The Rival Rundown: Florida vs. Florida State

October 21, 2009 5:00 pm     Posted in Reality  Sara C - Fordham g+ page

floridaWelcome back to The Rival Rundown! If you’ve always wanted to give props to your school on CC, now’s your chance! Shoot us an email explaining what’s awesome and unique about your school (or what stinks about Rival U) at rivalrundown@collegecandy.com!


By Sara C

I live in New York, where suddenly it has gotten really. effing. cold.  (I wore my winter coat and a scowl over the weekend.)  So naturally I’ve been dreaming of what life would have been like had I gone to school in a more temperate climate where you can tailgate in tank tops and flip flops.  Such is the way things go in the Sunshine State, where the University of Florida and Florida State University have, quite literally, one of the hottest rivalries around.

1. Mascot Match-up

Florida – Call them Gator Nation, Gator Country, even Alberta and Albert (who won Sports Illustrated On Campus’ Best Mascot award); the Florida Gators are more than just a local species.
Florida State – The Florida State Seminoles, named for the Native Americans who first inhabited the area, are perhaps most famous for their war chant, which is among the most immediately recognizable songs in all of sports culture.

Three credits to: Hands-down, it’s Florida State. It’s the college chant at it’s absolute finest (and so simple, even babies can sing it)!

2. Athletic Assertiveness

Florida – The Gators have won 4 out of their 5 appearances in BCS Bowl Games as well as a rich tradition of sending athletes in the Olympic Games, with 90 medals awarded to UF alums.
Florida State – The Seminoles have appeared in six BCS Bowls, winning the national title in the 2000 Sugar Bowl.

Three Credits to:  A commanding appearance by Florida!

3. Terrific Traditions

Florida – Perhaps not a tradition, but more of a revered Gator contribution to society: the sports drink Gatorade was invented in Gainesville. Hence the name!
Florida State – Bored? Rainy night in? Looking for a party of the non-Greek variety? Head over to Crenshaw Lanes, Florida State’s own on-campus bowling alley! Where else can you bowl for less than $2 a game?

Three credits to:  Florida. To borrow the current Gatorade slogan, well, “that’s G.”

4. Ass-kicking Alumni

Florida – Faye Dunaway, Darrell Hammond, Bob Vila
Florida State – Deion Sanders, Burt Reynolds, Cheryl Hines

Three credits to: It’s a tie! Hard to pick a winner amongst these prominent names.

5. Acceptance Rate Agony (for the class of 2012)

Florida - 39.5%
Florida State - 46.7%

Three credits to: Florida, definitetively.

And the diploma goes to: Florida in a landslide! Florida State may have won the war (chant), but the Gators cream the Seminoles where it counts.

19 Comments on "The Rival Rundown: Florida vs. Florida State"

  1. !!!!!!!!!! says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20091:08 pm 

    FSU all the wayyyy, Gainesville is plain ugly.

  2. ana says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20091:34 pm 

    BOO to both! it's all about the U!!!! :)

  3. FL gator says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20091:55 pm 

    I know that's right! Go Gators!

  4. shari says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20094:43 pm 

    University Of South Florida is better than both of them! GO BULLS!!!

  5. Brittney says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20095:06 pm 

    FSU has a legit concert venue on campus, Club Downunder, that has been there for 20 years. They've had acts like Sonic Youth, Jimmy Eat World, and Girl Talk (not to mention hundreds upon hundreds of others) during that time. It's all free for FSU students, too.

    I think that's way cooler than Gatorade.

  6. Mechelle says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20095:58 pm 

    Booooo! FSU is sooooooo much better! There's a reason we're still in Playboys Top 10 even when we are having off-years in football.

  7. Joe says:
    Wed, 21st Oct 20097:40 pm 

    Florida is the best. The girls are so fucking hot.

  8. T says:
    Thu, 22nd Oct 20095:26 am 

    U know what they say "ITS GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!" And let me tell u…it is! I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else because FSUCKS!

