2019 Orange Bowl to pit Florida vs. Virginia

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesThe Florida Gators will meet the Virginia Cavaliers in the 2019 Orange Bowl on December 30, ESPN announced during its endless College Football Playoff and bowl selection show.

For the Gators, it will be a second consecutive trip to a so-called New Year’s Six bowl, and a return to the Orange Bowl for the first time since Steve Spurrier’s last game as Florida’s head coach.

The Rex Grossman-led Gators — who were without Grossman for the early goings of the 2003 Orange Bowl due to a curfew violation — strafed Maryland, 56-23, in that matchup.

Florida has not played Virginia since 1959, when a Gators team that would go 5-4-1 drilled what would be an 0-10 Cavaliers…