Former Florida Gators star Anthony Richardson has been benched by the Colts, losing the QB job and raising questions about his NFL future.

Across our Pigskin Peninsula, fans are dusting off their Tim Tebow and Dan Marino jerseys and convincing themselves — perhaps irrationally — that THIS is the year their team returns to the glory days. It’s a Sunshine State ritual, even when recent history offers little reason for optimism.

Florida football's 2025 season opener against the Long Island Sharks at the Swamp marks the program's 13th-straight sellout at home.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/high-school as High School on SI Central Florida Football Top 10 - Aug. 22, 2025. Central Florida high school football teams produce some of the best talent in the state, and things figure to be the same in 2025.

The urgency is now. Bennett, who began coaching in Pensacola in 1985, hits a 40-year milestone on Aug. 22 when the 2025 high school football season has its traditional opening night among area teams. The Gators have one of the feature opening night matchups, facing West Florida High at Escambia’s Emmitt Smith Field.

Florida football QB commit Will Griffin started his senior campaign in memorable fashion, jumping Tim Tebow in Florida's all-time passing leaders in high school.

Rap star Kodak Black was at the Spanish River at Park Vista High School football game, and was shown on the sidelines giving the players water.