When did you become a Gators fan?

[gingerlover]

Grew up in a family with zero college connections and my dad cared more about hunting on weekends than football. Started watching on my own in 92 and the Gators were on tv every week. Spurrier drew me in and it was fun being the only Gator fan in a UGA town.

 

[gatormandan]

what are oxbucks?

All of our local car dealers are now accepting Ox Bucks. I am saving up for a new VW beetle.

 

[MADGator]

1970. I was five. Dad took me to a game. He bought me a pennant that day which I somehow lost about 15 years later. I would so love to still have that on the wall.

A few years later we were at another game and the woman in front of me turned around and told me I was too young to have an ulcer. I had the fever young.

Back then dad would park by the loading dock at the old bookstore.

 

[Swamp Queen]

Manitowoc. About half way between Green Bay and Milwaukee. Fine makers of cranes, ice machines you find in hotels, and luxury yachts.

Fine makers of murderers too

 

[TheDouglas78]

Granddad was a Gator, Grandmom is a Gator, Dad is a Gator, Mom is a Gator, I'm a Gator. There was never another team.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Fine makers of murderers too

All the really good mass murderers are from Wisconsin.

 

[LagoonGator68]

My brother was going to UF after the Air Force in 1954. He came home to Jacksonville for the weekend and took me to the Clemson game at the old Gator Bowl in October I think. I was 9 years old and mostly into baseball. Gators lost but I was hooked forever! Jackie Simpson and Jimmy Rountree era....further solidified in fall of 1962, my freshman year at UF. My wife and I were sitting on the 50 yard line (in the card section) when Spurrier kicked the field goal....wife was friends with and had classes with Jerri.

We haven't played to our potential since Mullen left and it has been hard on this oldtimer....I'm hoping he brings some magic back immediately!.....and don't talk to me about that abomination of an offense called by Dumbazzio in Tim's senior year....it was like a Lamborghini with 4 flat tires even though the record was good. We only lost 4 players off the 2008 championship team's top 44....Trautwein, Murphy, Percy and one other and the offense just went to shiit because of Addazzio.

 

[GatorBart]

All of our local car dealers are now accepting Ox Bucks. I am saving up for a new VW beetle.

Comes with a free case of Zima!

 

[oxrageous]

I figured like most ppl his grammar sucked...on a more important note...what are oxbucks?

You use them to enter raffles. So what are you waiting for? There's an active raffle right now that ends in a week.

 

[soflagator]

We certainly have a lot of old posters on this board.

I was going to comment on this as well, but figured I'd just have to keep repeating my post at progressively higher volumes, and it wouldn't be worth the effort.

 

[stephenPE]

A lot of cranky old Gators!

quite the contrary. Im older than most in the PF and elsewhere and the youngest ones (least amount of perspective) are much angrier than me about gator stuff...........but then again as one will rush in here to say that I approve of mediocrity..........

.on a more important note...what are oxbucks?

something like fairy dust but less tangible............

It is worth the while of every Gator fan to click on the link and read it. I wish we had more athletes and men today like Chuck Hunsinger.

great find there, Joe. I remember seeing his name in those old programs from the 60s. Wish I still had one.

 

[stephenPE]

All of our local car dealers are now accepting Ox Bucks. I am saving up for a new VW beetle.

I hear Mazda give you a real bonus and doubles the ox bucks if you buy a Miata........and they throw in a case of Zima........

 

[CGgater]

...and the youngest ones (least amount of perspective) are much angrier than me about gator stuff...

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!

Tell Emmitt I said “Hey!” and that we really do love him!

 

[PastyStoole]

All the really good mass murderers are from Wisconsin.

The women up there are homely as sin. The only thing you can do during the winter is drink PBR and ice fish in sub-zero weather for fish that are even smaller than the ones Ox catches. It's enough to turn anyone into a sociopathic murderer.

 

[oxrageous]

The women up there are homely as sin. The only thing you can do during the winter is drink PBR and ice fish in sub-zero weather for fish that are even smaller than the ones Ox catches. It's enough to turn anyone into a sociopathic murderer.

That's why Wisconsin's Jeffrey Dahmer simply went for dudes.

 

[MidwestChomp]

All the really good mass murderers are from Wisconsin.

It's really an odd trend....Must be the long winters.

 

[MidwestChomp]

Fine makers of murderers too

You just had to bring it up....

 

[MidwestChomp]

The women up there are homely as sin.

False

 

[Swamp Donkey]

You just had to bring it up....

Midwest from Wisky no doubt.

Probably has human body parts in his fridge.

 

[Swamp Queen]

You just had to bring it up....

You knew it would happen!