Old School Gator Series: Tuesday, Nov. 22nd at 8 p.m.

The next edition of the "Old School Gator Series with Roger Franklin Williams" will feature Silver Sixties-era Greats Richard Trapp (live) and Jack Youngblood (taped interview). The program will air Tuesday, November 22 at 8pm, immediately following Gator Hotline with Coach Will Muschamp, on 540 WFLA, Central Florida's Gator Nation Station. The program can also be heard live on-line at www.540wfla.com.

Old School Gator Kicks Off Thursday, 9/15 at 8 p.m.

Very excited to announce that the Old School Gator program will air on 540 WFLA, The Gator Nation Station, this Thursday, September 15 at 8:00 p.m., immediately following "Gator Hotline with Coach Will Muschamp."

Tune in for interviews with members of the famed Impossible Dream '69 Gators including College Hall of Fame WR Carlos Alvarez, Super Soph All-American QB John Reaves, Co-Captain Mac Steen.

If you're not in the listening area, listen live at www.540wfla.com.

Here's a recent video clip from an interview with the Alvarez, Reaves and Steen.

SUPER SOPHS AND SUPER SENIORS



#7 QB John Reaves and #45 WR Carlos
Alvarez, famed Super Sophs of the '69 Gators
(This photo was taken before a game in the '71 season.



Captains of the '69 Gators; Sr OT Mac Steen and Sr LB Tom Abdelnour. The leadership of a large class of Senior linemen and defensive players provided the backbone of Florida's greatest season ever to that point in Gator histoy.

Carlos Alvarez recent election to the College Football Hall of Fame re-focuses attention on one of the Greatest Gator teams of all-time, the 1969 Gators. The '69 Gators established the best record in Florida football history to that point, 9-1-1, and upset both a team (Houston) ranked No 1 (in at least one poll) and the SEC regular season Champion (Tennessee, 14-13 in the '69 Gator Bowl).

Sophomore QB John Reaves, WR Carlos Alvarez, RB Tommy Durrance, FB Mike Rich and other precocious Sophomores (DL Robert Harrell and others) were dubbed the Super Sophs for the over-the-top excitement and drama they unexpectedly brought to the '69 season, while shattering the Gator and SEC offensive record books.

The team was undergirded with a large class of outstanding, but un-herald Seniors led by Captains OT Mac Steen and LB Tom Abdelnour and other outstanding SRs including C Kim Helton, LB David Ghesquiere, All-American DB Steve Tannen.

The '69 Gators also had exceptional Juniors, too, including  JR DE Jack Youngblood (a future NFL and College Football Hall of Famer) and Gator Bowl MVP Mike Kelley.

In fact, not just one of the Greatest teams in Florida history; one of the Greatest, and most exciting, teams in College Football History!