GATORBAIT MEDIA

Blake Cyr launches his 12th home run against Vandy (UAA Photo) A few thoughts to jump start your Thursday morning: If what you’ve done lately matters to the NCAA baseball selection committee that will announce its 64-team field for the run to Omaha for the College World Series, then the Florida Gators are making a very strong case for a top eight seed. Winners of nine of their last ten games in which they’ve homered 29 times, Kevin O’Sullivan’s crew is scorching hot and has a

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Wednesday morning: Florida moved up to fourth in the 247Sports recruiting rankings Tuesday when 4-star wide receiver Elias Pearl (5-11, 185, Port Charlotte, FL) committed to Jon Sumrall and the Gators. The Gators are ranked eighth by Rivals/On3. Pearl, who gained 1,680 all-purpose yards and scored 20 touchdowns as a high school junior in 2025, chose the Gators over offers from Georgia, Auburn and Ole Miss among other

(UAA Photo) A few thoughts to jump start your Monday morning: This is Tim Walton’s time of the year. Since taking over the helm of the Florida softball program in 2006, Walton has guided the Gators to 14 NCAA super regional appearances. Should the 6th-seeded Gators (51-10) dispose of 11th-seeded Texas Tech (55-6) this weekend at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, it will earn a third straight trip to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series, the 14th overall in Walton’

Liam Peterson celebrates a punch out (UAA Photo) A few thoughts to jump start your Saturday morning: With their 11-1 run-rule win over LSU (29-26, 9-20 SEC) Friday night in Baton Rouge, the Gators (36-18, 17-12 SEC) put themselves in prime contention to earn the double bye for next week’s Southeastern Conference Tournament in Hoover, Alabama. A Florida win and either a loss by Texas A&M (38-13, 17-11 SEC) to Mississippi State (39-15, 16-13 SEC) or Alabama (36-18, 17-12 SEC) t

Kevin O'Sullivan has the Gators in contention to host an NCAA regional (Photo by Chris Spears) It’s the final weekend of the 2026 college baseball regular season and the 19th ranked Florida Gators (34-18, 15-12 SEC) travel to the Bayou to face archrival LSU (29-24, 9-18 SEC) beginning Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. EST. LSU is having its worst season in years and will have to win the SEC tournament next week just to make the NCAA tournament. The Gators, fresh off a series win ve

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Thursday morning: In his first scrimmage Wednesday at the NBA Draft Combine, Rueben Chinyelu scored 13 points on 5-8 shooting from the field while grabbing five rebounds. It was a strong showing for Chinyelu, who is both physically imposing and ever so intriguing. Strong enough to move him easily into the first round and high enough that he would forego the money to return to the University of Florida? That remains to

Denzel Aberdeen may have gotten help from an unexpected source in his quest for a waiver (Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Tuesday morning: With the NCAA likely to exclude grandfathering in players who have already completed four years of eligibility when it enacts the 5-for-5 legislation, the Florida Gators and Denzel Aberdeen got a boost in their quest to get Aberdeen his fifth year. The NCAA, in its infinite wisdom, gave an eligibility waiver to Fra

There are skeptics as well there should be. Jon Sumrall has the entire Gator Nation on its feet and paying attention for a news flash that another highly regarded recruit has committed to play for the Gators. When it comes to recruiting these are the most exciting times since Will Muschamp put together back-to-back classes that were ranked No. 3 nationally. Recruiting is the lifeblood of all college football programs and Florida’s recruiting has fallen into an abyss, which ha

A few thoughts to jump start your Saturday morning: Jon Sumrall struck again Friday when 4-star running back Andrew Beard (5-9, 195, Bogart, GA, Prince Avenue Christian) committed to Florida, choosing the Gators over Clemson, Georgia and Tennessee. The No. 8 running back in the country, Beard is Florida’s 14th commitment overall. Florida is the hottest team in the country on the recruiting trail these days. Jason Higdon, whose 1standtenFlorida site is the best and final wor

A few thoughts to jump start your Thursday morning: Is there a hotter brand on the recruiting trail right now than the Florida Gators? In the past month, Jon Sumrall has taken the Gators from never never land in the recruiting rankings to No. 6 at both 247Sports and On3. Of Florida’s 13 commitments, 10 have pledged to Florida since April 8 when 5-star guard Maxwell Hiller announced for the Gators. Sumrall and offensive line coach Phil Trautwein are putting together the foun

After taking out two of three at Oklahoma last weekend, the Kentucky series carries weight as the Gators could lock in as a national seed/regional host if they win their last two SEC series against the Wildcats and LSU.

And that was the maddening thing about Florida football for so long. It was not poor. It was not hidden. It was not without passion. It simply had not decided, fully and permanently, what it wanted to become. Then, eventually, the alligator opened one eye. Although warned, the Gator had been poked.