  9. K says:
    Thu, 22nd Oct 20095:16 pm 

    let's rewrite this…

    Mascot:

    FSU: Warchant? Check. awesome Indian on a horse with flaming spear? Got it. Braveheartesque opening to every home game…totally got it…

    UF: A Muppet. And his bit**…dressed up in sweaters…

    Winner: FSU

    Athletic Assertiveness:

    Fine, I'll give it to UF, but half of the bandwagon gator fans'll have to learn a new chant besides "Tebow!" once that guy graduates…cuz that's ALL they know about gator football…Tebow!!

    Terrific Traditions:

    UF: Gatorade…, cheer that no one knows, "chomp"…who's music was stolen from Jaws, Al and Alberta (refer back up to mascots…)

    FSU: The Warchant, The FSU Cowgirls, The Garnet and Gold Guys, Osceola and Renegade (again, refer back up to mascots)

    Winner…FSU

    Ass-Kicking Alumni:

    Tie…

    Acceptance Rate: (for 2009)

    UF: 36.96%

    FSU: 40.76%

    fine…UF…but btw,the acceptance scores for both the colleges are becoming closer and closer to eachothers…and NOT everyone who goes to FSU didn't get into florida that you very much…

  10. Rachel says:
    Thu, 22nd Oct 20098:22 pm 

    Sigh. I go to UF and my boyfriend's at FSU, so I'm pretty qualified on this. Quite honestly, I like Florida State better; it seems way more welcoming. Also, yeah, their mascot kicks ass.

    Although we've also got our own campus bowling alley.

    Whatever, they're the only two Florida schools that count for anything.

  11. Caitlin says:
    Mon, 26th Oct 20092:32 pm 

    I go to florida state, and attended the UF national championship last year in Gainesville.. and i have to say you lame asses partied like we do on a regular thursday night. sorry fsu hands down would have had a blowout if we were up for the national championship not some house party drinking beer out of some flat keg.

  12. Sara says:
    Mon, 26th Oct 20096:47 pm 

    "fsu hands down would have had a blowout if we were up for the national championship"

    Note the "if."

  13. NoleGirlsareHotterrr says:
    Tue, 27th Oct 20094:29 pm 

    Two Words: Bobby Bowden. Our coach is a legend, yours tried to sleep in Tebow's hospital bed after his big bad concussion.

  14. Joe says:
    Tue, 27th Oct 20094:30 pm 

    * correction, Florida STATE girls are so fucking hot. my bad.

  15. LC says:
    Wed, 28th Oct 20094:44 am 

    haha well when we did win our national championships there were basically parties in the street, I have an older girlfriend who went here (to FSU) during the time we won them, and she said it was crazy – almost riots in the streets.

    and yeah FSU girls are way hotter than UF girls. THAT cannot be denied. and we are more fun.

  16. Yoshi says:
    Wed, 4th Nov 20095:27 am 

    lmfao nolegirls.. ummmm lets do corrections…

    alumni: florida- bob vila, emmitt smith

    FSU- primetime, biletnikoff (yea u kno that guy with the trophy named for him?) burt reynolds???? smokey and the bandit is a classic

    FSU HANDS DOWN..more HOF's

    Athletic Assertiveness..

    Florida- oh you mean Tebow? too bad gator nation can't name anyone else on the team, 90% of their fans didnt know who Chris Leak was

    FSU- excuse us for being fans and not riding our QB's cock like he's jesus (wurrfail, teblow)

    I would like to clear something up..Gatorade was stolen from the seminoles actually..the ORIGINAL drink was call Seminole Fire Water..look it up they just steal everything dont't they?

  17. D White says:
    Tue, 24th Nov 200911:40 am 

    Yoshi's an idiot, but what would you expect from an FSU supporter. Fact-Gatorade was invented by a UF prof. About the only thing that FSU can claim that UF doesn't is a CIRCUS PROGRAM. Yes, the Circus. I'm not so sure anyone would want to claim that. Another reason it will always be half-ass U.

  18. Haley says:
    Thu, 22nd Sep 20117:30 pm 

    Oh please. Notive how there are like 3 gayturd fans on here. They’re all jealous. Suck it. FSU beats uf any day

  19. Mikey says:
    Wed, 26th Oct 201111:03 pm 

    Did you not see the acceptance rates for 2012? Maybe look it up before you assume something

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