Florida vs. Utah: Info, Odds, Where to Watch and More

The Billy Napier period of Florida soccer begins as we speak,

The Florida Gators are set to host the No. 7 Utah Utes this night, kicking off their first season below their new head coach with a problem not like something Napier’s predecessors confronted throughout their first sport with the orange and blue.

Yow will discover all the things you want to know in regards to the matchup beneath. 

Florida Gators vs. No. 7 Utah Utes

The place: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Fla.

When: Saturday, Sept. 3 at 7:00 P.M. ET

Watch: ESPN | fuboTV (begin your free trial)

Climate: 79° with 83 % humidity and a 49 % probability of precipitation at kickoff, per Climate.com.

Radio: Gators IMG Sports activities Community, Sirius Channel: 158/202

Odds: Utah is taken into account a 2.5-point favourite over Florida, in line with the Sports activities Illustrated Sportsbook, inching half a degree within the Gators’ favor since Thursday. The over/below is ready at 51.5 factors.

Collection historical past: Florida leads, 1-0. The Gators defeated the Utes, 38-29, when the applications final met on Nov. 19, 1977, at Florida Subject.

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Napier is the fourth head coach Florida has employed since City Meyer stepped down and hopes to be the primary to, lastly, lead the Gators again to the promised land that Meyer helped UF rediscover in 2006 and 2008. 

That journey begins with a season and tenure-opening sport not like something Dan Mullen, Jim McElwain and Will Muschamp — the final three coaches to strive — ever confronted. Every of their first video games at UF got here in opposition to lower-level applications from the Solar Belt and Massive South Conferences. 

Napier’s, in the meantime, begins with the reigning Pac-12 champion Utes, the No. 7 squad within the nation getting into 2022 that returns ample skilled expertise on each side of the ball.

UF’s roster is not in comparable form, with 34 gamers having been acquired from varied ranges of soccer all through Napier’s first offseason in cost. 19 freshmen (redshirt and true) will be discovered throughout Florida’s depth chart, with 13 labeled as co-second-teamers or greater standing.

With a whole lot of query marks pertaining to talent degree and depth throughout the roster, Florida has put its religion in a single participant as a make-or-break contributor getting into the marketing campaign: Quarterback Anthony Richardson, a product of Gainesville’s Eastside Excessive Faculty who, regardless of solely having one profession begin below his belt, is already constantly projected as a top-ten decide within the 2023 NFL Draft.

The Gators will want Richardson to show his value instantly of their new offensive scheme as a way to pull off an upset on Saturday night and contend on a weekly foundation shifting ahead. 

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