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BREAKING News: The Match-up between LSU-Troy In Baton Rouge, Louisiana This Saturday Nite has been Postponed. Tiger Stadium has been damaged by Hurricane Gustav.
Rescheduled Date: Saturday November 15th (LSU’s Bye Week). LSU Will have an extra week to prepare for North Texas this Saturady Nite - September 13.
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The Florida Gators have lost starting tight end Cornelius Ingram for the 2008 season.
Ingram suffered a torn ACL in practice on Thursday.
A fifth-year senior, Ingram could petition the NCAA for another year of eligibility but is expected to move on to the NFL next season.
One of the nation’s best tight ends, [...]

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The Florida Gators have added another commit to their 2009 recruiting class today, receiving a verbal commitment from Connecticut prep star Jordan Reed.
A 6-3, 225-pound quarterback, Reed passed for 1,720 yards and 28 touchdowns last season as a junior at New London High School in New London, Connecticut.
Reed chose Florida over [...]

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The Florida Gators added one of the nation’s top tight ends to their 2009 recruiting class on Monday, landing South Carolina prep star Desmond Parks.
A 6-6, 225-pounder with 4.6 speed and great hands, Parks made 29 receptions for 403 yards and five touchdowns last season as a junior at Greer High [...]

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The Florida Gators are the preseason pick to win the SEC title.
Media that cover the SEC picked Florida to win both the SEC East and the SEC Championship Game this year in voting announced yesterday at the SEC’s Football Media Days event in Birmingham, Alabama.
Florida received 45 of 70 first-place votes to lead the SEC [...]

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Florida coach Urban Meyer has told the Florida Sports Writers Association that Gators’ star Percy Harvin is “ahead of schedule” in his recovery from offseason heel surgery.
“We are being very cautious with him, but he’s progressing well and should be ready for the start of Fall practice,” Meyer told the FSWA [...]

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The Florida Gators and the California Golden Bears landed two of the best offensive linemen in the country for their 2009 recruiting classes on Tuesday, persuading in-state stars Nick Alajajian and Brian Schwenke to play their college football in their respective home states.
Alajajian, a 6-4 280-pounder out of Naples High School in Naples, Florida will [...]

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The highly-rated Florida Gators have announced the starting times for their first two regular season games.
Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow and his teammates will open the season at home in Gainesville on Saturday, August 30 against the University of Hawaii. The game will start at 12:30pm.
Florida has also announced that the Gators’ second [...]

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