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Former Florida LB James Bates designs T-shirts for Gators’ student section

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We’ve seen football players’ uniforms. We’ve seen cheerleading uniforms. Now, a former Florida linebacker is designing … student section uniforms.

Former Gators linebacker James Bates, who now works as a broadcaster, has designed official T-shirts for the Florida student section in 2017, the school announced Friday.

The T-shirts depict a drawing of Steve Spurrier (complete with his famous visor) for the 25-year anniversary of his nickname for Florida Field – now known around college football as “The Swamp.”

The text: “25 years ago, the Head Ball Coach called it the Swamp & we’ve been chompin’ ever since.