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Countdown to Kickoff: 55 Days DOUBLE DASH

Related Topics: Florida, Nick Chubb, Pat Dye

Double Sunday night special action coming your way for today’s entry on the Countdown to Kickoff! You get two great Auburn running backs for the price of one! What are the chances??

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We start way back in the day — 35 years ago to be exact. Auburn was “real good” while Florida was also pretty good. The Tigers of course finished 1983 at 11-1 with a Sugar Bowl win over Michigan and a conference championship. During that run, Pat Dye’s third team beat Florida 28-21 in the latter half of the season, giving the Gators one of their only two losses on the year.