Thanks for clearing that up. Now I can concentrate on life again. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> > Date: October 29, 2013 at 7:18:04 AM CDT > To: WXIA <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] Tailgating Traditions: What's the Story of "Gators Wear > Jean Shorts"? | Gator Tailgating > Reply-To: [email protected] > > http://m.gatortailgating.com/news/tailgating-traditions-whats-story-gators-wear-jean-shorts-291013 > > Tailgating Traditions: What's the Story of "Gators Wear Jean Shorts"? > > > Florida-Georgia is an experience like no other. It’s a spirited mix of > college tailgating, SEC rivalry at its best, and heated insults spewed > between an evenly split crowd. The most creative and disarming of all insults > being, “Gators wear jean shorts!” The first year I heard it, I asked a > Georgia fan how it started, and he had no idea. Three years later, I’ve > finally gotten to the bottom of things. So, without further delay, I give you > the history of the “Gators wear jean shorts” insult that opposing fans get so > much fun from. > > It started back in 1997. Georgia hadn’t won a game in years, and some of > their fans realized it’s hard to effectively talk trash when your team can’t > back it up. So Georgia fans, Kevin Davis and his fraternity brothers made > their way to the stadium, helpless while Gators taunted and chomped at them. > They worked desperately to come up with creative insults. Answering their > prayers, a Gator fan strolled by wearing jean shorts, and Davis jumped on the > opportunity. “Gators wear jean shorts!” he declared, and his friends began > chanting the insult. They continued the chant during the game, and it caught > on like wildfire. So many Dawgs were desperate to mock the defending national > champs in any way they could, and they had found a way. > > The Bulldogs won that day. It was their only win during the Steve Spurrier > era, and they were proud of it. Davis and his friends returned to Georgia and > immediately designed t-shirts to promote the insult that rallied the troops > to an unlikely win and gave the Georgia faithful a victory to cling to for > years to come. > > From a couple fraternity brothers, to some t-shirts, and now everyone in the > SEC calls the Gators out for out for their "Jorts" (a new word created to > describe Jean shorts). Even Oklahoma had fans at the 2008 BCS Championship > Game with a dry erase board counting Gators sporting the infamous Jorts. > > The real question for Gator fans is which way to go about the statement. > Gators can embrace jorts in all their hideous glory, thereby negating the > insult intended by opposing fans obnoxiously screaming it at you. > > The other option is to fight it head-on by informing our fellow Gators of > their fashion missteps and encourage them to seek other wardrobe > opportunities. > > Some Gators, proud of their Jort-wearing tradition, have gone so far as to > make up quotes such as "Champions wear jean shorts" and "Jorts: The quality > of a jean with the comfort of a short." It's hard to argue with their point > since the Gators have a large winning record against Georgia since the > comment was first made. There is even a facebook page entitled Support the > Jort for Gator fans proud of their cut-offs. > > Just for the fun of it, here are a couple things on the internet regarding > Gator fans and their jort wearing tendencies. > > > > > > > > A Facebook Group Dedicated to "Gators Wear Jean Shorts" > > Ly Anne Agger is a Columnist for GatorTailgating.com > > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
