Over my six years at Alligator Army, I have been accused of being relentlessly positive about the Florida Gators. More pessimistic sorts — and, notably, rival fans — have been frustrated with my ability to find the good in things, and to deal with the thoroughly depressing state of the world, and occasionally my favorite sports teams, by choosing to emphasize and take heart, rather than catastrophize and take up torches.
Those criticisms aren’t entirely fair. But that’s not the point of this new feature, Manic Monday, which I’m going to try to actually make a weekly feature, unlike the scores of failed attempts of years past.