re: what is it like to root for a terrible team?

I think this will be a fun season for the Gators. First of all, college football is always fun. If you aren't having fun, you are doing something wrong. Of course, we probably will not be national championship contenders. But we definitely have a shot at winning the East. We'll be underdogs, but there is no reason we can't do it. Beating Georgia and maintaining our dominance over them is a huge goal. Beating Kentucky and extending our streak over them will be important. Pulling off an upset against a highly ranked team is certainly not out of the question, especially at home.

I don't think we'll be great, but I don't think that we'll be so bad that we'll go into any game (even at LSU) feeling hopeless. And the beauty of college football is that, no matter what's happened in the season so far, every game is an event, every game is a battle to be won for it's own sake.