![Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier tells how proud he is of his team after Blue beat Orange 34-0 as the Florida Gators scrimmaged themselves during the annual Orange and Blue spring game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL, Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2022. [Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner]2022Oca Orangeandbluegame](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/452ce18242e0580693c4eec260fd719dfa5738a0f0300ce8384cba7a017d3e7a.jpg "Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier tells how proud he is of his team after Blue beat Orange 34-0 as the Florida Gators scrimmaged themselves during the annual Orange and Blue spring game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL, Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2022. [Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner]2022Oca Orangeandbluegame")
FSU football 8-3) will look to win their fourth straight game since their bye week when they host the rival Florida Gators (6-5) Friday evening in primetime.
The Noles opened as -9.5 betting favorites and have covered the spread in the last six games. The Gators come into the game losers against Vanderbilt on the road as double-digit betting favors.
That loss exemplifies Florida’s season under first-year coach Billy Napier. The Gators began the season with a win over No. 14 Utah and then lost to unranked Kentucky the following week.
They followed up that loss with a life-and-death battle against a terrible South Florida team before going toe-to-toe in a losing effort with a Tennessee team a lot of folks thought had a shot to make the College Football Playoff.
LSU doubled up Florida late in the third quarter, 41-21 before Florida made a late surge to make that score respectable.
The same happened with Georgia, and Florida only beat Missouri by a touchdown.
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