basketball history. SEC refs are something else. #Gators
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#Gators plant flag at midfield. Mini-melee erupts.
Mike Norvell takes the Florida flag and throws it to the ground. He was more concerned about that than his players fighting.
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Vanderbilt 21, No. 22 Missouri 14.
Florida #Gators are first place in the SEC East.
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If Lincoln Riley is legitimately interested in leaving USC, forget becoming UCF coach, Florida #Gators should be pursuing him as offensive coordinator.
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#Gators senior safety Trey Dean III announces he is returning to Florida for the 2022 season and will use his additional year of eligibility.
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Florida #Gators stand atop single-best season for a conference in college basketball history winning the 2025 SEC Tournament.
UF went 5-1 against Auburn, Alabama and Tennessee -- the other best teams in the league -- beating AU on road w/o a star player.
NO. 1 -- OVERALL
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Josh Hammond says GOODNIGHT, LEXINGTON? #Gators score 19 unanswered.
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🚨Breaking: Billy Napier. Called. A Successful. 2-Minute Drill. In the First Half. #Gators
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Current Florida #Gators players have started a Twitter campaign to keep director of strength & conditioning Nick Savage using the hashtag #KeepSavage.
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Source confirms to OG that Todd Grantham has decided to remain with the Florida #Gators, turning down the #Bengals. bit.ly/2GFY5O1
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Billy Napier told the defense while the offense was on the field: "We're going down to score. Get ready to stop them." #Gators
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