The Gators are in full pads and a week into their third fall camp under head coach Jim McElwain. (Photo: Tim Casey/UAA Communications)
Gator Reads: Ticket Sales Up, Impact freshmen, more on Gators
Thursday, August 10, 2017 | Football, Scott Carter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Since the December morning in 2013 when it was announced the Gators would face Michigan to open the 2017 season at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, the clock toward kickoff has steadily ticked away years and months.
Now it's down to days. Twenty-three to be exact. Remember what then-UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley said of the game, a radical diversion from season openers during his tenure?
"You don't get these opportunities very often,'' he said. "It would give us great national visibility. Obviously, a very difficult ballgame against a storied program — that excites us."
Three years and eight months later, Gator Nation is beginning to get really excited. Signs the game is near pop up daily, such as Thursday when the SEC Network announced it would broadcast its pregame show live from Florida-Michigan tilt.
As fans and media turn their attention to the game, the Gators are busy preparing for the top-20 matchup. The Gators took their first day off in preseason camp on Wednesday but return to the field this afternoon.
Here are some fresh links covering the Gators and more for your perusal as Florida-Michigan nears ... tick-tock, tick-tock:
-- Gators expect some freshmen to make an immediate impact writes Ethan Bauer of The Miami Herald.
-- UF season-ticket sales are highest in four years writes Edgar Thompson of The Orlando Sentinel.
-- Tim Tebow leaves on-deck circle to greet autistic boy and then hits home run by Martin Fennelly of The Tampa Bay Times.
-- Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro seeks perfection this season writes Kevin Brockway of The Gainesville Sun.
-- Why one FSU player wants Feleipe Franks to be the Gators' quarterback writes Matt Baker of The Tampa Bay Times.
-- First Coast Trio emerges as leaders for Gators writes Garry Smits of the Florida Times-Union.
-- Florida's quarterback battle is still closely contested writes Zach Abolverdi of SECCountry.com.
-- CBSSports.com has Gators DL Cece Jefferson as one of its Top 25 impact players in the SEC.
-- VIDEO: SI.com college football writer Andy Staples offers his common-sense approach to Malik Zaire's potential impact at Florida.
-- Big game, big guests as Gators ambassador Steve Spurrier and former LSU coach Les Miles to join SEC Network at Florida-Michigan game.
-- A Camp Pass via SEC Now, who has made stops by practice with a film crew ...
Now it's down to days. Twenty-three to be exact. Remember what then-UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley said of the game, a radical diversion from season openers during his tenure?
"You don't get these opportunities very often,'' he said. "It would give us great national visibility. Obviously, a very difficult ballgame against a storied program — that excites us."
Three years and eight months later, Gator Nation is beginning to get really excited. Signs the game is near pop up daily, such as Thursday when the SEC Network announced it would broadcast its pregame show live from Florida-Michigan tilt.
??? See you in Arlington, @LauraMRutledge, @TimTebow, @mspears96, @finebaum, @LaurenSisler & SEC Nation! ???
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) August 10, 2017
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As fans and media turn their attention to the game, the Gators are busy preparing for the top-20 matchup. The Gators took their first day off in preseason camp on Wednesday but return to the field this afternoon.
Here are some fresh links covering the Gators and more for your perusal as Florida-Michigan nears ... tick-tock, tick-tock:
-- Gators expect some freshmen to make an immediate impact writes Ethan Bauer of The Miami Herald.
-- UF season-ticket sales are highest in four years writes Edgar Thompson of The Orlando Sentinel.
-- Tim Tebow leaves on-deck circle to greet autistic boy and then hits home run by Martin Fennelly of The Tampa Bay Times.
-- Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro seeks perfection this season writes Kevin Brockway of The Gainesville Sun.
-- Why one FSU player wants Feleipe Franks to be the Gators' quarterback writes Matt Baker of The Tampa Bay Times.
-- First Coast Trio emerges as leaders for Gators writes Garry Smits of the Florida Times-Union.
-- Florida's quarterback battle is still closely contested writes Zach Abolverdi of SECCountry.com.
-- CBSSports.com has Gators DL Cece Jefferson as one of its Top 25 impact players in the SEC.
-- VIDEO: SI.com college football writer Andy Staples offers his common-sense approach to Malik Zaire's potential impact at Florida.
-- Big game, big guests as Gators ambassador Steve Spurrier and former LSU coach Les Miles to join SEC Network at Florida-Michigan game.
-- A Camp Pass via SEC Now, who has made stops by practice with a film crew ...
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