Introduction
Football Gator or Gator Football refers to a team which belongs to the state of Florida. Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, situated on the nation’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is surrounded by the west, by the Gulf of Mexico to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Florida is the 22nd most wide-ranging and the 4th most heavily populated along with 8th most densely populated among the 50 states in the United States. The state capital is Tallahassee; its largest city is Jacksonville, and the South Florida metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern U.S.
History
The Florida Gator football team stands for and symbolizes the University of Florida in the sport of American Football. The Gator football competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCCA) and also the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The University of Florida was established in 1905 when Florida Legislature enacted the Buckman Act which abolished all of the State of Florida’s existing publicity-supported institutions of higher learning. The uniform of Gator football includes a blue jersey which is usually a variation of royal blue. Along with the blue jersey, there are white pants at home throughout much of the program’s history.
Features
Since the 1990 Gator football, team has always worn the blue jerseys and white pants at their home play with blue pants an option sometimes for the games at night. On the road, the team has usually worn traditional white jerseys, and either blue or white pants with orange pants used for occasions. The Florida Gator Football team of the South Eastern conference was the 2008 national champion. The Florida Gators are well known to all sports fanatics and the stadium they play in; the Bell Hill Griffin Stadium is known as one of the hardest places for the competition to play.
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Florida has worn many different helmet designs throughout the program’s history. Helmet color has alternated between orange and white and occasionally blue, and logos have included an interlocking ‘UF', a simple ‘F’ and the number of the player wearing that specific helmet. Since the 1979 the Gators have worn an orange helmet with a script ‘Gators’ logo, the only exception being three ‘throwback’ games. In 2006 the team wore 1960s throwback uniforms that included white helmets featuring a simple ‘F’ logo. The team in 2008 came back into the seasons with a bang as a much-improved team which was led by linebacker Brandon Spikes and RB/WR Percy Harvin helped to rekindle the championship passion for the Florida Gators. The comeback was so strong that they beat other teams and won four straight games in a row. After their win from the 4th consecutive victory over Tennessee, one of the quarterbacks from the team promised in a press conference that no team would be playing harder in the season than the Florida Gators. Similarly, in the 2009 season the team was promoted and voted as number 1 in the preseason Associated Press and Coaches polls.
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