All is fair in love and war, they say, but perhaps they should have added a third subject to that phrase: college football trash talk.
I’ve heard some downright despicable things being bandied back and forth between fans of rival teams in my years on social media.
Nothing is off limits, in theory, but sometimes fans can get carried away and cross a line that causes some hurt feelings.
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Virginia Fans take the field after overtime win over Florida State of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Sept. 26 2025, in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo/Robert Simmons)
Apparently, that isn’t just reserved for anonymous profiles on social media either, because two prominent former college quarterbacks had a moment that would remind you of the average interaction on X.
Chase Daniel and Tim Tebow were chopping it up on the set of ESPN’s “SEC Nation” show live from Auburn’s campus, and the subject came up about the Tigers’ opponent, the Florida Gators.
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As you are all probably aware, Tebow is an alumnus of the university and won a Heisman trophy as well as two national championships in his four seasons with the team, so when Daniel dropped a backhanded “compliment” about Tebow’s former squad, the latter nearly lost it.
“I do think Florida could be the next Vandy,” Daniel said, as his fellow co-hosts smirked. “Let me just explain something.”
Tebow was having none of it, as he nearly got up and walked off the set.
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“Chase, you can’t say that,” an incensed Tebow fired back. “That is the most derogatory thing I have ever heard in my life.”
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To Daniel’s credit, he goes on to explain that he thinks the Gators can be the surprise team of 2026, much like the Commodores were the surprise team of last season.
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But, let’s be honest here, he knew exactly what he was doing when he said this.
For any college football fan that’s over the age of 20, you probably know Vanderbilt as the doormats of the SEC.
Growing up in the 90s and 2000s, Vandy was a walkover for the Gators – and pretty much anyone else with a pulse – so comparing them, even favorably, to the ‘Dores rightfully sent Tebow, as well as anyone else alive during the Spurrier and Meyer years, into a tizzy.
Former Florida Gators head coach Urban Meyer and Florida Gators former head coach Steve Spurrier talk before the press conference at the Heavener Football Training Center at the University of Florida on Dec. 1, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/Imagn Images)
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“I get your point,” Tebow said as he covered his face. “But the wording, ‘Florida could be Vandy?'”
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I realize it hasn’t been a parade of championships in Gainesville in the past decade and a half, but come on, Chase, don’t put that evil on Tebow and the Gators.