Opposing fans

Opposing fans always seem displeased when they come into The Swamp and leave feeling even worse. Consider this. The Swamp is the most hostile environment for college football teams to come into nationwide. Expect the worse! Our fans will be loud, they will probably be chattering at opposing fans before the game as well. Expect it!



We are not suppose to like you, for that game you are the enemy. The players on the field will try to psyche opponents out, and so will the fans. It is just how it works. I do feel any physical exchange of any sort, cussing, throwing things and things of those extreme should not be part of the opposing fans banter.




With that in mind, consider the story of the most recent game. As my group of homeboys are sitting in the student section for UF-UCF game, about 10 ucf fans come and sit down in varying places around us. First of all, how can ucf fans be sitting in the UF student section? And secondly they seemed to feel they owned the place. Every once in awhile they would try to start a U-C-F cheer. This would always be ended with SUCKS by the UF students. It made UCF fans angry from the start of the game. To rap up this little story, the UCF fans tried to pick fights all night and almost succeeded until the cops escorted rowdiest of the fans out of the stadium. I was not impressed by the character of the UCF, surprising to me, because lots of times I'm not impressed with the way some of our own fans act.

All the UCF folks were gone by half time anyway. Gators Are On Fire!