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What happens when you wear a Gator hat, but your job involves covering a different team?
You get fired.
Over the weekend, an Arkansas friend passed along a story of a reporter at Arkansas wearing a Gator hat and being called out by Bobby Petrino.
The story got weirder, as Arkansas fans did their usual crazy thing... and then the reporter was fired.
Some reading you should do on this topic, as it's only gotten more attention as we get further into this week:
The news is included in this Arkansas sports notebook. What's not mentioned are the death threats, social media-stalking, and other ways the Arkansas fanbase went after this Gator fan in their midst.
EDSBS reminds us that Arkansas fans are the craziest SEC fans of all, and gives a breakdown of the relative craziness of each fanbase.
Clay Travis gives us his usual great take on the story.
Eventually the story was picked up by Deadspin, when the reporter got to talk about the incident (other than on twitter- Renne Gork Twitter has also become a very popular search term on google). Also, here the reporter got to tell her side of the story.
We at Gators First stand behind all Gator fans. Renee Gork, we suport your choice of attire.
Seriously, Hogs, it's a hat. Death threats? It's not like she pointed out Bobby Petrino's leaving for the NFL next season. Hopefully after the season ends. |