I've got something to say about the Gator fans!

[Bleedin'orange]

OK, I've just returned home from my weekend trip to knoxville and I'm definitely still heartbroken! I actually had some of the best seats I have ever had. I was in sec. B row 9 and got to really be close to the UT players! The only thing I thought was bad was the fact that I was sitting next to a bunch of Gator fans. I've always heard the stories of how horrible Florida's fans were and I guess I was a little predjudiced in a sense. As the game progressed, I was actually surprised at how friendly (although VERY competitive) everyone was! I met some really nice people down there and had some great competition in the yelling category! My hat goes off to the Gator fans in B rows 8, 9, and 10 for showing true class last night. I only wish I could've sent you home with the heartache I left with!:thumbsup:

 

[lawgator1]

OK, I've just returned home from my weekend trip to knoxville and I'm definitely still heartbroken! I actually had some of the best seats I have ever had. I was in sec. B row 9 and got to really be close to the UT players! The only thing I thought was bad was the fact that I was sitting next to a bunch of Gator fans. I've always heard the stories of how horrible Florida's fans were and I guess I was a little predjudiced in a sense. As the game progressed, I was actually surprised at how friendly (although VERY competitive) everyone was! I met some really nice people down there and had some great competition in the yelling category! My hat goes off to the Gator fans in B rows 8, 9, and 10 for showing true class last night. I only wish I could've sent you home with the heartache I left with!:thumbsup:

I am glad to hear that the folks next to you were nice. Unfortunately, that is not always the case and it stings me a little when someone complains about Gator fans being arrogant or too rowdy or drunk and obnoxious. I think if you met all million of us, you'd find that 999,995 are like the people you met.

At least I'd like to hope so.

 

[dan4vols]

kudos to you Lawgator. You could have said I told you so but you didnt. Im guessin everyone is so quiet eating their crow.

 

[tarvol23]

yeah I also had some pleasant talk with a few gator fans. the first ever for me. also congrats lg you've been classy as well.

 

[cibai]

In a way that makes me feel better about last night. Chris Leak though, I still have quite the dispassion for. It's never so much that someone beats you, as much as that someone who carries himself like he does with an arrogance that he does beats you. The thing is, both teams played very badly last night. But of the two QBs I would give the edge to ainge. It was UF's running game that got them the W not Leak.

 

[Freak]

OK, I've just returned home from my weekend trip to knoxville and I'm definitely still heartbroken! I actually had some of the best seats I have ever had. I was in sec. B row 9 and got to really be close to the UT players! The only thing I thought was bad was the fact that I was sitting next to a bunch of Gator fans. I've always heard the stories of how horrible Florida's fans were and I guess I was a little predjudiced in a sense. As the game progressed, I was actually surprised at how friendly (although VERY competitive) everyone was! I met some really nice people down there and had some great competition in the yelling category! My hat goes off to the Gator fans in B rows 8, 9, and 10 for showing true class last night. I only wish I could've sent you home with the heartache I left with!:thumbsup:

I was quite surprised that I had the same experience. The Gator fans around me actually acted like human beings. I guess they just yell in your face, throw pee (allegedly) and turn over cars when they have plenty of backup around and are in their own house.

 

[tidwell]

I am glad to hear that the folks next to you were nice. Unfortunately, that is not always the case and it stings me a little when someone complains about Gator fans being arrogant or too rowdy or drunk and obnoxious. I think if you met all million of us, you'd find that 999,995 are like the people you met.

At least I'd like to hope so.

I'm pretty sure I've came across the other 5 on the internet.

 

[Volitics]

I was at the 1985 Florida-Miami game that was being played in the Orange Bowl in Miami. Florida had beaten Tennessee a year earlier in Knoxville.

I was standing in the concession line. There were two Florida Gator fans there. They were younger males. They appeared to be students or recent graduates. I told them that I was from Tennessee.

One of them made some ugly, hateful remarks about then-UT coach Johnny Majors. He was downright nasty. I was close to feeling threatened.

