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Contrary to popular belief, Tom Petty was actually a Gators fan... Super Bowl XLII (2008)
Posted on 9/25/23 at 7:56 am
Posted on 9/25/23 at 7:56 am
Super Bowl XLII (2008) Interview
Reporter: Everybody knows rockstars want to be athletes and visa versa. What is the athleticism in your family and favorite team if any?
Tom Petty: We don't really have a favorite team. It would be wrong for me to say right now, but in the college division we favor the Gators.
Scott Thurston: Absolutely.
Suck it haters!!!!
Reporter: Everybody knows rockstars want to be athletes and visa versa. What is the athleticism in your family and favorite team if any?
Tom Petty: We don't really have a favorite team. It would be wrong for me to say right now, but in the college division we favor the Gators.
Scott Thurston: Absolutely.
Suck it haters!!!!
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Posted on 9/25/23 at 7:59 am to finchmeister08
Party back on!
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:00 am to finchmeister08
Is this when the gator fans turn into a cult and sing one of his songs and everybody gets chills and feels good from it while waving their iPhone flashlight in the air?
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:00 am to finchmeister08
I have seen pics of him wearing a Gators shirt
People that wanna say he hated UF are foolish
People that wanna say he hated UF are foolish
This post was edited on 9/25/23 at 8:14 am
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:07 am to finchmeister08
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:08 am to dcbl
His UF fandom inspired him to write ‘Even the Losers’
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:09 am to dcbl
Just weird that no one ever associated Petty with Gators until he died.
Gators then pounced and claimed him like he attended every game or was a regular visitor to the University or some kind of active supporter.
To go so far overboard is a bit much. Everyone except Florida Gators seems to be missing the point.
Gators then pounced and claimed him like he attended every game or was a regular visitor to the University or some kind of active supporter.
To go so far overboard is a bit much. Everyone except Florida Gators seems to be missing the point.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:12 am to finchmeister08
quote:Do you know what Tom Petty is now?
Tom Petty was actually a Gators fan.
Another dead drug addict. NEXT!
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:15 am to finchmeister08
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Contrary to popular belief
"As much as we mourn the loss of Tom Petty, this is not a sad story we intend to share. This is not a story of drug overdose or the fatal effects of drug abuse. Rather, this is a story about overcoming drug addiction, about Tom Petty’s journey from darkness to fulfillment. This is a story to honor the courage, the strength, and the love that carried Tom Petty through some of the most challenging days of his life.
If you don’t already know, Tom Petty struggled with a heroin addiction throughout the 1990s.
Many fans don’t know this side of the beloved musician, largely because it was never revealed before 2015. We first learned of Tom Petty’s secret struggle with heroin in Warren Zanes’ unauthorized, Petty: The Biography a couple years ago. And by this point, Petty was already beyond it."
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:15 am to finchmeister08
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Tom Petty: We don't really have a favorite team. It would be wrong for me to say right now, but in the college division we favor the Gators.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:17 am to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
anybody that watched the video knows she was asking about his favorite NFL team.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:19 am to finchmeister08
In the college division, I favor the LSU Tigers. And the Liberty Flames.
If anyone is asking.
If anyone is asking.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:25 am to FLTech
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Is this when the gator fans turn into a cult and sing one of his songs and everybody gets chills and feels good from it while waving their iPhone flashlight in the air?
You tell us. You seem to put a lot more mental energy into it than we do.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:27 am to Tridentds
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Just weird that no one ever associated Petty with Gators until he died.
Didn't he put gator in his record label name? It's weird y'all never associated that with UF while he was alive
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:29 am to finchmeister08
I don't know which is more surprising to me, that we are still talking about this, or that WE ARE STILL frickING TALKING ABOUT THIS.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:30 am to finchmeister08
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in the college division
Yeah, sounds like Petty was a big football fan.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:31 am to TheTideMustRoll
quote:Because it is Monday morning and SEC Shorts is not on the street yet
I don't know which is more surprising to me, that we are still talking about this, or that WE ARE STILL frickING TALKING ABOUT THIS.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:34 am to MetryMauler
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Yeah, sounds like Petty was a big football fan.
i'll concede that he might've been a fair-weather fan.
but he was still a fan.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 8:35 am to finchmeister08
The cfp told y’all “don’t come around here no more”.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:00 am to finchmeister08
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