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USF Football Player Charged With Felony Sexual Battery

A wide receiver with the South Florida Bulls has been arrested and charged with one count of felony sexual battery on a woman over the age of 18. Kevaughn Dingle, 18, was arrested on Friday and released from jail on bond the next day. Coach Charlie Strong said today that Dingle is suspended from the...

Report: UF Wanted To Combat White Supremacist Rally With Tim Tebow<em></em>

The University of Florida tried to parry hateful dork Richard Spencer’s recent speaking appearance with a call for unity in the form of a video featuring famous alumni, according to emails obtained by the Huffington Post. The most obvious choice would have been perpetually humbled and blessed quarte...

The Stupid UConn-UCF Rivalry Trophy Is Nowhere To Be Found

College football loves to justify the existence of otherwise mundane conference games by adding in a musket or hog’s snout or some other performatively folksy bauble that tries to mask over the bloodless, production-line feel of the entire industry. None was more shameless than the Civil ConFLiCT t...

When You're Losing 42-9 To Missouri

Reports: Jim McElwain Out At Florida

After a tumultuous week that featured reportedly unverifiable claims of death threats and concluded with a 42-7 loss to Georgia, Jim McElwain and Florida have parted ways with four games left in the season, per multiple reports and first reported by Football Scoop....

Report: Florida Believes It Can Fire Jim McElwain With Cause Over Death Threat Allegations

Edward Aschoff and Mark Schlabach are reporting at ESPN today that University of Florida administrators are working out how to fire head football coach Jim McElwain without paying his $12 million buyout, with sources telling the Worldwide Leader that McElwain’s claims of death threats against his fa...

Penn State, TCU, and South Florida Drop From The Ranks Of The Undefeated

Three ranked, undefeated teams all suffered their first losses of the season within an hour this afternoon: 2nd-ranked Penn State lost a narrow one to 6th-ranked Ohio State in Columbus; 4th-ranked TCU trailed the whole way at 25th-ranked Iowa State; and 17th-ranked South Florida lost at home to Hous...

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Jackass Richard Spencer Fan Trying To Clear A Fence [Update]

Today self-proclaimed Nazi Richard Spencer spoke at the University of Florida in front of what appeared to be a crowd primarily made up of people who were there to shout him down. As one might expect, Spencer’s speech was met with large protests. After getting owned inside the auditorium, the few Sp...

Feleipe Franks Goes 79 Yards In Zig-Zag Scramble That Took 17 Seconds<em></em>

I double-checked the time on this, because I had to be sure. This play feels like it takes minutes to complete, but it was only 17 seconds. That’s pretty long, though, for a football play....

Report: Florida Man Sets Self On Fire After Cowboys Loss

Here’s a Florida Man story that’s just, like, a little too on the nose—a 27-year-old guy in Vero Beach who was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns after setting himself on fire when he lost a bet on Sunday’s Packers-Cowboys game. ...

Hurricanes Stay Undefeated With 75-Yard Drive In 80 Seconds

Malik Rosier drove Miami 75 yards after a late FSU score to deny the Seminoles a rivalry win and keep the Hurricanes undefeated in finding Darrell Langham on a 23-yard touchdown pass that seized a 24-20 victory....

At Slapfight, Actual Slap

Fuck You Guys, Central Florida Might Be Good Now

Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

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Florida Beats Tennessee With 63-Yard Hail Mary In Dumbest Football Game Ever [UPDATE: Now With Gators' Radio Call]

An “SEC” game that starred blunders, turnovers, and penalties ended on a rare stroke of competence as Feleipe Franks connected with Tyrie Cleveland for 63 yards on the game’s final play to earn the Gators a 26-20 win over Tennessee in Gainesville....

Florida Cancels Game Against Northern Colorado Due To Hurricane Irma 

The University of Florida has canceled its home game against Northern Colorado this Saturday due to the incoming Hurricane Irma....

Father And Son Alabama Fans Arrested After Brawling At FSU Game

During this weekend’s Alabama-Florida State game, a pair of rowdy Alabama fans got into a nasty-looking fight in the stands of the Falcons stadium. Officers responded to reports of a fight in the 120/121 section of the stadium at around 11 p.m. local time. According to an incident report obtained by...

Bucs-Dolphins Game Postponed Due To Hurricane Irma

The NFL has postponed this Sunday’s game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins because Hurricane Irma is expected to make landfall in Florida sometime this weekend....

Report: Florida State QB Deondre Francois Done For The Season

After the outcome of last night’s Florida State-Alabama showdown was already more or less decided, FSU star QB Deondre Francois rolled out to his right and was sacked from behind by Ronnie Harrison. Francois left the game clutching his left knee, and after murky reports out of FSU indicated that Fra...

Jim Harbaugh And Jim McElwain Are In A Very Silly Standoff

Michigan and Florida open their seasons against each other on Saturday. As of today, nobody knows who will be starting at quarterback for either team, and nobody is really quite sure who is even on Michigan’s roster. This is because Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and Florida head coach Jim McElwai...