PHOTO GALLERY: Florida students, alumni prepare for game against Missouri

David Kendall shows off his hat, which has tickets attached from various University of Florida games he has attended, at the parking garage adjacent to the university bookstore Friday in Gainesville, Fla. Kendall graduated from the University of Florida in 1976 with an MBA.   |  Stuart Palley

Century Tower is reflected in a puddle at the University of Florida campus Friday in Gainesville, Fla. Century Tower was built in 1953 and is a memorial to University of Florida students who were killed in World War I and World War II, and it also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the university's founding.   |  Stuart Palley

University of Florida sophomores Eisvina Jankauskaite, left, Raquel Stelzer and Roni Hitchcock pick up their football tickets Friday at the student ticket box office at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., for Saturday's game against the Missouri football team.   |  Stuart Palley

Clara Howard, an employee of the University of Florida, walks past the Gator Locker Room on the north side of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Friday in Gainesville, Fla.   |  Stuart Palley