Bad Florida Game Experience

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mdrew27 said:
Never once have I acted in a proper manner and received rude attitude from a cop. I here it all the time from people but not once have I had an experience where a cop was being a dick as the OP says.
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hard to meet cops when your in the basement all day and night...:)
 
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TnVoloh said:
Went to many games back in the 90's after getting out of the Navy...each time had issues with my truck getting keyed...windshield wipers broken...radio antenna broken (for most of the regular posters on here...that is a metallic device necessary for older radios to receive signals)...even had hood dented one year. I still go...only we RENT a vehicle after flying into town (I make more money now...lol).
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This exact thing happened to me in the early 2000's
 
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BOBeLITE said:
Yeah I mean I'm not leaving out any details... I understand the rules... Yeah I shouldn't of stood on the bleachers, but there were 3 FL girls 2 rows down that did it the entire game... It was obvious he was picking on us the entire game... and like I said besides him and the A Hole a few rows up, everyone was extremely nice.. It wasn't in the least bit hostile..
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farkem bro... you did all you could do. Thats the way it is in Florida
 
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BOBeLITE said:
First of all, I want to apologize for writing a book, but I just want to share my experience. I know this is a couple of weeks old but I don't get on here as much as I used to. Anyways, A couple of weeks ago my and my buddies made the trip down to Florida. They had been to the swamp several times but it was my first time. I wasn't sure what to expect but we had a great tailgate and everyone we met was extremely nice. It wasn't even the least bit hostile... at all... We went into the game and got to our seats. We had bought 8 seats together. Well the seats were right in the corner of the endzone. The row only sat 8 people and the bench had an angle on the corner were 2 people sit. The row in front of us is exactly the same size but only sits 7. So they were a little more comfortable than us cramming 8 guys into a little row. Both my buddies sitting on each isle were repeatedly told by the police (not ushers) that if they didn't get their legs out of the isle they would have to leave. They kept bugging us while Florida fans were standing in the Isle watching the game. We were sitting hip to hip in the 90 degree heat. It was miserable. We were sitting mostly in a mix of TN fans and Florida Fans and the TN band was only like one section to our right. After we had the Pick6 we went a little wild and got really excited. The bleachers in front of me were only like 4in higher than the concrete and I stepped on them during the excitement to high five my buddies. I was immediately grabbed by the cop and told that if my foot hit the bleacher again I would be escorted out.. I was really apologetic and said Sorry 100 times. He walked off. Well in the second quarter a couple of Florida fans were standing in front of us... so naturally we stood up.. It's no big deal to me... I don't care about people standing. One of my buddies is about 6-6 250+ and was standing up next to me and this absolutely rude FL guy THREE rows up kept yelling at him saying "I WISH THAT BIG M***F***** would sit down blah blah blah and so I just about lost it and turned around and told him to just simply shutup. His reply was "what are you going to do about it" of course my hot head "I said come down here and find out" Why one guy that was 5'7" tops was trying to start a fight with 8 guys I don't think I will ever understand... Anyways.. I turn around and of course the Cop is back... With back up from a State Trooper. Surprisingly I wasn't escorted out. I think mainly because I never cussed back at the guy. But instead I was told to sit down and that if any of us stood up again we would be kicked out. There wasn't much to cheer about the rest of the game anyways but Florida fans in front of me were allowed to stand and block my view while I had to remain seated. It was complete BS.. I turned around and gave a gesture to the cop like "WTF you're gonna let these guys stand in front of me but I can't stand????" He wouldn't even acknowledge me... Even Florida fans were embarrassed by the cop acting like that towards us. That ONE guy behind us and the COP were the only A-HOLES we met the entire weekend. Florida fans were apologizing to us for them deliberately picking on us and not leaving us alone. It was just crazy.. I mean I know that kind of thing probably happens everywhere but it was just complete BS and ruined not just my experience but a lot of people around us. I guess I was just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience or if this just only happens to me...
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Lol. Try living down here in gator land and see how some people are to you. Only way to shut them up is beat them. Well. You know that BS story.
 
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jimallvol said:
Me and a bunch of my buddys went down in 03 and when we was tailgating there were 2 cops that stayed on our case they were complete *******s they followed us around every where just tryin to find a reason to take us to jail. The cops had a NY accent that explained a lot. I personally will never go back again it was the worst away game I have ever been to. The best place to go for an away game in my opinion is GA everybody there has always been real nice even the cops. I really do hope our knoxville cops aren't like that to visiting fans because that just ruins anybodys trip. GO VOLS!
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Im from georgia, but no. just no.
 
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Sorry to hear about your problems at the game. I have to say this was my best away game experience ever. Everyone around us was very nice and some Gators even invited us to tailgate with them. I think you just ran into some a-hole on an ego trip.
 
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A few years ago my wife and I decided to see a TN game at each SEC stadium. After our first adventure to GA, we called it quits. This is a sporting event and supposed to be enjoyable. I will never again waste my time and money to sit among jerks and be abused. I'm certain we have our share as well.
 
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Mallicoat said:
Lol. Try living down here in gator land and see how some people are to you. Only way to shut them up is beat them. Well. You know that BS story.
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You spelled Gator incorrectly...it speaks volumes about "how some people are to you".

