Even though it’s not done yet, I’m done! This ain’t Bog Holler State College in Mudcat Landing, Mississippi. This is the proud Gator Nation at the University of Florida.

Jadan Baugh needs 96 yards to reach 1,000 (Photo by Chris Spears) The Florida Gators (3-8) will attempt to salvage whatever dignity remains of a football season gone south Saturday (4:30 p.m., ESPN2) when Florida State (5-6) rolls into Gainesville, needing a win to make a bowl game.     It is up to interim coach Billy Gonzales to sell the Gators on incentives. Even though this is a rivalry game that shouldn’t require incentives for the Gators to be emotionally prepared, the G

The fans left because they could. The players who are slightly injured are not going to risk further injury with nothing to show for it. They guys who are not injured are thinking about whether it is worth it to lay it on the line one more time. 

(Photo by Loren Meadows) "Did you ever have to make up your mind? Say yes to one and leave the other behind, It's not often easy, it's not often kind Did you ever have to make up your mind?" -- The Lovin' Spoonful, "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" He’s staying at Ole Miss. He’s agreed in principle to a deal with LSU and Coach O will be his defensive coordinator. No, it’s Florida. The deal is done and he’s just waiting for the end of the Ole Miss season. Oh, and Coach

Rock bottom? That was three coaches and sixteen buyouts ago. This is whatever comes after rock b bottom bedrock, sub-basement, maybe a shallow grave for what used to be a program.​

(Photo by Chris Spears) “I need your help, Barry Manilow I'm miserable and I don't know what to do Sing me a song, sing it sad and low No one knows how to suffer quite like you” – Ray Stevens, “I Need Your Help Barry Manilow”   Rock bottom. If Florida’s 31-11 loss to 20 th -ranked Tennessee (8-3, 4-3 SEC) isn’t rock bottom it’s whatever is close. If you’re a Gator fan you’re suffering about now and you could use some help from Barry Manilow, who has crooned a few sad and mise

By Carlton Reese GatorBait Media Question: Was there even a game plan for this one? Did the Florida coaches and players watch any film of the Tennessee offense the week prior? To the naked eye, the clear answer to these questions is No. That is certainly giving the Gators the benefit of the doubt, for if they had watched film and had put together a game plan that resulted in Saturday night’s embarrassment, then basic competency comes in to question for all involved. Florida w

UAA Photo by Maddie Washburn There wasn’t exactly plenty to prove Friday night at the O-Dome. The Merrimack Warriors (2-4) weren’t much more than cannon fodder for 10 th -ranked Florida (4-1) but a sellout crowd of 10,935 got to see the Gators continue their evolution as an elite defensive team. Florida allowed 28.6 percent shooting overall and just 16 percent from the 3-point line while outrebounding the shorter, less talented Warriors, 53-25, with Rueben Chinyelu gathering

This will be the 55th matchup in series history, the Gators lead the all-time series 32-22 and have won 17 of the last 20 matchups. 

Urban returns to the Swamp to be baptized as the co-Godfather of Gator or football in celebration of being inducted into the college football hall of fame. He will recognized by the sellout crowd, the 17th straight, at a time when the fan base so badly needs to remember what greatness looked like. 

(Photo by Chris Spears) The bad news is the Merrimack Warriors (2-3) will probably spend 40 minutes in a 2-3 zone when they take on 10 th -ranked Florida (3-1) at the O-Dome (7 p.m., SEC Network+). For a team shooting a miserable 23.7 percent from the 3-point line, teams that go zone all the time, a zone isn’t exactly what the doctor ordered.   "Merrimack brings a unique challenge playing 40 minutes of zone, and obviously we have not shot the ball well from the perimeter yet,

Can the Gator defense find a way to slow down the high-powered Vol passing attack?