Florida vs. Florida State on Game Day (ESPN, noon),UpcomingNews
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| Florida vs. Florida State on Game Day (ESPN, noon),UpcomingNews |
The Gators and Seminoles will resume their 63-year-old rivalry Saturday at "The Swamp," after a year off due to COVID (and some program-altering circumstances on the Florida side).
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA (AP) – The events of the previous weekend, as well as the uncertainty of what's next for the University of Florida football program, will loom large on the Gators' sidelines on Saturday, and will be the dominant narrative during what should be a lovely fall afternoon.
The squad on the other sideline, on the other hand, will be sniffing blood and seeking to go in for the kill against a wounded and wobbling opponent.
After a one-year COVID break, the Florida-Florida State series is returned. No, neither program will benefit from the 2021 edition on a national level, but that won't matter to the players, coaches, or spectators once the ball is in play and the 64th game between the two dreaded cross-state rivals begins.
In the amazing picture, the stakes are negligible. To the extent the Sunshine State interest, it'll mean all that since beating different means the world. There's likewise the way that both the Gators (5-6) and Seminoles (5-6), with their indistinguishable records, are hoping to try not to lose records and become bowl qualified.
[Read senior author Scott Carter's far reaching "Opening Kickoff" see here]
Last Sunday, Florida headed out in different directions from Coach Dan Mullen around 18 hours after a 24-23 misfortune at Missouri that denoted the group's fourth in a row in Southeastern Conference play. At 2-6, the Gators not just got the program's most exceedingly awful association record of the split-division period that started in 1992, however their most exceedingly awful generally speaking association since the notorious 0-10-1 period of 1979. UF athletic chief Scott Stricklin selected running backs mentor/extraordinary groups organizer Greg Knox to fill in as break lead trainer, a job he has been in previously. In 2017, when Florida recruited Mullen away from Mississippi State over Thanksgiving weekend, Knox took the Bulldogs' rules and directed them to a 31-27 triumph over Louisville in the Gator Bowl.
The circumstances, obviously, vary in that Mullen was leaving for the positive things accomplished by the program.
It's up to Knox not to hold the Gators together, just as placed them in the best circumstance to succeed.
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