19 Reasons Why It's Great To Be A Florida Gator

    In all kinds of weather, we'll all stick together!

    1. You can totally say you went to same college as one of the best college football players in recent history.

    2. You get to go to school in weather that everyone else only sees while on vacation.

    3. Your school has both a potato and french fries memorialized in statue form.

    4. There's a house specifically for bats on campus.

    5. UF is the home of the largest student-run newspaper in the country.

    6. Fun fact: UF has 12 organizations in its Multicultural Greek Council; this is more than FSU or UCF, which each have 9.

    7. Not only is UF ranked the 14th best public university in the country...

    8. ...it's also ranked the 6th in "party school-itude."

    IM IN GAINESVILLE AND PUMPED AS FUCK FOR TOMORROWS SHOW W/ @JColeNC #ROWDYREPTILES IN THIS BITXH

    9. Even Albert knows you made the smart choice in attending UF. (SORRY, EVERY OTHER COLLEGE IN FLORIDA.)

    10. Literally nothing can compare to game day in the Swamp.

    11. Plus, no one can make you stand up and holler like Mr. Two Bits.

    12. Gainesville is home to many a fabulous food, but the best of all has got to be Satchel's Pizza.

    13. Do you need a caffeine fix? Because there are four Starbucks locations on campus that you can easily buy one coffee at and finish drinking while walking to the next.

    14. Gator Growl and homecoming weekend are like a giant, weird, lovely family reunion.

    15. Between UF's Relay for Life and Dance Marathon teams, the university raised well over $1,000,000 in 2013 for charity!

    16. There is literally a Chipotle across the street from your main library. ACROSS THE STREET!

    17. You no longer have to deal with this freaking statue anymore, so you should feel very lucky.

    18. The infamous "Don't Tase Me Bro" incident happened on campus, so you're welcome, Internet.

    19. And since it's considered a "public ivy" school, that makes us both classy and available.

    And that's why it's great to be...

    ...a Florida Gator!