The week Gainesville forgot about football: Inside the terror that gripped Florida during the 1990 murders
College football season in Gainesville is everything.
Everything.
The town has forever revolved around the Florida Gators .
Gainesville is a college town.
It's built around the university.
As the program goes, so does the town.
With all due respect to Miami and FSU, most would argue that Florida is a Gators state.
Yes, I know that'll ruffle some feathers.
Let's not get caught up on that, please.
Just bear with me.
My point? Very few things in life can actually take attention away from the Florida Gators during football season — especially with a legend like Steve Spurrier set to return home, this time as the program's head coach.
August of 1990 did just that.
HOW A PODCAST COMMUNITY HELPED RESTORE THE CONTROVERSIAL 'GATOR BAIT' CHANT FOR FLORIDA FOOTBALL TEAM "I remember at Walmart, the gun line was down the aisle," former UF student Erik Tallbacka told OutKick this week.
"When a hurricane's coming, and you're at Home Depot and preparing, there's that kind of electricity, like something's coming.
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