The Florida Gators will finish spring camp with the annual Orange and Blue Debut under the lights on Friday night at Ben Hill Griffin stadium.
When/Where
Friday, April 8, 7:30 pm
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
SEC Network (also streaming online at WatchESPN)
Clay Matvick, Kevin Carter and former Florida wide receiver Chris Doering are on the call.
What will the format be?
On Monday Jim McElwain affirmed that, despite some injuries, the Gators would have a full spring game consisting of four 12-minute quarters.
“It’s become a made-for-television event, so we’ve got two hours — actually an hour and 57 minutes to get everything in,” McElwain said Monday. “We’ll do our best to trip that time frame.”
It will largely be the first team offense vs., the second team defense and McElwain also plans to get situational aspects of the game worked on.
5 storylines
• Quarterbacks – Jim McElwain said the quarterback situation was sorting itself out and that we “would see” that on Friday. My popcorn is ready.
• DBU? – The Gators are tasked with replacing Marcus Maye, Jalen Tabor and Quincy Wilson in the secondary. How will veterans Nick Washington, Marcell Harris and Duke Dawson lead? Which young players will step up?
• Early enrollees – Florida welcomed five new players this spring, what will we see from them Friday night?
• Offensive line – The Gators have settled on left tackle (Martez Ivey), center (T.J. McCoy) and right tackle (Jawaan Taylor), but are looking for two guards.
• Defensive line – The Gators are looking for someone to step up and be the pass rusher Florida lacked last season as well as improvement from veterans Taven Bryan and Khairi Clark inside.