He grew up in rural New York on a dairy farm with a pet alligator, and he used to live north of Miami with another gator (named Lazy) until his neighbors complained.
In the past month we've seen a giant gator walk across a golf course, watched a gator eat another gator, and heard reports of gators making their way north.
SPURRIER SIGNS ANOTHER EX-GATOR: Steve Spurrier, who left the University of Florida to become the Washington Redskins' coach, signed another former Gator, receiver Jacquez Green, who was given a three-year, $4.3 million contract.
Fearing and other animal rights advocates argued that there's no way to know at the retail level whether a finished product was made with skins from non-endangered American alligators or from another endangered gator species.
Dee Webb, another ex-Gator who currently plays Arena football in Jacksonville, tweeted about the reported death as well: "R.I.P to my former teammate JOHN CURTIS 24......we go miss u hommie... .. Curtis played special teams for Florida in 2006, when they won a national championship.
Being at practice reminded Meyer that he had another family: the Gators football family.
Johnson also threw for two first-quarter touchdowns and ran for another as the Gators (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) stayed one game behind Tennessee in the chase for the S.E.C.
Zook has tried this week to place a cushion under his team going into the Miami game, in case the Gators take another beating from the Hurricanes.
In the end, the Gators again ousted another tournament darling.
The victory, for another week, anyway, keeps the Gators alive for a B.C.S. appearance.
