The disrespect this week is on HIGH, folks. I don’t know about y’all, but I’m not predicting the Gators to get out of The Swamp that easily. Tigert selected the location for the stadium and described the area as a “swampy depression.” The area was drained and the early version of the stadium was built. Longtime communications director Norm Carlson did some research at the time and found that in 1930, former Florida president John J. Possibly because there is actual truth in the name? Did our writers know that this is its alternate name? Did they just call it the swamp (lowercase) because that’s where it is? FWIW, Levi told me he didn’t capitalize it in a kansas-style protest in his pod post, which I found humorous.Īccording to my research ( via The Coloradoan), the always entertaining coaching legend Steve Spurrier started calling it that way back in June 1992 and told a Gainesvillle Sun reporter that, “‘The Swamp’ is the only place Gators get out alive.” Despite the fact that the school’s administrators didn’t really like what they called the ‘backwoods’ nature of the name, it eventually stuck. Speaking of where the Gators play… Did you ever wonder why Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was called The Swamp for short? The infamous moniker predictably came across my editor’s screen a lot this week with varying levels of capitalizations. So while they will be absent this game and were clearly good luck charms, I’m confident the Tigers will be chomping on some gator tail come tomorrow morning. If you remember correctly, Missouri ruined Florida’s last Homecoming game on Novem(my parents were there). On Saturday, Missouri makes its triumphant return to Gainesville to attempt to ruin yet another University of Florida Homecoming.
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