Video: Steve Spurrier sounds off on UF president’s ‘stupid idea’ for April Fools
By Adam Spencer
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Alligators can be an aggressive animal — perhaps too aggressive for this day and age.
At least, that’s what University of Florida president Kent Fuchs says in his April Fools video message to Florida fans. In the below video, Fuchs vows to rid the Florida campus of all alligator imagery and promises to “drain The Swamp”:
A message from @PresidentFuchs pic.twitter.com/sLRqgZiBpG
— FLORIDA (@UF) April 1, 2017
Longtime Florida coach Steve Spurrier played along with Fuchs’ joke, promising to do everything in his power to “Save The Swamp,” a nickname for Ben Hill Griffin Stadium that he created in the 1990s, including launching a massive social-media campaign:
Did you hear what @PresidentFuchs has announced? Watch this. #SaveTheSwamp pic.twitter.com/hUUSXuDIwR
— Coach Steve Spurrier (@SteveSpurrierUF) April 1, 2017
Spurrier calls Fuchs’ idea the “dumbest idea a university president has ever had” and promises to do what he can to protect the name and the Gators.
#SaveTheSwamp is getting some action over on Twitter, with a mix of people who are playing along with the joke and people who are outraged that President Fuchs would even propose such a ridiculous thing:
https://twitter.com/ginster1/status/848194095977779205
@UF #SaveTheSwamp DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME
— Kenny (@Shepkenny12) April 1, 2017
Happy April Fools Day, everyone!
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
