Tag: EverBank Field

Jaguars’ TIAA Bank Field set to become EverBank Stadium soon

The Jaguars’ home stadium will be TIAA Bank Field no more and instead revert to a familiar name.

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ home stadium, TIAA Bank Field, is set to become EverBank Stadium, according to a letter from TIAA Bank addressed to the Jaguars and the City of Jacksonville.

In the letter, which was published by News4Jax, TIAA Bank’s executive vice president, Mark G. Baum, writes that controlling interest of the bank will be sold to new investors and will change its legal name to EverBank. The company requested that TIAA Bank Field be renamed EverBank Stadium.

It’s a blast to the past for Jaguars fans, who watched their team play at EverBank Field for nearly a decade before it was renamed TIAA Bank Field in 2018. Prior to that, the stadium had two stints with the title Jacksonville Municipal Stadium and nine years as Alltel Stadium.

In the years since the stadium became EverBank Field in 2010, it has been referred to as “The Bank” by fans. Even the team has embraced the nickname, selling “Bundle at The Bank” ticket packages. With EverBank set to take the title again in Jacksonville, “The Bank” moniker stands to stick around.

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Athlon Sports releases 2020 CFB rankings: Projects Florida ahead of Georgia

Athlon Sports released its 2020 college football top-25 and projected the Florida Gators to finish above the Georgia Bulldogs.

Athlon Sports recently released its list of the top-25 college football teams going into the 2020 football season, saying the list specifically represents where they think these teams will finish the season.

From Athlon:

This is not a preseason ranking of teams going into the season. Instead, this ranking takes into account where we project teams to finish after the national championship in January

The SEC is represented six times. Alabama is at No. 2 behind projected national champion Clemson. LSU is at No. 8, Texas A&M No. 11 and Auburn at No. 13.

Most notably, Georgia, the three-time SEC East defending champion, is ranked at No. 7, behind Florida at No. 6.

Athlon Sports stated its reason for putting the Gators ahead of the Bulldogs, even though Florida hasn’t won in Jacksonville in three years, is because of the SEC crossover games and staff continuity.

“Georgia has an edge in overall roster talent,” Athlon Sports wrote. “But the Gators have a small advantage in crossover play (at home versus LSU compared to at Alabama for the Bulldogs) and coach Dan Mullen’s team has more continuity in staff and scheme.”

I suppose Athlon Sports has a point, a Joe Burrow-less LSU at home won’t be as tough as Alabama in Tuscaloosa. However, the SEC East runs through Jacksonville and Georgia has held the keys for the last three years.

And as far as continuity goes, the Bulldogs came into the 2019 season with a new offensive coordinator and still took care of business in Jacksonville.

Georgia and Florida meet this year on Halloween from TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida.

Here is Athlon Sports’ projected top-10 teams in college football for 2020:

Athlon Sports’ 2020 Projected top-10

#1 Clemson

#2 Alabama

#3 Ohio State

#4 Oklahoma

#5 Penn State

#6 Florida

#7 Georgia

#8 LSU

#9 Notre Dame

#10 Oregon

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