Florida football: Here’s 5 opponents we’d like to see for the Gators
3. Nebraska, Big Ten
Someone on Twitter suggested this and I kind of did that dog head tilt at first.
Then, I thought about it.
What would it be like to play in Lincoln in late September or even in November? Coming from Kansas, I can tell you … miserable.
But, that is the allure of it. You have a team like Florida football who is used to playing in the warmth of the South, suddenly has to change its game around to accommodate for the cooler temperatures of Nebraska.
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Then, you have that vice-versa when the Cornhuskers came to Gainesville.
Florida football has played Nebraska twice and lost both games to them. But they haven’t played since 1995 — a 62-25 drubbing in the Fiesta Bowl.
The gate for this would likely be pretty high in Lincoln (only because there isn’t much else do to there on a Saturday during football season. However, I don’t know if Gator Nation gets excited about this one.
Will it happen: I could certainly see Stricklin pull this one out of his hat, but I don’t know that I see a real upside for either program.