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Florida running back Dameon Pierce gets past South Florida safety Vincent Davis on a run on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

Florida running back Dameon Pierce gets past South Florida safety Vincent Davis on a run on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 11 Florida welcomes favored, top-ranked Alabama to Swamp

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 16, 2021
GAINESVILLE — Florida’s Dameon Pierce flashed an ear-to-ear grin as he contemplated his response. “How’s it feel to be such huge underdogs at home against top-ranked Alabama?” If anyone was going to say anything controversial, it likely would have been the outspoken and vivacious running back.
Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton (10) scrambles out of the pocket as he is chased by Jacksonville State defensive end Umstead Sanders (12) on Sept. 11 in Tallahassee. Jacksonville State won 20-17. (PHIL SEARS/Associated Press)

Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton (10) scrambles out of the pocket as he is chased by Jacksonville State defensive end Umstead Sanders (12) on Sept. 11 in Tallahassee. Jacksonville State won 20-17. (PHIL SEARS/Associated Press)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Demon Deacons host struggling Seminoles to start ACC play

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Wake Forest and Florida State are in very different positions heading into Saturday’s meeting to open Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer, left, prepares to lead his team onto the field before a game against the Houston Texans on Sept. 12 in Houston. (SAM CRAFT/Associated Press)

Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer, left, prepares to lead his team onto the field before a game against the Houston Texans on Sept. 12 in Houston. (SAM CRAFT/Associated Press)

NFL: Meyer says 'no chance' he lands at USC

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
JACKSONVILLE — Urban Meyer rarely, if ever, experienced anything like this at Ohio State or Florida. Ten penalties, six dropped passes, three turnovers, down 20 at halftime. Confusion on the sideline and in the huddle.
Columbia's Bailey Campbell (left) and Brandi Oliver (right) dive for a ball against P.K. Yonge on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia's Bailey Campbell (left) and Brandi Oliver (right) dive for a ball against P.K. Yonge on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: P.K. Yonge rallies to edge Columbia in tiebreaker

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
It couldn’t have been any closer. Locked in a fifth deciding set, Columbia and P.K. Yonge delivered blow after blow to one another down to the final point. The teams even exchanged match point three times as they pushed each other to the limit.
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell waves to fans before the start of the Seminoles' game against Jacksonville State on Sept. 11 in Tallahassee. (PHIL SEARS/Associated Press)

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell waves to fans before the start of the Seminoles' game against Jacksonville State on Sept. 11 in Tallahassee. (PHIL SEARS/Associated Press)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mistakes, penalties big factors in Florida State's 0-2 start

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, September 13, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Mike Norvell said he believes in his players and that Florida State has lost two games to start the season they should have won. But they haven’t. Any ascent from a 3-6 season in 2020 has instead been halted by a demoralizing loss where the Seminoles took two steps back.
Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson (15) rushes for a fourth-quarter touchdown against South Florida at Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (MIKE EHRMANN/Getty Images/TNS)

Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson (15) rushes for a fourth-quarter touchdown against South Florida at Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (MIKE EHRMANN/Getty Images/TNS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mullen ignoring QB calls for Richardson over Jones

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, September 13, 2021
GAINESVILLE — Florida backup quarterback Anthony Richardson, one of college football's more dynamic players through two games, is expected to practice this week while recovering from a strained right hamstring.