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Official Game Thread: Week 14: #8 Florida Gators 40, FSU Seminoles 17, 11/30/19

DRU2012

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Back in the Bowden days, I got along with Nole fans. When Dumbo Fisher took over, their fans changed—even before they started winning. Cane fans, on the other hand, have always been hard to get along with. This weekend I would not say that I got along with the Nole fans, but I would say it was easier to tolerate them.

I overheard some opinions they have of the Gator Nation:
  • They like our town and its restaurants
  • They like the fan traditions
  • They are definitely envious of the success we found with Mullen
  • They would rather be at UCF now (there is even video of FSU band members cheering for UCF!)
Yikes! REALLY? Envious of UCF? Now THAT is DEFINITELY a case of “rats deserting a sinking ship!!!”
Thinking I’m being too hard? Well, can YOU imagine ANY SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES under which you could imagine yourselves deserting loyalty to OUR GATORS for ANYONE, FIU, FAU, ANYONE (let alone some long-established rival, let alone even further some “UPSTART” who declares ITSELF “Champion”!, were THAT the alternative) in the state FOR ANY SET OF REASONS OR RESULTS???
Simply UNimaginable.
No way, no HOW!!!

Even for a Nole, that seems tweaky...
But they’ve always BEEN a bit “off”, let’s face it.
As for the rest, LOTTA “insight” there:
(1) I don’t DOUBT they envy our success with the arrival of Coach Dan; whole buncha programs were (and are, CONTINUE to BE) searching for that “special hire”—and we got it on the first try!: A perfect fit. Couldn’t have possibly hit it any more square.
(2) From the first moment I hit G-Ville way back in the day (for me, it was the 70s) it was MY “perfect fit”. Both as a school and a place to live, laugh, love and party, I never second-guessed my choice, never looked back. And those were STILL some of the BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE—no doubt about it!
(3) As for all the rest, YEP: fellow students IMMEDIATELY took me in hand, taught me the in-game traditions AND brought me into the rituals of mischievous counter-rival competition...
We had a nice mix of bars and restaurants, hangout-spots, etc...I’m sure they’ve kept up, adapted accordingly to the evolving world...
All in all, I must say that though I did not DESPISE Tallahassee on my 2 visits there outside of as a “Gator-Raider” in to raise hell with my fellow trouble-makers, as a homebase/college town it just did not COMPARE to our “G-Ville”!
Thanks for that in-depth in-site, E-: That definitely gave me an angle I didn’t have before—WOULDNA HAD without your having listened and gotten THEM talking...
 

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