Jim Stafford: The Gators Growl in Hog Town
Jim Esposito, Page One, December 1974
JIM STAFFORD stepped up to the microphone on the 15-yard line of the University of Florida's football field, pinpointed at the vortex of four spotlights slicing through the damp chilly darkness, converging on his position from the deepest, blackest recesses of the stadium.
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