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Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

Tua Tagovailoa made a good impression in his first extensive action since the trade deadline passed and speculation about his future intensified.

Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson, recovering from a concussion, injured a knee dancing in the team hotel the night before losing at South Carolina.

Florida has fired defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and offensive line coach John Hevesy.

Florida coach Dan Mullen fired two close friends in hopes of saving his program — and maybe, ultimately, his job.

Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

After losing at South Carolina, the Gators’ third straight defeat, there are reports that two longtime assistants to Dan Mullen are being let go.

Florida and South Carolina come into the final month of the regular season with similar struggles.

Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson is recovering from a concussion, potentially opening the door for Emory Jones to start at South Carolina on Saturday.

All of a sudden, the roof has caved in and coach Dan Mullen is starting to feel some serious heat from outraged fans.

Attending a major sporting event can be overwhelming: You might have to fly or embark on a road trip just to get there, depending on the location of course, and consider your accommodations and where you’ll stay, eat and how you’ll get around.

As the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs prepare for Saturday's matchup in Jacksonville, both teams have quarterback questions, but for different reasons.

College football trophies have a tendency to be quirky, whether it’s the Old Brass Spittoon, the Little Brown Jug, the Iron Skillet, the Bronze Boot or the Golden Egg.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

No one can truly predict what will happen when No. 20 Florida and LSU play this weekend.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

Florida needs a pick-me-up, and there are few better cures for a broken-hearted Gators football team than having Vanderbilt next on the schedule.

Florida and Kentucky have had some dramatic games the last few times they’ve matched-up, especially in Lexington. This year’s game looks to bring more of those moments in the series.

For the 11th year, former Gators' quarterback Danny Wuerffel will host the Desire Cup, a golf tournament held over Florida-Georgia weekend, as a fundraiser for his Desire Street Ministries.

The college sports leaders who run the College Football Playoff have about four months to come to an agreement on a new format if expansion is to be implemented for the 2024 season.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

No. 11 Florida has successfully transformed its offense from a finesse passing attack into a formidable ground game.

Florida coach Dan Mullen says quarterback Anthony Richardson will “probably do a little bit more at practice” this week before the 11th-ranked Gators host Tennessee.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

No. 11 Florida is a two-touchdown underdog at home against defending national champion and top-ranked Alabama.

Florida backup quarterback Anthony Richardson is expected to practice this week while recovering from a strained right hamstring.

Huddle up! Here’s a look back at the first full week of the football season, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

By the time No. 13 Florida’s season opener was over, Anthony Richardson had leaped one defender, thrown another to the ground and looked so special with the ball in his hands that he might as well have had a cape dangling from his No. 15 jersey.

Zach Carter might have an easier time replicating his season-opening performance than filling ticket requests for No. 13 Florida’s next game.

Georgia has moved up three spots to No. 2 behind Alabama in The Associated Press Top 25 presented by Regions Bank.

One day before legendary coach Bobby Bowden was scheduled to lie in honor at the state capitol, Seminole fans gathered in Jacksonville to prepare for the upcoming season and remember the late head coach.

Florida cornerback and projected starter Jaydon Hill will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

With the times changing in college football, we will never see a head coach like Bobby Bowden again.

Georgia went from a program with very little quarterback talent to a program with a lot of quarterback talent. This year, the Bulldogs are heading into the season with arguably the most talented quarterback in the entire SEC, JT Daniels, and that should just tell you where their expectations are for this Bulldogs offense this fall. They're pretty high.

The 11 university presidents and chancellors who oversee the College Football Playoff have authorized the continued evaluation of a proposed 12-team playoff.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on Thursday to allow college athletes in the state to profit off of their name, image and likeness.

Some of the non-quarterbacks to watch in the Southeastern Conference this upcoming college football season includes playmakers on both offense and defense.

Florida State has filled the non-conference football schedule through 2024 after adding Memphis and Charleston Southern to the slate that already included Notre Dame and Florida.

What if college football’s most powerful teams, the biggest of the big boys, tried to do what is happening now in European soccer, where a dozen of the wealthiest and most successful clubs are in the process of forming a 15-team Super League.

In 2017, Bartram Trail traveled to Cartersville, Ga, to face Trevor Lawrence and company in a game broadcast on ESPN2. Bears' head coach Darrell Sutherland knew then that Lawrence was going to be something special.

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It certainly sounds like Urban Meyer’s mind is made up on who the Jaguars are targeting in next month’s NFL draft. In an interview with NBC Sports Peter King, Meyer raved about Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. 1 pick in the draft and have been universally linked to Lawrence just about from the start of the 2020 season. “Uh, I’d have to say that’s the direction we’re going,” Meyer said to King. But I’m certainly not stepping out of line that that’s certainly the direction we’re headed.”Everyone knows that Jacksonville is zeroed in on Lawrence.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Greg Ruffin confirmed to News4Jax on Monday that he was fired as the head coach of Edward Waters’ football team on Friday. Ruffin also says that Faison was upset that the coach had been a candidate for the Savannah State coaching job two years prior. Ad“I was called in 2019 and asked to be a finalist for the Savannah State job,” Ruffin said. I told my direct supervisor that I was called and asked to come in and be a finalist for the Savannah State job. Ad“I knew at that point I was a lame-duck coach,” Ruffin said.

A helmet of the Florida Gators (photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) and a Notre Dame Fighting Irish helmet (photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images). GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida and Notre Dame have scheduled a home-and-home series for the 2031 and 2032 football seasons. Notre Dame will travel to Gainesville early the following year. The programs have met just once, with Notre Dame rallying to beat Florida in 39-28 in the 1992 Sugar Bowl. The Gators have home-and-home series scheduled with Texas, Utah, Cal, Colorado, Arizona State and North Carolina State.