I couldn't figure out, since they had won the previous game, why they would be so hostile. To the best of my knowledge Johnny Majors never said anything bad about the Florida Gators.

It's odd why Florida fans tend to be not too nice.

 

[lawgator1]

kudos to you Lawgator. You could have said I told you so but you didnt. Im guessin everyone is so quiet eating their crow.

Thank you, sir. I like my crow with a little Buffalo wing sauce. Trust me, as a Gator fan, I've had plenty.

yeah I also had some pleasant talk with a few gator fans. the first ever for me. also congrats lg you've been classy as well.

Glad to hear that. I really am. We do not have a good reputation.

I was standing in the concession line. There were two Florida Gator fans there. They were younger males. They appeared to be students or recent graduates. I told them that I was from Tennessee.

One of them made some ugly, hateful remarks about then-UT coach Johnny Majors. He was downright nasty. I was close to feeling threatened.

Those were two of the five.

 

[VolFan1978]

I am glad to hear that the folks next to you were nice. Unfortunately, that is not always the case and it stings me a little when someone complains about Gator fans being arrogant or too rowdy or drunk and obnoxious. I think if you met all million of us, you'd find that 999,995 are like the people you met.

At least I'd like to hope so.

I've made three trips to Gainesville to see UT-UF (01, 03, 05). In those three trips, I met one very nice middle aged couple who sat in the row in front of us and congratulated us at the end of the 03 game. Other than that, I've met a LOT of rude, unsportsmanlike Gator fans. And I'm not talking about the ones who, upon sight of orange, in almost Pavlovian fashion stretch out their arms and do the Gator chomp. In my book that's just good-natured ribbing. No, I'm referring to the ones who get RIGHT IN YOUR FACE, and yell something along the lines of "you really shouldn't sleep with your sister, it's wrong", or some other classless comment insinuating that all UT fans are rednecks. As an aside, I find it humorous that Florida fans perpetuate this stereotype of Tennessee fans, when in fact Knoxville is a far more cosmopolitan town than Gainesville.

I'm don't have a statistics degree (my undergrad is in Engineering), but based on the percentages I've come across I would say that your "wishful thinking" about the ratio of good apples to bad in the UF crowd is highly delusional.

 

[lawgator1]

I've made three trips to Gainesville to see UT-UF (01, 03, 05). In those three trips, I met one very nice middle aged couple who sat in the row in front of us and congratulated us at the end of the 03 game. Other than that, I've met a LOT of rude, unsportsmanlike Gator fans. And I'm not talking about the ones who, upon sight of orange, in almost Pavlovian fashion stretch out their arms and do the Gator chomp. In my book that's just good-natured ribbing. No, I'm referring to the ones who get RIGHT IN YOUR FACE, and yell something along the lines of "you really shouldn't sleep with your sister, it's wrong", or some other classless comment insinuating that all UT fans are rednecks. As an aside, I find it humorous that Florida fans perpetuate this stereotype of Tennessee fans, when in fact Knoxville is a far more cosmopolitan town than Gainesville.

I'm don't have a statistics degree (my undergrad is in Engineering), but based on the percentages I've come across I would say that your "wishful thinking" about the ratio of good apples to bad in the UF crowd is highly delusional.

When you went to the games, were you sitting in the regular UT place, i.e. next to the students, or were you on the alumni side? If you were in the regular visitors seats over in the student side, I have no problem believing you at all -- the drunk 20 year olds get pretty nasty. I was one, myself, a couple of decades ago.

I am sorry to hear that you were not treated with respect. I am embarrassed by that.

 

[kiddiedoc]

I think if you met all million of us, you'd find that 999,995 are like the people you met.

:lolabove: . . . . . now, come on LG. That would be a stretch even if you were referring to church softball fans.

Congrats on a great win. Funny how there's just something different about the UT/UF series. The games are ugly. They are usually close and are decided in the final minutes. A bad mistake or big play one way or the other (bad kick, droped ball, sack, hail Mary, INT, poor call. . .) comes into play. Last night, the huge loss of yardage (grounding/sack, whatever you want to call it) on our last drive was our "nail in the coffin." Sure, I thought the roughing call was soft, but I hear that we kind of got a call, too, on the runback.

