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OldhamA said:
Have you met the Miami fan base?
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Miami’s fanbase and Florida’s fanbase are incredibly different, and as an alumna of both universities, I know both very well.

Miami, for example, is 9-2, and has a chance to make the CFB. Miami has a top 10 recruiting class and is known to have a strong NIL budget. Miami went 10-2 last year and has been on an upward trajectory. Yet a good portion of the fanbase wants the HC fired, and many people stopped showing up to games as soon as Miami wasn’t a lock to make the CFP. Miami fans are the first to knock down their own players, their coaches, and everything else about the program.

Florida, on the other hand, is 3-8. They are experiencing their fourth losing season over the past five years. They just fired their HC, who is named in a UF lawsuit with a previous recruit over an NIL payment that never came to fruition. Yet this HC still had a great deal of support even last season, and going into this season, because he backed his way into an 8-4 season. They saw DJ Lagway, and his stats, and all of his injuries, and how he missed the entire spring and summer, and STILL thought he was a lock for the Heisman this year, and that they had a good shot of getting to the NC this year. Even after SpongeBath Billy got fired, we see that the fanbase believes the UF job is the #1 job in the country and has zero cons.

Miami fans err on pessimism, while Florida fans err on optimism. They are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. I used this year as an example, but I’ve seen this phenomenon during each one’s championship years, mediocre years, and poor years.
 
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caneingville said:
I know this is Gator Tears, but I’m not going to laugh at Josh right now. He’s going through some rough mental health stuff right now, and posted the other day that he had even been feeling suicidal (not because of the Gators).
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Noooooo! I always assumed this persona was something of a performance, it is just so **** good. I would hate for this wonderful person to be in such a dark place. Whenever I laughed at him, it was always at the performance, I only wish the best for him! I hope he gets through this and heals.
 
HumbleCane said:
Noooooo! I always assumed this persona was something of a performance, it is just so **** good. I would hate for this wonderful person to be in such a dark place. Whenever I laughed at him, it was always at the performance, I only wish the best for him! I hope he gets through this and heals.
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Yes, he is a professional comedian.

Edit: for anyone in SW Florida, he has a show in Naples on Dec 18th!
 
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caneingville said:
Miami’s fanbase and Florida’s fanbase are incredibly different, and as an alumna of both universities, I know both very well.

Miami, for example, is 9-2, and has a chance to make the CFB. Miami has a top 10 recruiting class and is known to have a strong NIL budget. Miami went 10-2 last year and has been on an upward trajectory. Yet a good portion of the fanbase wants the HC fired, and many people stopped showing up to games as soon as Miami wasn’t a lock to make the CFP. Miami fans are the first to knock down their own players, their coaches, and everything else about the program.

Florida, on the other hand, is 3-8. They are experiencing their fourth losing season over the past five years. They just fired their HC, who is named in a UF lawsuit with a previous recruit over an NIL payment that never came to fruition. Yet this HC still had a great deal of support even last season, and going into this season, because he backed his way into an 8-4 season. They saw DJ Lagway, and his stats, and all of his injuries, and how he missed the entire spring and summer, and STILL thought he was a lock for the Heisman this year, and that they had a good shot of getting to the NC this year. Even after SpongeBath Billy got fired, we see that the fanbase believes the UF job is the #1 job in the country and has zero cons.

Miami fans err on pessimism, while Florida fans err on optimism. They are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. I used this year as an example, but I’ve seen this phenomenon during each one’s championship years, mediocre years, and poor years.
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Spot on post 💯
 
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