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Florida revives 'Gator Bait' cheer after six-year ban over racist imagery — Sep 6, 2026Florida revived its controversial Gator Bait cheer at the season opener, six years after it was banned due to its racist imagery, with the band performing the cue as fans chanted. The move comes as new UF president Stuart Bell signals openness to the tradition amid a broader post-Floyd-era reckoning and leadership changes following Kent Fuchs’s ban and shifting DEI policies.

Nicole Hardy If it's just about the gators and not tied to that old imagery, fine, but leadership should've explained the reasoning better before reviving it.

Baugh Runs for 160, Florida Beats FAU 66-21 — Sep 5, 2026Florida running back Jadan Baugh opened the Jon Sumrall era with a 66-21 win over Florida Atlantic, piling up 160 yards and three touchdowns and signaling a potential Heisman-caliber season after last year’s 1,170-yard campaign. Sumrall actively kept Baugh from entering the transfer portal, including a Christmas Eve visit, and praised his work ethic as the Gators aim for back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and continued offensive punch.

Rachel Meyers That Christmas Eve visit paid off big time, Sumrall knew what he had in Baugh.

Todd Golden inks six-year extension highest-paid Gators coach — Aug 28, 2026Florida coach Todd Golden signed a six-year, $49.5 million extension through March 2032, boosting his average annual pay to $8.25 million and making him the highest-paid coach in Gators history. The deal follows Golden’s national championship with Florida in 2025 and cements his status among the nation’s top-paid coaches while ensuring long-term stability for the program.

Florida stuns No. 3 FSU, ends decade-long drought — Aug 21, 2026Florida Gators stunned No. 3 Florida State 3-1 at home, with Kyra Taylor scoring twice to snap FSU's long unbeaten streak against non-conference opponents and secure Florida's first win over the Seminoles since 2015. The result adds another notable upset as FSU had entered the season with a string of wins and strong defensive numbers.

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Man Hunts Down Massive Burmese Python in Everglades, After Cutting It Open Realizes He Was Just in TimeReporting — Jul 14, 2023Move over, gators — there’s a new critter at the top of the food chain in the Florida Everglades. Burmese pythons — one of Florida’s most damaging invasive species — have been known to overpower alligators and literally…

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Driver Terrified After Massive Gator Easily Moves His TruckOpinion — Apr 16, 2022Daniel Jay Kaufman got a ride on the way home from work recently that he won’t soon forget. The Venice, Florida, resident was stopped at a traffic light about 5 p.m. on April 7 when he noticed a Snap-on Tools van…