Spring Football Video Recap
Saturday, May 5, 2018 | Football
Fans can relive spring football through practice videos that were posted on social media following each practice.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Throughout the entire spring, new head football coach Dan Mullen worked tirelessly and smartly to re-energize the fan base. He spoke to student organizations, community leaders, UF alumni, university faculty and Gators fans across the region to drum up support.
Meanwhile, his football team enduring 14 practices and the annual Orange & Blue Game, presented by Sunniland, to begin preparations for August camp.
The Gators began spring practice on March 16 and 17, with each practice open to all fans.
Practice #1 Recap:
Take advantage of every second.#RelentlessEffort #SpringBall pic.twitter.com/XfM0iUdhg8
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 17, 2018
Practice #2 Recap:
Attitude ?? Effort#RelentlessEffort #SpringBall pic.twitter.com/GOHODGH4ew
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 17, 2018
Florida's student-athletes were excited about the energy from fans and the direction of each practice following opening weekend:
"It's time to wake up that sleeping giant." -- @Dreese_33 #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/BRsOo6BcpP
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 19, 2018
Gator Nation greatly enjoyed their preview of Florida's 2018 squad:
#GatorNation is excited about the start of the #MullenEra. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/X2s2da0AED
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 18, 2018
The Gators resumed practice on Tuesday, March 20 with one thought in mind… STRAIN!
"You can control the effort you give... have fun and enjoy the process of straining!" -- @CoachDanMullen #RelentlessEffort #SpringBall pic.twitter.com/i5E9lqbZy1
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 21, 2018
Florida continued its process on March 22 with a PHYSICAL practice.
Enjoy the Process. #SpringBall #GatorStandard pic.twitter.com/Z6TMZHEdFf
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 23, 2018
Coach Mullen enjoyed those first two practices with fans so much that he extended another invite to Gator Nation on Saturday, March 24.
Coach Mullen had one goal in mind for this practice … "Give unbelievable effort on the field."
"I want to see unbelievable effort on the field." -- @CoachDanMullen #SpringBall #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/vY2UXQN11h
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 25, 2018
Monday, March 26 kicked off the first practice of the week. It was a tad rainy and cold, but that didn't stop the guys from competing.
?? #SpringBall #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/ofgupJqdKd
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 27, 2018
Following Florida's Pro Day on March 28 where the Gators held another practice, it was time to step into The Swamp for the first time as a team.
Scrimmage #1 -- "Everything you do, do it with relentless effort today!" – Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Nick Savage
Did you give #RelentlessEffort today??#SpringBall #GoGators pic.twitter.com/pohbVqmElV
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) March 31, 2018
Following the scrimmage, the Gators hit the practice field a few days later with one goal in mind.
"Have a GREAT day." – Coach Mullen
GET AFTER IT!#SpringBall #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/gOzuHdNUWF
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 5, 2018
Straining leads to success.
That was the idea on Friday, April 6. With the Gators scheduled to scrimmage the following day, UF attacked the day with relentless effort so their minds were ready to get back inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Strain to success.#SpringBall #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/enrR7IHPzV
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 7, 2018
With only one week until the spring game, Coach Mullen wanted his players to focus on their effort in the team's second scrimmage of spring ball.
"The effort that you give is a pure decision that you're making right now." — Coach Mullen
"The effort that you give is a pure decision that you're making right now." — @CoachDanMullen #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/a8qhqd8JJ1
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 8, 2018
Despite there being just a few practices left in spring, Coach Mullen stressed to his players that the intensity never changes in what they do.
"The intensity never changes in what we do." — @CoachDanMullen #SpringBall #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/TY9lHmrnga
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 11, 2018
With the 2018 Orange & Blue Game just a day away, Florida's video staff put together a hype video from the best moments of spring.
The wait is over. ?? #OBGame ?? #RelentlessEffort pic.twitter.com/AVPJOptmBQ
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 14, 2018
All the work and effort lead the Gators to April 14, when UF's student-athletes had fun with each other and all of Gator Nation to culminate spring camp during the Orange & Blue Game.
? #OBGame Rewind ?#GoGators pic.twitter.com/OsG1fhEGTQ
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) April 18, 2018
**Editor's Note: Huge thank you to Randy Mickens on Florida's video staff for shooting and editing all these videos throughout spring camp. In addition, thank you to our entire GatorVision staff for the hard work they put in throughout the spring as well.
