Gator Country

Florida defensive linemen Sharrif Floyd and Dominique Easley run onto the field before the Gators' 38-10 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. / Gator Country photo by Tim Casey

Florida finally knows what time to show up for its first three games and fans know where to find those games on the tube.

The Florida Gators football team learned Monday its first three games of 2012 will be broadcasted on ESPN.

The Southeastern Conference also released game times for those games.

The Gators open the season at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 by hosting Bowling Green in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. That’s followed by the SEC opener at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 against Texas A&M, which joined the league along with Missouri this season as part of a two-team expansion.

Florida then heads to Tennessee for a 6 p.m. game on Sept. 15. The longtime rivalry will not air on CBS for the first time since 1995.

CBS will air the Gators’ game against their other SEC East rival, Georgia, at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 27.

The rest of the game times will be announced at a later date.

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MikeCapshaw

Mike’s 15 years in the business has included more than six years of covering SEC sports and recruiting at a daily newspaper in Arkansas. He has also helped launch a newspaper, magazines, websites and even a sports talk radio show. Mike has won Florida Press Association awards for Best Sports Game Story and Best Sports Feature Story in the past two years as well as a company-wide award at his former newspaper group that includes some 60 publications, for Excellence in Sports Reporting.

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