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    [edit] Sentence deletions

    I removed the following sentences and just wanted to provide a little rationale for watchful editors of this page.

    Mick Hubert the voice of the Gators since 1989 provides the radio play by play and is well known for his knowledgable and enthusiastic playcalling usually punctuated by his trademark "OH MY!"

    Offtopic; being on radio, Hubert does not affect the stadium atmosphere.

    Many broadcasting team during game days have the sideline reporter equipped with a sound measuring device that make the sound output by the crowd to be equivalent to that of a high decibel rate.

    This sentence is meaningless without some number - what is a "high decibel rate"? All stadiums have "high decibel rates". Has it ever been measured? How high? Is it published/verifiable like LSU's 122 decibels or Millenium Stadium's (London) record 130.7? I know the place is very loud, but a hard number is needed to add that to the article without it just being a weasel phrase. Autiger 19:47, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

    ---Removed the sentence about the Gators being 34 point underdogs vs. FSU in 1997. FSU was number one in the nation, the Gaters were ranked number 10 and at home. A 34 point spread is crazy talk.

      • Actually, unless I'm mistaken, I remember that quite a few national sportscasters picked UF by as much as a 35 point underdog. I'm not sure if that was the official Vegas line but that is a valid number. That was the year we lost to LSU and Georgia creamed us, FSU was expected to waltz to the championship game. The problem is that I've only got memory to go off of, I can't find any actual statistics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.206.174 (talk) 19:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Removed "Legendary"

    The word "legendary" was used to describe both Ben Hill Griffin and Steve Spurrier, and I removed them to restore NPOV. KyuzoGator 15:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

    Indicating that in the edit summary would have been sufficient; no one would quibble over that change. But thanks! AUTiger ʃ talk/work 23:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
    Thanks for letting me know. I'm new to editing Wiki and I didn't know about that. KyuzoGator 14:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] New Picture

    I don't want to cause an edit war, but I think the new picture that was added by Berniestew is unnecessary and simply crowds the page. Does anyone think it's a good idea to have it? Adam Weeden 18:11, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

    I agree the position was definitely bad and I moved it down before I saw your comment here. AUTiger ʃ talk/work 20:45, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] repeated vandalism

    A non-registered user has twice removed cited facts. I recommend he takes his agenda to a football message board somewhere as this website is supposed to be a fact-based information resource. Zeng8r 19:25, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] "fact" based?

    it's hard to believe that you are an unbiased editor with the word "g8r" in your ID. this article is somewhat biased. nice job carrying the "fact based website" banner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.110.196 (talk) 02:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


    Is it better for people to write about subjects of which they know nothing? I'm not repeatedly vandalizing the UCLA article, am I?

    There are no un-cited "controversial" statements in this article. The fact that you removed (twice) now has not one, not two, but three references. Zeng8r 02:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

    Looking at the history, it appears the UCLA edit was made to correct a blatant falsehood that existed in the article. Please explain how that was vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.110.196 (talk) 03:35, 20 September 2007 (UTC)


    The user removed facts and added completely unrelated info. After the facts were restored with multiple references, he removed them again. Probably not vandalism the first time, but definitely the second. As already stated, every fact in question is cited with multiple sources. Zeng8r 12:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] list of notable players

    Should the list really be in this article? I think the focus should be on the stadium. Maybe a "notable games" section would be appropriate, but the player list should stay in the Florida Football entry, imo. Zeng8r (talk) 18:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

    • On second thought, I think your right. I deleted them, but keep in perspective that they can still be found on the famous UF Alumni page. Thanks for your input. Jccort (talk) 18:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


    Yeah, it's for the best. The Ring of Honor is mentioned in this article, so a few great Gators are included. You know, I thought of including a "memorable games" section as I was typing the earlier comment w/o really thinking about it, but on reflection I think it'd be a great addition. What do you (or anybody else) think? Zeng8r (talk) 00:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)