Rivalries are awesome. They’re the heartbeat of sports — especially in the college game.
Sometimes, those rivalries can get out of line. Between heightened emotions and alcohol, the formula is there for some over-the-top antics or even unlawful activity. That’s why police and security are staffed at these events — to keep people in line.
Except in Gainesville, Fla., home of the University of Florida. The Gators take on the Tennessee Volunteers– arguably their biggest rival — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. Apparently, the police department thinks it’s funny and decided to take things into its own hands.
1,000 retweets and we will stop the Tennessee buses in traffic 😁
— gainesvillepd (@GainesvillePD) September 26, 2015
The department hit the mark less than an hour after posting the initial tweet, and fortunately didn’t interfere.
@GainesvillePD we hit the 1000 mark after the buses got on campus…
— gainesvillepd (@GainesvillePD) September 26, 2015
We don’t know if the department was actually going to do this, and the GPD’s Twitter bio says the verified account contains “Info from the #Gainesville, Florida Police Department with a pinch of cop humor.”
Apparently the university condoned the plan.
@GainesvillePD Well played. Go Gators!
— FLORIDA (@UF) September 26, 2015
Let’s just hope this was all a big social media joke and no one would have been stupid enough to actually do this.
Thumbnail photo via Twitter/@unforgiven1
