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September is finally here, and with the promise of autumn and football around the corner, we brace ourselves for the coming weeks that lead into them.
Erick Smith of USA TODAY Sports tries to make sense of a college football season of uncertainty in our top story today with his bowl projections. He has Alabama and Georgia both making it to the playoff, with ‘Bama facing Clemson in the title game.
Speaking of the Crimson Tide, head coach Nick Saban joins athletes and coaches in a march against racial injustice. Over a hundred University of Alabama athletes, coaches and support staff marched from the Mal M. Moore Athletic Building to Foster Auditorium on Monday afternoon, protesting racial injustice.
In other SEC news, another junior starter on the LSU football team is skipping the 2020 season. Defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin has told LSU coaches he will be leaving the program to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft.
Finally, Auburn has 16 football players currently sidelined due to COVID-19 concerns, grinding its preseason schedule to halt. Head coach Gus Malzahn: “We had a pretty challenging week last week.”
Around the Swamp
- Old familiar name tops our list of the best running backs of the past decade: From 2010-19, the Gators never ranked higher than 27th among FBS programs in rush yards per game. Three times in this span (2015-16, 2019), the program has finished outside the top-100 nationally in rushing.
- Who were the best wide receivers of the past decade? Here’s our list: With the new decade of football about to start this month, it is time to look back and reflect on the best of the past 10 seasons.
- 2020 Gators Football Recruiting Profile: Jeremy Crawshaw: Listed at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, the Australian took his official visit to campus on September 20, 2019 and committed three days later.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
Happy #FirstDayUF!#GoGators pic.twitter.com/y3YmkN848x
— Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) August 31, 2020
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