daytonacane
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The uniqueness of the brotherhood of former players at the was mentioned in another thread. Our former players return to work out while in the NFL, they return to the sidelines of games, they return to the school to talk with current players & encourage them. This is unique in that no other college football team in the country does this in the mass that the U does.
I have wondered why and how this came about. My thoughts on the reason is as follows: South FL is pretty different from the rest of the country & has a lot to offer in the way of entertainment and sports. Look at the numerous former players who have elected to live there. Secondly, we were never really good until the 80's & were always teams' choice for their homecoming game for an assured win. When we became a force to contend with & actually were feared by many teams, it turned into "payback" & revenge time. We became very vocal, arrogant, confident, sassy & loud-mouthed (but we were NOT thugs), however, because of our arrogant, confident loud-mouthing we got that reputation & still quite ridiculously still have that reputation.
I would be interested in your thoughts as to how this unique brotherhood came about.
I have wondered why and how this came about. My thoughts on the reason is as follows: South FL is pretty different from the rest of the country & has a lot to offer in the way of entertainment and sports. Look at the numerous former players who have elected to live there. Secondly, we were never really good until the 80's & were always teams' choice for their homecoming game for an assured win. When we became a force to contend with & actually were feared by many teams, it turned into "payback" & revenge time. We became very vocal, arrogant, confident, sassy & loud-mouthed (but we were NOT thugs), however, because of our arrogant, confident loud-mouthing we got that reputation & still quite ridiculously still have that reputation.
I would be interested in your thoughts as to how this unique brotherhood came about.
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