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Florida Gators football continued its winning ways on Saturday with a win over the cellar-dwelling Vanderbilt Commodores. The victory was anything but convincing, leaving many questions for the fanbase after the defense looked about as porous as an ocean sponge again.
In other Gators sports news, the fifth-ranked men’s swimming and diving team finished the fall swimming season with a bang, securing a 521-426 victory over the Auburn Tigers in the Auburn Invitational, which ran from Friday until Sunday. With the swimming portion of the schedule now over for 2020, the divers head to Coral Gables to compete in a three-day diving tournament hosted by the Miami Hurricanes on Dec. 2-4 to wrap up the year.
The No. 10 women’s swimming and diving team also competed in the Auburn Invitational, claiming a 508-421 victory over the Tigers. Much like the men, the women’s swimming season is over and the diving team will head to South Florida for its next and final competition.
The volleyball team also concluded its season yesterday against the Georgia Bulldogs in a back-to-back meet, dropping the Saturday match by a score of 3-1 while bouncing back on Sunday to flip UGA and finish the year with a 3-1 win. Fifth-ranked Florida finishes its SEC-only fall schedule with a 6-2 record and now await the release of the spring slate.
Around the Swamp
- Florida Gators hang tight in Amway Coaches Poll for Week 12: Florida Gators remain ranked fifth in the nation after an unsteady performance in its win against the lowly Vanderbilt Commodores.
- Florida Gators holding steady in AP Poll after Week 12: Florida maintains its spot in the AP Poll’s top 10 after a fairly rickety outing against the unranked Vanderbilt on Saturday.
- Is Kyle Trask the leading contender for the Heisman Trophy?: He’d be on pace to outperform Joe Burrow’s absurd 2019 stat line in a full season and the redshirt senior’s development has earned him quite a bit of attention.
- WATCH: Former Gators linebacker Jon Greenard records first NFL sack: On the first play of the fourth quarter, the greenhorn linebacker scored his first professional sack against also-former-Gator Cam Newton after a slick inside move on the offensive lineman.
- ESPN’s take on Florida’s sloppy win over Vanderbilt: The Gators managed to pull away for a 38-17 victory, but the win didn’t go very far in relaxing the concerns of many fans, who have watched the defense struggle all season.
- Gators men’s basketball paused due to COVID-19: The University of Florida’s men’s basketball team announced that it will not be participating in the Basketball Hall of Fame Bubbleville held in Uncasville, Conn., this coming week.
- This Gator made USA TODAY Sports’ top six plays for Week 12: Trevon Grimes made one of the six best plays in college football on Saturday.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
Fastest. Man. Ever. (𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣) @caelebdressel sets his THIRD World Record of the week in the 50 free 😱
Congrats, Caeleb! #GoGators #GatorsAlways 🐊 pic.twitter.com/8QFAUONsDY
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) November 21, 2020
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