Not supposed to hate…

The money down thing is dumb and a fallback to a Grantham 3rd-down scenario where no money was ever gained. But, the ooh ahh thing sounds pretty cool in the stadium.

 

I agree. It wasn't a big deal it just irked me for some reason. It didn't help the first one startled me. We were high fivin' fans around us when the lights went down. A girl yelled out and I was- hey what's going on... Good times, lol.

 

Thank you!

I had no idea what that was about.

 

We do the Boys and then Petty.

 

What did you do to that poor girl when the lights went out?

 

Oh, I don't remember. That's my story-

She wasn't actually very close to me. It was more a playful howl than a terified screech.

 

Reminds me of the flip side of the big 1950s Gene Vincent hit "Be-Bop-A-Lula."

Who, who, who slapped John
Who, who, who slapped John
Who slapped John when the lights went low
Who, who, who slapped John

 

How do you know “players love it” tired of this . Did you take a poll? You have no idea

 

The "money down" thing is really stupid. Is that supposed to be a cheer?

The rest doesn't bother me. Times change.

 

Elmo may have danced some on the field that day, but Carlos Alvarez was the one who ended up dancing the night away after that game.

 

What was the dude name that did the funky chicken in the 70's. I loved it. Not so much now as it went way overboard with rehearsed skits and bs.

 

That just looks dumb as hell and i was relieved they werent doing it so much this year in the swamp

 

no need to get snarky. I do have some idea of what the players think on it.

when Bama and Georgia were doing this years before Florida, in interviews with recruits on official visits, 247 sports and other recruiting sites would post stories how the recruits would say they loved the “red lights flashing” after tds.

Bama unveiled there lights in 2019…I am not a person who knows how to link/post from twitter but here is some comments /quotes from current and former Bama players at that time…

Damien Harris -“ the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed” and “give me a lifetime of those”
Mack Wilson -“ the most beautiful thing you’ll ever see”
Jamey Mosley -“I need 4 more years to play in that man”


From Bammer Hammer article in 2020 in response to the overwhelming positive reaction from recruits:
“Alabama football came out with new LED stadium lights before the beginning of last season, and they were a huge hit. The Crimson Tide only got to use them for one game, but fans and opposing teams took notice. It didn’t take long for Georgia to try to steal the idea and implement their own lights, and now Auburn has done the same thing. They want to contend on the field and in the recruiting ranks, so they have to settle for tactics like this to try to get on Alabama’s level.“

from UFs former tight end Odom in 2023

“We talked about it for a while amongst like the players," Florida tight end Jonathan Odom said. "We were like, ‘Dude, it would be awesome if we got LED lights.’ So, I'm excited to see in what fashion they’re used. That would be really cool. Definitely a cool addition and thanks to anybody who donated or made that happen because I think it's awesome.”

Seems clear UF players DO like it.



Did I take a poll of gator players and recruits to see if they like it? No. But I think it is a fair assumption to extrapolate that players we recruit in the present day to attend Florida are no different from the players Bama, georgia, and Auburn were recruiting in 2020. These players also seem to love the photo shoots they do on visits. I don’t, but I’m not 18. I don’t like crazy uniform combos. But the players do.

Colleges aren’t wasting money building football complexes or adding LED light shows without researching the cost benefit - and it all comes back to player experience and recruiting. You can bet Napier wanted them in to compete with the Jones’s.

 

Napier needs all the help he can get in recruiting for sure

 

Yeah, but TV always makes sure not to show it because of the usual cowardly reasons. Instead they go with the revisionist history that "Won't Back Down" is a "Longtime Florida Tradition!!!". Sorry, love Petty, but "We Are The Boys" IS the tradition and is actually a better tradition.

 

Sounds like acquiescence to more TV commercial time to me.

 

Tom Petty being dead isn't a longtime tradition yet. Why not move "Won't Back Down" to the end of the first quarter?

 

Blame Alabama for starting that trend. Everyone now does it.

 

Because the TV dorks like it as "atmosphere" for the transition from the 1000th commercial break to the 4th quarter. It's also cool because they can just go with the cliché' "One of the Great Traditions in College Football" instead of trying to come up with something original and informative to say. Also, in their eyes, "We Are the Boys" is "offensive" in ways we won't get into on this board, which is why they refuse to show it or even mention it in broadcasts.