As for the OP, Gainesville cops...especially UPD...have a well-earned reputation for being jackwagons on a power trip.

I find it interesting that most UT fans who made the trip had a positive experience interacting with our fans. The bad blood from the early 90s is all but gone.
 
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mdrew27 said:
Never once have I acted in a proper manner and received rude attitude from a cop. I here it all the time from people but not once have I had an experience where a cop was being a dick as the OP says.
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The first game I ever went to in Neyland in the seventies I was arrested for being drunk and I hadn't had one drop of alcohol all day and was just standing perfectly still looking at the field. It was about 45 minutes before gametime.
 
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Gainesville Cops are the absolute worst. They harass Florida fans as well. One game a few years ago, a cop repeatedly came to my row to tell us to sit down despite everyone in the 20 rows in front of use was standing. They have no rhyme of reason for their actions sometimes and you can't reason with them at all.
 
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mdrew27 said:
Never once have I acted in a proper manner and received rude attitude from a cop. I here it all the time from people but not once have I had an experience where a cop was being a dick as the OP says.
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Cool story bro. I've been to the swamp and have seen UT fans escorted out after clearly being antagonized and harassed by UF fans. That's just how it is. Doesn't make it right. I'm sure some away fans have similar stories from Neyland.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
You spelled Gator incorrectly...it speaks volumes about "how some people are to you".

As for the OP, Gainesville cops...especially UPD...have a well-earned reputation for being jackwagons on a power trip.

I find it interesting that most UT fans who made the trip had a positive experience interacting with our fans. The bad blood from the early 90s is all but gone.
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That will happen when you're on the losing side for a decade.
 
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jimallvol said:
Me and a bunch of my buddys went down in 03 and when we was tailgating there were 2 cops that stayed on our case they were complete *******s they followed us around every where just tryin to find a reason to take us to jail. The cops had a NY accent that explained a lot. I personally will never go back again it was the worst away game I have ever been to. The best place to go for an away game in my opinion is GA everybody there has always been real nice even the cops. I really do hope our knoxville cops aren't like that to visiting fans because that just ruins anybodys trip. GO VOLS!
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I've heard the worst stories from UT fans about going to GA out of all the other schools in the SEC. Could just be me, but I'm probably going to pass on the trip to Athens.
 
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mdrew27 said:
Never once have I acted in a proper manner and received rude attitude from a cop. I here it all the time from people but not once have I had an experience where a cop was being a dick as the OP says.
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Consider yourself lucky. A-holes exist in all walks of life, including cops. I once received a physical threat from a cop just for approaching a wreck my friend was involved in. The guy was just being a tool. We followed up/reported his behavior and he got an unpaid vacation.
 
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My last game at the swamp, my brother and I got thrown out because you aren't apparently allowed to bring your own bottle of Jim Beam into the stadium. I know, pretty lame right?
 
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next time man up and punch the cop.....the game was over at that point anyway
 
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volfan1624 said:
We were sitting right next to the band and we had two rent-a-cops walking around our section telling people not to stand on the bleachers. I don't remember them threatening to kick anybody out though (of course it was the UT section).
After the game was a different story, of course gator fans talked trash, which is fine because that is part of what makes sports events fun. However on our way back to our car, we crossed the main strip with a group of people and happened to be the last ones in the group and a gator fan in one of those piece a piece of crap cars (you know the ones that think they are fixed up but in reality the rims cost more than the car is worth) decided he wanted to floor it and almost hit me, he probably got about a foot from hitting me just to be a jerk.
The traffic was terrible trying to get out of there. We tailgated in the lot right next to the krispy kreme and it took a while to get out. Other than the though it was a fine experience with the exception of the game.
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Yeah we tailgated in that empty lot by krispy kreme also. I think it was run by the boy scouts. Glad my money was at least going to a good cause. We had that big bus in the back of the lot with the loud speakers. As far as tailgating goes, Florida was a great place.. That parking lot was big and roomy and everyone was really nice. That was the first time I've seen people actually bring their truck, tent, and grill and tailgate all day, but then an hour before the game they said good luck and drove out of the parking lot to go home and watch the game on TV!
 
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#72
Any year we have an L tacked by our record and they have a W on their record when we play each other IS a bad Florida game experience.
 
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This story just seems a little stupid. Little too ridiculous for me to accept it undoubtably as fact.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
You spelled Gator incorrectly...it speaks volumes about "how some people are to you".

As for the OP, Gainesville cops...especially UPD...have a well-earned reputation for being jackwagons on a power trip.

I find it interesting that most UT fans who made the trip had a positive experience interacting with our fans. The bad blood from the early 90s is all but gone.
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No kidding! 2 years ago my brother and I were going to the UT/UF basketball game. We took a cab, and he dropped us off at the corner of Stadium and Limerand. There was a cop there was a cop there. We didn't think anything about it and we went and threw our empty cups away. There wasn't alcohol in them and I thought we were going to jail. Very odd scenario, but he was just messing with us.
 
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Govol111 said:
This story just seems a little stupid. Little too ridiculous for me to accept it undoubtably as fact.
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I never ask you to accept it as FACT... I was simply just sharing my experience... If you don't like it or don't believe it just move on...
 
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