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SEC · Jon Sumrall, year 1 (2-0) · Ben Hill Griffin Stadium · 88,548 · 89,579 avg in 2026

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The model#21 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #15 (+18.6) · FPI #15
The marketFlorida by 2.5at Auburn · our model 65% Florida · a number, not a pick

LastW 52–3 vs Campbell · Sat Sep 12 · Aaron Philo 242 pass yds, 2 TD, 13 rush yds

Nextat Auburn · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Jordan-Hare Stadium · Florida by 2.5 · series 39-44-2 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

No consensus around Florida right now — the fanbase is genuinely divided.

Most Florida fans liked what they saw — but a real minority isn't convinced.

Our boy Ben is onto the semis Friday night after defeating Carlos Alcaraz. It was a great match and Ben played his ass off.

▲ 282r/FloridaGators

I watched the first half or so and he pretty much looked like the same player we saw at UF

▲ 239r/FloridaGators
✓ verbatim
belief warmed ↑ 2.9vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
51/100 · 2,411 mentions · top 34% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
about average
7% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 21 pts
~ our read
The model
#21
CFB Zeitgeist · +7.0
✓ measured
Explore all 5 corners of the fanbase ↓

The Pulse on Florida

Archive · Wk 2 · 2,411 mentions · medium confidence
51
Δ +2.9 vs last wk
2,411 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Only Gators get out alive." — Florida fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence
0 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
UUnderdog Dynasty
TTomahawk Nation
CCampus paper
GGatorCountry
BBluesky
8 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 5 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Local+0.28
Media+0.28
Boomers & Gen X+0.28
Die-hards+0.28
Millennials+0.28

How Florida fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

You hate that a week 2 game doesn’t define your team’s entire season?

▲ 1.9k ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
30%
where the program is headed
16%
recent results
15%
the coaching staff
12%
the schedule
5%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

83 mentions · 8 sources · week 2026-03. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack

~ our readFlorida fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.

backed by facts
7% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
22% optimistic35% down

✓ counted We read 2411 posts from Florida fans this week.

Forum Pulse

via GatorCountry

Press Pulse

80 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

Just continue to appreciate all the thoughts and prayers that have been poured out to him, because I think prayer works
Norvell · On36 days before Florida's 2026 opener
If the speed limit’s 45 miles per hour, and you drive 45 miles per hour, a lot of people are going to pass you by
Day · FOX Sports10 days before the opener
I think you got to fight and scratch and claw for everything that you got, and you got to bring these kids together as quickly as you possibly can that maybe never played together before, and with coaches that maybe never coached together before
Chesney · FOX Sports

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial2 posts
Saturday Down South
“Through two games of Jon Sumrall ‘s coaching tenure, the Florida Gators are 2-0. They’ve notably lit up the scoreboard in the process. Florida…”
1d ago
Diehard fan boards14 posts
GatorCountry
“PFF gives out player grades after Florida's Week 2 victory.”
1d ago
The broader fanbase6 posts
r/FloridaGators
“Absolute wonder of a game today boys”
1d ago
News & campus coverage7 posts
News
“5 Takeaways From Florida’s Win vs. Campbell WRUF”
1d ago
CFB analyst takes5 posts
Bluesky · @edsbs.bsky.social
“the Will Muschamp Florida era really taught me that sometimes you can win and still lose, and also lose and yet lose harder than you thought you did”
1w ago
The Rivalry Mirror 2026 season
Florida
×
Florida State
155 Florida State fan posts mention us · 307 Florida fan posts mention them
← Florida fans, on Florida State
Florida State fans, on Florida →
redshirtz 3.2
mikez 3.9
offensivez 3.2
norvellz 3.7
freshmanz 2.7
locationz 3.5
yardsz 2.4
stadiumz 3.5
secondz 2.4
everyz 3.2

“Future Florida State head coach Brian Kelly”

bluesky_feeds · fan post, verbatim
rival-mention windows, weighted log-odds · printed z is the truth — geometry only dramatizes it

Fanbase health · Florida

Florida's fanbase is growing — 57 of 100.

