The Gators will be out of action for the third game in a row, as its scheduled contest against Texas A&M on Saturday has been postponed due to positive tests and the quarantining of sick or exposed individuals within the Aggies team.

The University of Florida announced on Thursday that its annual homecoming game will take place on Saturday, Oct. 9, against the Vanderbilt Commodores in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium — if everything goes as planned.

Historically, Florida holds a 42-10-2 edge over Vanderbilt, having won the last seven and 29 of the last 30 — the Commodores’ only win during that stretch came on a 34-17 gut punch in The Swamp back in 2013. Last season, UF left Nashville with a 38-17 victory, and the year prior, the Gators posted a 56-0 blowout win at home.

It’s official: Friday’s gymnastics meet will be showdown between No. 1 Florida and No. 2 LSU
BY SCOTT RABALAIS | Sports columnist The Advocate
It’s official: Friday’s gymnastics meet between LSU and Florida will be a No. 1-versus-No. 2 showdown.
The Gators and Tigers retained the top two spots in this week’s RoadtoNationals.com season average, setting up huge anticipation for the meet between the Southeastern Conference powers. First vault is set for 6:15 p.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and will be televised on the SEC Network.

Special report on the Florida Gators volleyball team:

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The ninth-ranked Florida volleyball team (8-2, 8-2 SEC) welcomes the LSU Tigers (3-5, 3-5 SEC) to Exactech Arena for a two-match series beginning on Feb. 10.

Wednesday’s first serve is slated for 6 p.m. on the SEC Network + and can be heard on 98.1 FM/850 AM. Thursday’s match will also begin at 6 p.m. on the SEC Network + and can be heard on FloridaGators.com/watch.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2020 football season was one of the most challenging in decades, with teams forced to deal with the loss of spring practice due to COVID-19 and having to constantly adjust to new protocols throughout the season as different challenges related to the global pandemic presented themselves.

Through it all, student-athletes still had to maintain their performance in the classroom, which turned mostly into a virtual learning environment.

Despite those challenges, Florida managed to place 27 scholarship players on the SEC’s Fall Academic Honor Roll. Counting walk-ons, the Gators placed 55 honorees on the list, breaking the SEC league record which was previously held by Arkansas at 47.

The Florida Gators volleyball program announced on Friday afternoon that its upcoming back-to-back series against the Missouri Tigers in the O’Connell Center has been postponed due to COVID-19 precautions for UF.

The Florida at LSU men’s basketball game of February 6 has been postponed due to a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Florida basketball program, consistent with Southeastern Conference COVID-19 management requirements. A make-up date has not been determined at this time.The 

The SEC’s COVID-19 management requirements, as developed by the SEC’s Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task Force, are available on SECsports.com. (full report).

Update from Keyontae Johnson’s Family

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support and well wishes for Keyontae and our entire family. We are also incredibly thankful for the medical care provided and the willingness of experts here and across the country to be involved in helping us better understand the events of December 12.
 
University of Florida Health treating physicians consulted with other local and national experts who reviewed the relevant imaging and testing related to this case. The unanimous conclusion of all experts is that Keyontae’s medical emergency was not related to or a result of a previous or current Covid diagnosis.
 
The consultation team included physicians from the Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Gainesville, University of Washington Center for Sports Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Yale University School of Medicine.
 
We continue to be committed to sharing any information that could be helpful to others. Our hope is that the experts’ conclusion that this instance is not Covid-related will bring some peace of mind.
 
Our focus now is on Keyontae’s academics and continued recovery. His resilience has been inspiring to watch. He will spend the rest of the season focused on being the best coach and teammate he can be. What comes next for Keyontae is for him to share on his own timeline.
 

A pair of Gators – Gabrielle Gallentine and Trinity Thomas – collected Southeastern Conference weekly gymnastics honors after No. 1 Florida’s win versus No. 24 Missouri.

Gallentine is the SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week. This is Gallentine’s first such honor of her Gator career and UF’s first SEC Freshman of the Week award since the 2019 season.

Thomas claims her second SEC Gymnast of the Week honor of 2021, and this is the 13th such honor of her career. This honor goes to a Gator for the second consecutive week, as senior Megan Skaggs collected the honor in the final week of January.

Gabrielle Gallentine – SEC Freshman of the Week:

  *   Raised her collegiate best on bars to 9.925 to share second versus Missouri
  *   Bars mark versus Missouri upped collegiate best by a tenth
  *   Highest score by an SEC freshman in Week 4 competition

Trinity Thomas – SEC Gymnast of the Week:

  *   Equaled her own national leading all-around total (39.75) to claim all-around win
  *   Also won vault (9.925), balance beam (9.95), and floor exercise (9.95)
  *   Won 11 event titles through Florida’s first four meets
  *   Current national rankings – vault (No. 4 – 9.919), bars (No. 1 – 9.931), floor (No. T14 – 9.894) and all-around (No. 7 – 39.431)