Well, now I know...
I had no idea where that came from.
It's interesting that the semis have embraced it. But not surprising. They,
of course, are too stupid to come up with any traditions of their own.
It's interesting too that the Georgia fan who hates Florida so much is now a
lawyer in Tampa. I guess they don't use ambulances in Athens.
Oliver
Jorts Appeal: How a fashion faux pas has fueled a hatred for Florida and their
fans
Fashion faux pas fuels big hatred for Gators, fans
By ANDREW CARTER |SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
November 28, 2008
There is nothing illegal about them, but jorts have been an issue between
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There is nothing illegal about them, but jorts have been an issue between
Florida and its rivals. (Gary W. Green, Orlando Sentinel / November 25, 2008)
TALLAHASSEE - The memories are fading, Kevin Davis says, because of "the amount
of booze" he consumed that day and because more than 10 years have passed since
he apparently coined a phrase that has become both a part of college football
popular culture and an inspiration to every Florida Gators
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hater with Photoshop and a little bit of time on his hands.
It's a phrase - "Gators wear jean shorts" - that has become the insult of
choice of all those who despise Florida, and it's a phrase that's likely to
sound here on Saturday throughout Doak Campbell Stadium. There, on the field,
the No. 2 Gators and No. 23 Seminoles will meet.
To get the whole thing, you have to know the history. And it begins with Davis.
He and some of his Georgia fraternity brothers were in Jacksonville for the
1997 Georgia-Florida game. They were walking into the stadium.
"And on the way in we were being heckled by a Gator wearing jean shorts and a
god-awful Florida tanktop, sleeveless - it was just disgusting," Davis says
now. "And he was calling us Gator bait and doing the Gator chomp.
"He looked to be in his 50s, yet probably because of all of his drinking and
smoking, he was probably only 33."
Finally, Davis says, he could no longer endure the man's invectives. And so out
it came, loud in volume and powerful in tone: "Gators wear jean shorts."
Davis, now 32 and an attorney in Tampa, began to chant it.
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