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Humpday is here, which means we are halfway to another weekend of college football action featuring our beloved Florida Gators. While the team gets prepared for Saturday’s action, there are a couple of other activities happening in the Gators sports world.
The men’s and women’s golf teams continued competition yesterday in the inaugural Blessings Collegiate Invitational, an SEC-only tournament held in Fayetteville, Ark. The former continued to struggle, dropping from ninth to eleventh place but improving to a cumulative 5-over par score on Tuesday — versus their 12-over par score on Monday — while the latter shot an ugly 16-over par to fall from third to sixth place in the 14-team field. Today is the final day of the fall season’s opening tournament.
In history news, on this day in 1916 Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College 222-0 in one of the most lopsided victories in sports history. The Yellow Jackets — called the Engineers at the time — were one of the greatest teams of the era, while the Patriots were little more than a collection of frat boys.
Around the Swamp
- Former Florida Gators in the NFL: Week 4: Among the teams in action, there were several former Florida Gators who made significant contributions to their teams in the box score, including the Washington Football Team‘s Jon Bostic.
- Report: WR Jordan Pouncey’s immediate eligibility waiver granted, joins Gators football: Along with Kyle Pitts making catches from the tight end position, quarterback Kyle Trask will have plenty of top-tier targets to throw to in his march towards the Heisman Trophy this season with the addition of Pouncey to the receiver room.
- Florida Gators 8th in ESPN’s latest SP+ analytical rankings: The Gators rank behind No. 2 Alabama and No. 4 Georgia. Those three teams comprise what Connelly considers “Tier 1” of the SEC.
- Florida’s pair of Kyles receiving lots of Heisman Trophy attention: This week’s iteration of ESPN’s Heisman Watch features some of the usual suspects.
- USA TODAY still has Florida ahead of Georgia in the College Football Playoff race: It’s only the first week of October, but he decisive game in the College Football Playoff chase is shaping up to be the annual Georgia-Florida showdown coming early next month.
- Florida Gators remain No. 4 in CBS Sports’ college football power rankings: Florida remained at No. 4 following another strong offensive performance against South Carolina in which the defense allowed a late push.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
Saturday was fun… let's do it again in two weeks against LSU! #GoGators
🔗 : https://t.co/Rvlvu60pW1 pic.twitter.com/7SbfD6TkZf— Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) October 5, 2020
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