Florida vs. Tulane Breakdown: Everything you didn’t know you needed to know

By Chris Marler

Bowl Season is underway with 13 SEC teams playing in the postseason, so before toe-meets-leather for all the games let’s get to know some fun facts about these non-traditional matchups.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Gasparilla Bowl between Florida and Tulane.

(Note: the “facts” are from Wikipedia, made up entirely, and meant to not be taken seriously. Enjoy!)

ABOUT THE SCHOOLS

Florida 

Location – A metaphorical Swamp

Founded In –  1853

Tuition – $28,658

Enrollment – 54,814

Acceptance Rate – 23.3 Percent

Mascot – Dude named Trent in white Oakley sunglasses and jorts who hates UGA and sunscreen

Tulane

Location – A literal swamp

Founded In – 1834

Tuition – $87,446

Enrollment – 14,669

Acceptance Rate – 14.6 Percent

Mascot – Like if Gumby had a little brother with a Napoleon complex

FUN FACTS & TRADITIONS 

Florida 

1. Quarterbacks that love the Lord and Tight Ends that will send you to meet him

2. Invented Gatorade and the first ever Jaws themed thirst trap

3. Jac Caglianone hit 33 homeruns last year, which is eight less than the total arrests on the 2008 football team

Tulane

1. Original member of the SEC and non-original Mardi Gras

2. Have won the same amount of SEC titles as Mississippi State since 1942

3. They offer such classes as glass blowing & “The Big Lebowski and Philosophy”

FAMOUS ALUMNI

Florida 

Steve Spurrier – The Tim Tebow of ruining UGA’s life

C.D. Atkins – The Tim Tebow of frozen orange juice

Andy Staples – The Tim Tebow of BBQ

Aaron Hernandez – The Tim Tebow of murder

Robert Frost – The Tim Tebow of poems

General Norman Schwarzkopf – The Tim Tebow of war

Tulane 

Jerry Springer – Non-sports Finebaum

Doug Ellin – created Entourage

Daughters of Joe Biden & Jimmy Carter

David Filo – Co-founder of Yahoo!

James Clark – Founder of WebMD

Newt Gingrich – Bill Clinton light