Smart said Wednesday that Muschamp, also a former Florida head coach, will focus on defense. He played at Georgia as a defensive back from 1991-94 and is a former defensive coordinator at Auburn, Louisiana State and Texas. “It's very valuable to have a guy who has been a head coach in two different places in our conference,” Smart said. “He’s going to be able to help coach the coaches.”Muschamp's role as analyst may be only a short-term situation. Another former Georgia player and assistant coach, Mike Bobo, served as South Carolina's interim coach after Muschamp was fired.

Electronic Arts announced on Tuesday that its popular college football franchise would return. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Gamers everywhere can celebrate again — college football is coming back to the video game world. Electronic Arts’ college football videogame franchise is set to return after a long and painful absence from the gaming landscape. EA Sports announced the move Tuesday afternoon“College Football is coming back.”EA Sports vice president and general manager, Daryl Holt, told ESPN that the development of the game is in its beginning stages and that there’s no date planned for a launch, only that it wouldn’t be this year. The final game was made in 2013 with Michigan athlete and eventual Jaguars draft pick Denard Robinson on the cover of “NCAA Football 2014.”When EA Sports halted making the game, largely due to lawsuits about paying players for their likenesses, that 2014 game became a collectors item and went for double and triple its initial MSRP on auction sites like Ebay.

A general view of a Florida State Seminoles Helmet on the field before the game against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Doak Campbell Stadium on Bobby Bowden Field on December 2, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)Florida State is opening the season at home against Notre Dame and closing the year with a rivalry football game against Florida as the Atlantic Coast Conference segues back into a normalcy in 2021. The conference is back to two divisions — with no Notre Dame — and plans to open the season over five days beginning Labor Day weekend. The Seminoles will play eight ACC games this season and four nonconference opponents, highlighted by a Sept. 5 game in Tallahassee against Notre Dame. Florida State 2021 football scheduleDate, OpponentSept. 5, Notre Dame (Sunday)Sept. 11, Jacksonville StateSept. 18, at Wake ForestSept. 25, LouisvilleOct. 2, SyracuseOct. 9, at North CarolinaOct. 23, UMassOct. 30, at ClemsonNov. 6, NC StateNov. 13, MiamiNov. 20, at Boston CollegeNov. 27, at Florida

1 Alabama won the College Football Playoff national championship game 52-24 against No. 3 Ohio State on Monday night. Ohio State (7-1) just couldn’t keep up. Ohio State has never allowed more points in a bowl game. Using an array of motions and misdirections, outgoing offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian had Ohio State heads spinning trying to track down Smith.

Alabama QB Mac Jones (left) and Ohio State CB Shaun Wade are two of the prominent players in Monday night's College Football Playoff national championship game. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Alabama and Ohio State face off Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at 8 p.m.Five players from the Jacksonville area are on the rosters of the Crimson Tide and Buckeyes. Player, Class (*redshirt), Local tie, CollegeRB Marcus Crowley, So., Trinity Christian, Ohio State, Took some time to get back on the field after tearing his ACL late last season. *, Trinity Christian, Ohio State, Has played in five games this season and has five tackles, four of those coming in a Nov. 7 game against Rutgers. Consensus All-American selection, earning those honors from the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press and Sporting News.

Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith of Alabama is winner of the Maxwell Award as the college football player of the year. Four other Alabama players won awards during the College Football Awards Show. Four other Alabama players received awards during the College Football Awards Show. _ Offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood became the sixth Alabama player to win the Outland Trophy as the outstanding interior lineman. ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)Alabama quarterback Mac Jones didn’t win the Heisman Trophy on Tuesday night, but he had a big hand in helping the player who did. Jones’ teammate, receiver DeVonta Smith, earned the annual award, given to college football’s top player. Tebow was a three-time Heisman finalist. Those passing totals rank second in college football, trailing only Florida’s Kyle Trask (4,283 yards, 43 TDs), a fellow Heisman finalist. Another Alabama alum, running back Derrick Henry, is the only other area player to earn a Heisman finalist spot.

The College Football Playoff semifinal game scheduled for January 1 is being moved from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses announced Saturday night. The decision was made due to rising COVID-19 cases in Southern California, according to College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock. "We are very grateful to Rose Bowl officials and the City of Pasadena," Hancock said in a statement. The College Football Playoff selection committee announced Sunday that Notre Dame would be playing in the game despite a loss on Saturday, facing off against Alabama. "Why can't it be the Rose Bowl in Las Vegas or can it be the Rose Bowl in another town?"

The College Football Playoff semifinal game scheduled for January 1 is being moved from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses announced Saturday night. "We are very grateful to Rose Bowl officials and the City of Pasadena," Hancock said in a statement. The Rose Bowl asked the state to grant an exception for the annual game, but the request was denied twice. "Why can't it be the Rose Bowl in Las Vegas or can it be the Rose Bowl in another town?" If the name is changed, it would mark the first time in over a century that the Rose Bowl would not be played.

Ohio State still tops the AP Poll with Baylor TCU, Utah and Clemson rounding out the top five. All eyes will be on college stations, Texas as number 9, the undefeated Texas A and M Agggies take on number 10, the Alabama Crimson Tide. It’s a game with major playoff implications. CBS Sports studio analyst, Brian Jones joins “CBS This Morning.”