Things got chippy in pregame warmups between Auburn and Florida
By Andrew Olson
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Kickoff isn’t until after 3:30 p.m. ET in Gainesville, but things are already getting a little chippy between some Auburn and Florida players.
Chad Wilson, the father of Florida CB Marco Wilson, captured video of coaches having to separate Auburn RB Shaun Shivers from some Gators players not yet in their jerseys. The jawing was near the 40-yard line of the Auburn warmup side of the field.
It’s getting chipeeeeeee #AUBvsUF pic.twitter.com/66TuwUFj5L
— Chad Wilson (@GridironStuds) October 5, 2019
The Auburn roster lists Fort Lauderdale, Florida as Shivers’ hometown. Auburn is the closest SEC school to UF, though the Gators and Tigers don’t play annually. The two schools do recruit from a lot of the same high schools and there are many Florida natives on AU’s roster and Alabama natives on UF’s roster, making Saturday’s showdown in The Swamp “personal” for many players.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