Loud (292 weighted voices in the latest week), middling on the field (4-8 last season, 2-0 so far), and not arguing about much.

On the field — 4-8 last season, 2-0 so far57
How loud — 292 weighted voices in the latest week79
How much they argue — not arguing about much35

3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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Rivalry moodBoth fanbases' moods, side by side, week by week.

Florida – Georgia (The Cocktail Party)

Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read

◆★★◆123567810111213141519head-to-headFloridaGeorgia
Hover a week for both sides’ game

Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.

ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim

scheme identityEarly signal — few voices

fans believe Brad White's defensive schemes are ineffective

It should be 70 fucking zero. If not, clean fucking house. Grab Brad White by the balls and tell him if they score this game he’s out of here

We were damn near tops in the country in sacks like the last month of last season. Retained pretty much everyone in the front 7, retained the DL coach. But here comes Brad White and suddenly we are slow, sluggish, poorly coached and soft in the front 7

Based on 3 comments from 2 posters across 3 threads · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan hopes Baugh climbs Heisman rankings soon

Hopefully Baugh can pad some stats today to boost Heisman rankings

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Jon Sumrall will bring back a winning culture to Florida football

Why Florida Will Return To Greatness With Jon Sumrall… It is inevitable that there will be hype every time a program hires a new head coach. However, Florida hiring Jon Sumrall just feels different, it feels like the hype is justified.

Based on 5 comments from 1 poster across 2 threads · Jul 16, 2026–Jul 23, 2026 · via FloridaGators

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Florida fans this offseason 67% of posts bring up another team▲1pp saltier#12 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Auburn
Who Florida fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Auburn10%
  2. Syracuse10%
  3. LSU7%
  4. Georgia7%
  5. Florida State7%
share of Florida’s football posts that mention each team
Florida lives rent-free in
  1. South Florida51%
  2. UCF8%
  3. Auburn8%
  4. Ohio State7%
  5. Kennesaw State7%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Florida
Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about 1,158 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Jon Sumrall
×161.4 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Jon Sumrall×161.4n=144
Aaron Philo×168.2n=75
Jadan Baugh×117.7n=61

“Jon Sumrall says Florida QB doesn't 'need to be Tim Tebow'”

reddit/FloridaGators · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Jon Sumrall (8 examples)
  1. Everything Jon Sumrall said after Florida's 52-3 win over Campbell.
  2. I love Jon Sumrall Hes gonna Make Gator Football Fun Again
  3. I trust Coach Jon Sumrall and his staff will get us back to winning and winning BIG. Damn it feels good to
  4. Jon Sumrall did not build Tulane into what it was, Willie Fritz did, Sumrall just rode that
  5. Does that mean Florida isn't Punter University anymore? Fire Jon Sumrall!
  6. Head coach Jon Sumrall provided the media with an injury report Monday following Florida’s Week 1
  7. Everything Jon Sumrall said after Florida's 66-21 win over FAU.
  8. Jon Sumrall. But one troubling statistic is being ignored. ## Florida punted for zero yards. Not
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 7,355 fan mentions
Measured
Optimism
20th
Joy
46th
Anger
73rd
Doom
65th
Sarcasm
32nd
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season Vocabulary

2026DEFENSIVE
defensivetacklesfaunfltwoauburn
Our defensive line is getting pushed around.
2025STADIUM
stadiumtrashoffenselagwayreportusf
Florida Moves Forward With $1.45 Billion Ben Hill Griffin stadium Renovation
Defining termsThe handful of terms that carried this season.
Words of the season how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
defensive×5.6tackles×6.0fau×19.0nfl×19.0two×2.2
2025
stadium×10.3trash×12.3offense×1.9lagway×4.0report×9.1
Fanbase clusterWhich other fanbases talk the way yours does.
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0
with 63 other fanbases
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