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Before the greatest coach in SEC history showed up Fla fans loved losing. We must have because we lost a lot but were loyal to a fault. We cheered just as hard back then. I began my gator life in the early 60s with Ray Graves. Ray won about 70% of his games but never got that hardware. He was a loser. Let me add the rest of the "losers" to the list of those that never won hardware.(as players) Steve Spurrier, Jack Youngblood. Jimmy Dubose (first 1000yrd rusher) Emmit Smith, Scott Brantley, Wilbur Marshall, Fergie Ferguson (WW2 hero who died from wounds later on) Larry Dupree (who played against georgia and led us to victory even though his wife lost a baby right before the game) Wes Chandler (possibly the greatest athlete ever to play football for UF)
Louis Oliver and Jarvis (a lethal pair of secondary player for uf) David Galloway who played Def tackle like an NFL star till he ruined his knee)
There were many more losers in Fla history. Too many to name. But we embraced those losers because they were our heroes. We loved their flair and how hard they played. But losers all. I loved seeing SOS throw to Casey. Or Johnny Reaves pitch it to Carlos. We used to chant DUUUU when Jimmy dubose carried the ball. Emmitt was amazing I saw every home game he played at UF. They knew he was coming and still he got those yards. He humbled aluBama in his first start, Look it up. Why did we love these losers? Because they were OUR PLAYERS. They gave us lots of joy and fun. We came so gdmm close a few times. Dickey had jawja beat it seemed with a 27-10 at half. SOS was gonna beat UGA and take us all the way but they killed him the 2nd half. Gddmm loser he was. We had jawja dead to rights before that Belue kid who couldnt pass worth a shttt lucked out. That team of ours. Just fcn losers.
I lived and breathed Fla football as a kid and into the 70s and 80s. We had fun cheeering our teams that came close many times. Which is why SOS is a God to many of us. Losers? I guess but I loved following those early teams...............
Louis Oliver and Jarvis (a lethal pair of secondary player for uf) David Galloway who played Def tackle like an NFL star till he ruined his knee)
There were many more losers in Fla history. Too many to name. But we embraced those losers because they were our heroes. We loved their flair and how hard they played. But losers all. I loved seeing SOS throw to Casey. Or Johnny Reaves pitch it to Carlos. We used to chant DUUUU when Jimmy dubose carried the ball. Emmitt was amazing I saw every home game he played at UF. They knew he was coming and still he got those yards. He humbled aluBama in his first start, Look it up. Why did we love these losers? Because they were OUR PLAYERS. They gave us lots of joy and fun. We came so gdmm close a few times. Dickey had jawja beat it seemed with a 27-10 at half. SOS was gonna beat UGA and take us all the way but they killed him the 2nd half. Gddmm loser he was. We had jawja dead to rights before that Belue kid who couldnt pass worth a shttt lucked out. That team of ours. Just fcn losers.
I lived and breathed Fla football as a kid and into the 70s and 80s. We had fun cheeering our teams that came close many times. Which is why SOS is a God to many of us. Losers? I guess but I loved following those early teams...............