Strickland weighed in similarly. "The Gator Bowl is a first-class, grassroots organization — for many years under the steady leadership of Rick Catlett and just as much so with Greg McGarity ...

"It looked like it was raining in the stadium," said Rick Catlett, who is former president of the group that runs the Gator ...

The 1983 Gator Bowl game was probably the last straw. The game, played Dec. 30, 1983, saw the University of Florida beat the Iowa Hawkeyes, 10-6, in Jacksonville's old Gator Bowl stadium. More than 80 ...