FLORIDA GATORS

Florida first fielded an official football team in 1906. Since then, the Gators have played in 34 bowl games, won eight Southeastern Conference titles, produced 135 All-Americans coming into the 2006 season, 35 NFL first round draft choices and three Heisman Trophy winners.

The football team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which is frequently referred to by its former designation of Division I-A.

Florida plays an eight-game conference schedule, headlined by annual SEC Eastern division showdowns against Tennessee and Georgia, the latter being held in Jacksonville, Florida every year and formerly dubbed "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." The SEC West team the Gators face every season is LSU. In addition, the team has a yearly out-of-conference meeting with in-state rival Florida State at the end of the season.

The football team has been one of the winningest in Division I-A/FBS since 1990, the year Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier returned to his alma mater as head coach. The 1996 team, led by another Heisman winner, Danny Wuerffel, went 12-1 and won the national championship game in the Sugar Bowl, avenging an earlier loss to rival Florida State.

Following the 2001 season, Spurrier left the program to try his hand at coaching in the National Football League. Ron Zook, at one time the defensive coordinator under Spurrier, was hired as his replacement. Zook's squads were known for inconsistency, and he was fired midway through the 2004 season, following a loss to heavy underdog Mississippi State in Starkville, MS.

Urban Meyer was announced as Florida Football's new head coach in December 2004. His first season in 2005 brought an immediate improvement of Florida's record at 9-3. The team narrowly missed out on playing for the SEC title due to a shocking loss to Spurrier's new team, the South Carolina Gamecocks.

The 2006 team played for the school's second National Championship in January 2007, defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 41-14.

The Gators have won the SEC Championship Game a record seven times in nine tries since the game began in 1992. They won their first official conference title in 1991, the year before the first championship game was played.

Florida won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, beating the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners 24-14. (via Wikipedia)

From The Blogsphere

Florida beats NCSU on miracle three pointer

via guyism.com ( 36 Days ago )
Ouch!As great as that was for the Florida Gators, getting beat with a 3/4 court miracle heave has to be devastating to Sidney Lowe and the Wolfpack.And consider this…before Chandler Parsons buried that 75 footer, the Gators were 2/23 from 3 point land.Not exactly lighting the world on fire there.

The Florida Gators Can Salvage The Season By Embracing "The U"

via bleacherreport.com ( 56 Days ago )
"The U" is an ESPN 30 for 30 film detailing the 1983–1994 run of the Miami Hurricanes football program. It isn't the end–all sports movie, but it's really good. If you are even remotely interested in college football you should watch it/DVR it. It's been nine days since the Florida Gators' season came to a screeching halt. Alabama smacked Superman around to the tune [...]

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via gridironexperts.com ( 64 Days ago )
TEBOW’S TEARS COULD CURE CANCER- WWTDD Here’s an emotional Tim Tebow, crying after his Florida Gators lost to Alabama in the SEC title game on Saturday. While you might be inclined to make fun of a guy that cries before he even starts failing in the NFL, I’m more enamored with the fact that…click on the picture Flozell Adams: Still A Total Dick- Kissing Suzy Kolber Flozell [...]

Tim Tebow in Tears: Alabama 32, Florida 13

via thebiglead.com ( 66 Days ago )
Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators were defeated this evening by Alabama, 32-13, in the SEC title game. Florida hadn’t lost a football game since September 27, 2008. Sadly, this means the end of Tim Tebow’s sterling career. Had he won this game, we anticipated five weeks of fawning from the media, where they relentlessly asked: Is Tim Tebow the greatest college football [...]

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SEC Officials Help Florida Beat Arkansas

via thebiglead.com ( 113 Days ago )
We missed most of the Florida-Arkansas game, but were inundated with emails Saturday night about how terrible the officiating was. The zebras missed badly on two calls … which just so happened to help the Gators on their game-tying touchdown drive in the fourth quarter. It was the same group of officials who flagged AJ Green for excessive celebration a few weeks ago in Georgia. [...]

Stingy Defense Was Florida's Secret Weapon Against LSU

via washingtonpost.com ( 121 Days ago )
Lost last week amid the scrutiny that followed Florida Coach Urban Meyer's decision whether to play 2007 Heisman-winning quarterback Tim Tebow, who was recovering from his first career concussion, was the ace Meyer held in his pocket: The Gators possess one of the stingiest defenses in the nation.

Will Tebow play Saturday?

via opensports.com ( 123 Days ago )
The Gators should beat LSU with or without Tebow.Its hard to believe that Tebow has never had a concussion before this with the way that he plays.The Gators will win it all again this year and Tebow will get his second Hiesman.Later Greg

Reports: Tim Tebow of Florida Gators fighting flu, traveled to Kentucky separately

via ballhype.com ( 136 Days ago )
Several Florida players including Tim Tebow are sick with the flu and took a separate plane to Lexington, Ky., for the Gators' game against Kentucky, according to media reports.The Bull Gator found this 12 hours ago on sports.espn.go.com Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: NCAA Football, Tim Tebow, Florida Gators, Kentucky Wildcats

Are Lane Kiffin's Antics Good for Tennessee?

via bleacherreport.com ( 140 Days ago )
In the Blue Corner, standing with two BCS Championships in the last three years, and a record of 47 wins and nine losses as the head coach of the Florida Gators, the 2004 Woody Hayes Coach of The Year Award Winner...URRRRBAAAAANN MEYYYYYYERRRRRRRR! In the Orange Corner, standing with a 5-15 record as an NFL Head Coach and a record of one win and two losses as the head coach [...]

Florida Gator Football: First Three Weeks Report Card

via bleacherreport.com ( 140 Days ago )
With three out of twelve regular season games in the book, it’s time to release the Florida Gator First Quarter Report Card. Math The numbers the Gators have posted in the three games they have played are somewhat impressive but they also tell a tale… The quizzes against Charleston Southern and Troy gave Meyer and his Gators two opportunities [...]