Florida players dealing with flu bug ahead of Ole Miss matchup

Florida’s biggest injury worry heading into Saturday’s game against Ole Miss is the flu.

Coach Jim McElwain said Monday that nine players are fighting flu symptoms on what was ironically flu shot day.

Obviously our timing is impeccable," McElwain said. “So we're gonna struggle today we've got some guys getting IV's already, we had a bunch in yesterday and a bunch of guys today. Obviously, I don't think this runs its course but it hurts in preparation, but that's okay. It is something we have to deal with.”

McElwain didn’t name the nine infected players, but with players in such close quarters, they might not be the only ones infected before Saturday’s game. And that’s not exactly great news considering the Gators have No. 2 Ole Miss coming into Gainesville on Saturday.

McElwain also said the quarterback situation is once again up in the air for the Ole Miss game despite starter Will Grier leading the team to a come-from-behind win against Tennessee last weekend.

"You know we'll see, we'll see how it goes this week in practice,” McElwain said of his starting QB. “I thought Will did some real good things in the game but there's some things he's got to get better at, too."

Backup Treon Harris returns this week after serving a one-game suspension for violating team rules.

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