Steve Spurrier famously nicknamed the Florida Gators’ home stadium ‘The Swamp’ back in 1992.
The name stuck and it has become synonymous with Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Well, it’s now Steve Spurrier-Florida Field, but we digress.
On Tuesday, the school unveiled new signage on stadium walls which light up ‘The Swamp’ nickname in glorious blue-and-orange neon.
Glorious, of course, if you’re a Gator. To everyone else...
“The 'Swamp' is a place where only Gators get out alive,” Spurrier told then-Gainesville Sun columnist Mike Bianchi on June 9, 1992.
“The 'Swamp' is where Gators live.