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Florida football coach Will Muschamp has not been immune to some of the problems posed by players and what these teenagers and young men post to their personal Twitter feeds. Scores of coaches across the country have been forced to decide whether or not to ban their sometimes overly-enthusiastic student-athletes from the Twittersphere.

Muschamp's counterpart at Florida State, Jimbo Fisher, has decided to go that route and has extended a ban on the site, placed on every one of his players. Luckily, in an age when it has become increasingly difficult to gain access to the everyday goings-on of the program, Muschamp has allowed free reign for his players on the wildly popular social networking site.

While some tweets posted here may require a bit of parental supervision, Muschamp has cited the First Amendment as one of the reasons why he feels it is important to trust his players with relatively responsible use of their 160 characters.

The coach's only real rules are not to post anything embarrassing for the program on the site and keep anything related to "football business" out of the public domain.

Below is a collection of what your Gators football players have been thinking and feeling, and tweeting, as the countdown to kickoff continues.

Drew Ferris @D_ferriswheel46
in just a few weeks from today, the #swamp is gonna be #live #GoGators

Leon Orr @MrLrgJack_44
Why stress over spilled milk , when you can have a cow....

Matthew Elam @ElamVsElo
Fastest three years I ever experienced & this third one will be the dopest..!

Ben Peacock @peacock247
Fu&! Everyone who went to the Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan concert while I’m sweating my ass off as camp lol

Zach Carter @zcarter_56
Every time I hear “Party Rock” I think of two things...@TreyBurton8 and The University of Florida Gators!

Jonathan Bullard @JBullard 90
I feel like I got better today at practice ! ! ! That’s all I want is improvement everyday #GATORGRIND

Colin Thompson @ColinThompsonUF
John Shulby would like to thank gator nation for wishing him a happy birthday! #GATORNATION #Thankyou

Ked Johnson @MoneyHigh93
True #GatorFans give their newborn babies stuffed gator dolls instead of teddy bears! #Fact

Nick Alajajian @BigNick58
Really appreciate all the love from the #Gatornation and prayers from evrybody! Jus a minor set back for a major comeback! #Beleedat#GoGators

Jeremiah Ruth @JeremiahRuth
@BigNick58 we got ur back bruh! Get well soon! Go Gators!

Damien Jacobs @HallUFameDame
Smile ppl its a great day to be a Gator!

Ben Peacock @peacock247
I get to see my momma today :) yup ima mommas boy

Stephen Alli @stephen89alli
It feels like I have metal rods in my legs...oh wait…

Matt Jones @mattjonesrb
Gummie snacks on point

Kelvin Taylor @ImKelvinTaylor
Big bro deonte thompson TD!!!!!!

Frankie Hammond @Highjumper85
S/O to @Taylored2jump and @illWill18___ goin 1 and 2 in the triple jump at the Olympics....#Gators

Kyle Koehne @KingKone64
Got to love that camp #grind

Matthew Elam @ElamVsElo
Big dreams become big things...! #Progress

a.Bailey @HawkStarAB
First Day In Pads! “CLICK CLACK”! IM SO GEEKED UP IN THE CAR RIGHT NOW!

Mike Gillislee @mikesco23
“RT @iSee_NoComp: Yu not nothin til yu got somethin!!”

Damien Jacobs @HallUFameDame
No More Nice Guy Football at UF. We need that “Goon Mentality” on the Field.....

Colin Thompson @ColinThompsonUF
It’s not team no sleep its team no time for sleep #finals #exams #football

Jon Halapio @Jhalapio67
Body is Hurtin lol

musical_athlete @Jeremiah Ruth
@UFHeim #Gator Nation! All day everyday bruh...can’t wait to see you and the rest of our secondary taking names and busting heads!

John Schramm @john_schramm11
@UFHeim I see you boy! Get ready for September 1st!!!! #GatorNation

Matt Jones @mattjonesrb
This really ain’t what it was hyped up to be

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BenCornfield

Ben, a 2008 graduate out of the University of Wisconsin, is an athletics hound who has developed far more than a deep appreciation for the superb athletic department the University of Florida has developed over the last few decades. Formerly a member of ESPN’s production staff, and having contributed heavily to Gamedayr.com’s Florida page, Cornfield has been up close and personal at numerous sporting events and definitely understands the blood, sweat and tears it takes to build a winner in such a successful manner as the University of Florida has. Find out who the next Gators superstar will be or which UF team is primed for national title run on Gator Country by following @BenCornfield on Twitter.

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