USA TODAY columnists Blake Toppmeyer, Paul Myerberg, and John Brice have criticized the new nickname for the Florida-Georgia college football rivalry, calling it "awful," while highlighting other rivalry names they consider elite.
The column, published on October 30, 2026, discusses the tradition of rivalry nicknames in college football and evaluates the latest moniker for the annual matchup between the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs. The authors did not specify the new nickname in the excerpt, but they contrasted it with historically celebrated rivalry names across the sport.
