Hamstrung by low numbers on the offensive line in 2015, Jim McElwain was able to still hold a quasi spring game for the Orange and Blue Debut — something that hadn’t happened in Gainesville in quite some time. With a full season under his belt and a full recruiting class as well, Jim McElwain made a promise to Gator fans that the 2016 spring game would actually be, you know, a football game.
“Question on format, we’re still kind of seeing where we’re going to be. It will be football,” McElwain said. “Fans will enjoy it. I think there are a lot of great things going on around it, around the event itself Friday night.