Kick off between the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners in the Cotton Bowl is nearly here and the fans are frothing for their final taste of Florida football until next fall. After a grueling season that presented numerous hurdles, including a global pandemic, the Gators hope to finally cross the finish line on a winning note.
Unfortunately, numerous players on both sides โ more notably on Florida’s side, however โ will miss this game due to a combination opt-outs for those with NFL aspirations, injuries, and at least one player lost to COVID-19 protocols. That said, the fans should savor their last look at Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask before he moves on to the pros.
Regardless of the outcome, the Gator Nation sticks together through all sorts of weather, and even if a short-handed UF squad is given trouble by the Sooners tonight it still represents the conclusion of a season that at one point was uncertain would even happen.
Here is a look at how the school and the fanbase are getting hyped up for their final football game of 2020.
.@CottonBowlGame Practice Day โ๏ธ#GoGators #LikeNoOther pic.twitter.com/q1Co7eCGlL
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 29, 2020
Chapter 12: ๐๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ#GoGators pic.twitter.com/yo7tNMGRBe
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 30, 2020
๐ โช๏ธโช๏ธ pic.twitter.com/woRVDczKza
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 30, 2020
BREAKING: The #Gators will go with those '08 vibes against Oklahoma in the @CottonBowlGame ๐ โชโช#GoGators #JUMPMAN pic.twitter.com/JV1e0pcuKo
— Gators Uniform Tracker (@GatorsUnis) December 30, 2020
๐ถ ษขแดแดแดแด แดส ๐ท#GoGators pic.twitter.com/O2X0OkrlZD
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 30, 2020
Blessed to see 19๐ค๐พ๐ happy game day !! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/ZssjEdGVs5
— WINGO (@DerekWingo) December 30, 2020
Wake the hell up!!!! #GoGators #CottonBowl #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/82tVmLF1lF
— Just Chucky (@ChuckyUF) December 30, 2020
Gameday! #GatorNation #GoGators #GatorTwitter pic.twitter.com/P9p3DbyvsM
— Zach Blaine (@ZachBlaine865) December 30, 2020
Game Day!!! ๐๐๐ #ChompChomp #GoGators #BeatOklahoma pic.twitter.com/f4aSH8kphl
— Tommy Callahan III ๐บ๐ธ๐ (@thetomcallahan3) December 30, 2020
Got our first Florida jersey for Christmas so obviously weโre reppinโ our boys today while we wait for tonight!! Beat the Sooners!!! #gogators #rowdyreptiles @FloridaGators @GatorsFB pic.twitter.com/D2WY5sQOec
— Alli Cantrell (@Allibaby_15) December 30, 2020
#GoGators #UF #Gatornation pic.twitter.com/bLkIee7o20
— Max Q โก (@Randy_Shannon) December 30, 2020
GAME DAY X 2 ๐๐๐ #GoGators pic.twitter.com/cDCbw7Ufhq
— Tracey ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ (@TraceyJ305) December 30, 2020
Game day!!! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/CtURUJhDFe
— Dre. P (@DreBerry360) December 30, 2020
Today's mug. #GoGators #BeatOklahoma#GoodyearCottonBowl pic.twitter.com/iYJV9L9bvj
— zzgator ๐ (@zzgator) December 30, 2020
My son is ready #GoGators pic.twitter.com/2qazlo9IbL
— Eric (@Eric_B_No_Rakim) December 30, 2020
๐งก๐ #GoGators #UF pic.twitter.com/vIJ0FveFaP
— Tโs Island๐ (@CatchingRedWave) December 30, 2020
Final Gameday of 2020 #GoGators pic.twitter.com/o0Kr6Iqmng
— TheChasers๐ฆCH13 (@Houston4L) December 30, 2020
Good luck tonight to all my kiddos playing on a whole other level! @_KeonZ @HimsoHam @theycravekd Enjoy it and soak it all in! #gogators #keon9andlloyd99๐งก๐ but also #gokendall ๐ pic.twitter.com/1cOTiH5fXL
— Nikki Blevins (@Nikki_B_1_4) December 30, 2020
Today will be the first time ever the #Gators bowl patch will be above the Gatorhead ๐
After 2 years of the bowl patch being on the left shoulder, it returns to the right – the traditional placement for a span of 22yrs for Florida.
(๐ธ via @GatorsFB) #GoGators #JUMPMAN pic.twitter.com/H3hak2wf3U
— Gators Uniform Tracker (@GatorsUnis) December 30, 2020
In honor of todayโs #CottonBowl matchup between @GatorsFB & @OU_Football, a throwback of me at @HardRockStadium 12 years ago when these teams last met. Of course that one ended with @UFโs third national championship ๐#GoGators, beat the #Sooners! pic.twitter.com/eEXQOWhFav
— ๐๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ (@epritchard) December 30, 2020
#GoGators ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/6OvQG6dAKw
— Will (@will_s03) December 30, 2020
#GoGators #FloridaGators @GatorsFB ๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/IhRQvEKFoV
— @MM_13_ (@MM_13_) December 30, 2020
I just hope both teams have a good time.#Sooners #GoGators ๐ pic.twitter.com/p0BsIJJCO2
— Collin Kennedy (@CKennedy247) December 30, 2020
I hope tonight we see a repeat of this. #GatorTwitter #GoGators #GatorNation pic.twitter.com/6yHzmSFwMg
— Zach Blaine (@ZachBlaine865) December 30, 2020
#GatorNationIsEverywhere roll call! Where are you chomping from tonight? #GoGators pic.twitter.com/i6GOKKTuGc
— FLORIDA (@UF) December 30, 2020
Chomping… pic.twitter.com/bbmpWufxrd
— FLORIDA (@UF) December 30, 2020
๐ Arlington, TX#GoGators๐ pic.twitter.com/GS48sSzJdf
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) December 30, 2020
We will continue to update as game time nears.ย
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