GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida linebacker Myles Graham welcomes playing on the road in the unrelenting Southeastern Conference.
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He likes the raucous crowds, the frosty receptions and even the potential of getting pelted by flying objects.
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“It’s thousands and thousands of people that want to see you fail,” Graham said.
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If you win, anyway.
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The Gators (2-0) have lost six consecutive games away from the friendly confines of Florida Field, better known as the Swamp.
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It’s a skid they hope to end when they open SEC play at Auburn (2-0) on Saturday night.
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It’s a pivotal, early season game for both programs, with Florida’s Jon Sumrall and Auburn’s Alex Golesh looking for a signature win.
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Sumrall, though, is 0-4 against Auburn, including 0-2 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
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“They’ve had a great home-field advantage there for a long time,” Sumrall said.
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“We have to handle that challenge.”
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He’s thrown for 517 yards, with five touchdowns and an interception.
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He also has two rushing scores.
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But how well will he command the huddle with 88,000 fans screaming around him?
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“He’s been really, really steady,” Sumrall said.
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“He’s made a lot of good decisions.
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Doesn’t mean he’s played perfect, but he’s done a lot of things.
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If he plays like he’s played through the first part of this year, he will give us a chance to win every week, and that’s all you can ask.”
There are several other subplots to the game:
— Sumrall was Auburn’s top choice to replace Hugh Freeze last year, but Florida lured him away after Lane Kiffin chose LSU over the Gators.
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Had Sumrall ended up on the Plains, he likely would have brought offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner and Philo with him.
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Does Sumrall have to worry about any of them rooting against the Gators?
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“If I do, they’re not family to me,” Sumrall quipped.
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“There’s ties, but Florida pays my mortgage, so any family that is pulling against us, they ain’t my family.
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I don’t care what their last name is.
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You know what I mean?”
— Golesh, quarterback Byrum Brown and about a dozen other current Auburn players won in the Swamp last year with South Florida, an 18-16 upset that was the beginning of the end for former Gators coach Billy Napier.
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“We’re not worried about that game,” Graham said.
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“That game doesn’t matter to this game now, but it definitely gives us the experience. …
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It’s the same kind of system, so we know what to expect going into it.”
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— Florida receiver Eric Singleton Jr. returns to Auburn for the first time since transferring to Gainesville in January.
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Singleton missed last week’s game against lower-division Campbell after spraining his left ankle in the season opener and was wearing a walking boot through Saturday night.
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He was “very, very, very limited” in practice Monday, Sumrall said, calling him questionable for the game.
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Yes,” he added.
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Singleton, who spent one season at Auburn after two years at Georgia Tech, caught 58 passes for 534 yards and three touchdowns in 2025.
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He said in April he “most definitely” circled the Auburn game on Florida’s schedule.
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“Every game is a big game for me because this is my last season,” Singleton said.
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— And Golesh hasn’t forgotten his lone matchup against Sumrall as head coaches.
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Sumrall and Tulane smoked Golesh, Brown and the Bulls 45-10 two years ago in New Orleans.
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“If you wanted to have a really, really rough morning, you could have sat with me and watched that (Sunday) again — for maybe the 200th time,” Golesh said. “And, again, wanted to throw up.”
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