2025 Orange and Blue Game will wrap an unusually quiet spring practice session

Photos from the first half as the Florida Gators host the #9 Ole Miss Rebels at Ben Hill Griffiin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. November 23rd, 2024. Gator Country Photo by David Bowie.Florida ended the 2024 season on a hot streak and is attracting genuine positive preseason attention for the first time in a while. And yet, this year’s might be the quietest spring practice session I’ve seen in some time. Florida’s annual spring game is Saturday, but it is not exactly the culmination of a wave of increasing attention.

In one sense, it’s entirely explicable. There are two things that generate excitement in spring practice: stars and position battles. Will last year’s standouts progress in…