Bottom line: we couldn't run, so we couldn't win. That's it. Ainge has really played above and beyond expectations this year, but with NO threat of a rushing attack and NO pass protection, we really didn't stand a chance. We knew we were fortunate to be up by six. But, I kept looking at the score and thinking: "Dangit. Why SIX?" Seven would have, of course, been a much more comfortable number.

 

[doozer]

the highlight of my night had to have been the Gator fan who got arrested in front of Bar Knoxville after the game. the cops told him three times to keep his mouth shut and leave, and he just couldm't do it.

 

[lawgator1]

the highlight of my night had to have been the Gator fan who got arrested in front of Bar Knoxville after the game. the cops told him three times to keep his mouth shut and leave, and he just couldm't do it.

That was the highlight of your night? Wow. :no:

 

[CatawbaGator]

I was at the 1985 Florida-Miami game that was being played in the Orange Bowl in Miami...

I was standing in the concession line. There were two Florida Gator fans there. They were younger males. They appeared to be students or recent graduates. I told them that I was from Tennessee.

One of them made some ugly, hateful remarks about then-UT coach Johnny Majors. He was downright nasty. I was close to feeling threatened.

That was me. I was in an unusually rotten mood, because I left my bottle of pee at home by accident. :crazy:

 

[wncvolfan]

Law, I think I can account for the third member of the "five" you're talking about. He lives just down the street from me. I don't think he's a Florida native though. His accent says "New Joisey" through Fla. to WNC. What a -----(definition: a stab in the finger with a needle).

 

[Rizzo924]

Well, I hate to say it, but I think the reason the level of ugliness has dropped a little since the 1990's is because fans of both teams have had to eat a little humble pie the past few years. And amazingly enough, the GA fans have been really arrogant lately ... I'm sensing a correlation there!

 

[Volitics]

That was me. I was in an unusually rotten mood, because I left my bottle of pee at home by accident. :crazy:

I wish we could learn 'em to say pi-double-s instead of "pee." The word "pee" sounds too damn sissy.

 

[CarolinaOrange]

In a way that makes me feel better about last night. Chris Leak though, I still have quite the dispassion for. It's never so much that someone beats you, as much as that someone who carries himself like he does with an arrogance that he does beats you. The thing is, both teams played very badly last night. But of the two QBs I would give the edge to ainge. It was UF's running game that got them the W not Leak.

Unfortunately, the stats don't even come close to supporting that.

Ainge - 17/33, 184 yards, 0 touchdowns, 2 interceptions
QB Rating: 72

Leak - 15/26, 199 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interceptions
QB Rating: 130

 

[VOLatile]

Unfortunately, the stats don't even come close to supporting that.

Ainge - 17/33, 184 yards, 0 touchdowns, 2 interceptions
QB Rating: 72

Leak - 15/26, 199 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interceptions
QB Rating: 130

Many times stats don't support the claim, so make the claim anyways. I thought Ainge looked better than Leak, only because I saw improvement in him. This will be the only time I watch Leak all year.

 

[OWB]

From where I was sitting, there weren't many Gator fans around. Just 3 in my section from what I could count. They were all pretty quiet most of the game. One was wearing ear plugs.

I saw 3 different Gator fans get escorted out by the police in both sections next to mine. One guy was on the front row, hanging over the balcony and spitting on people below him.

After the game, A bunch of Gator fans were still hanging around the top row of the upper deck looking over and shouting obscenities at Vol fans walking below.

So needless to say, from my point of view, the Gator fans were a little trashy.

 

[jps2194]

So needless to say, from my point of view, the Gator fans were a little trashy.

As I was driving down Neyland Drive after the game, I saw several UT fans throwing empty cups and trash on Florida fans from the top of the parking garage. These fans were just walking down the sidewalk and not doing anything to deserve that treatment (except for wearing Florida jerseys)

Honestly, no matter where you go in the SEC, you are going to find rude and obnoxious fans - it's just a fact of life.