Thursday Night Football crew member Shawn Kopelakis got to thinking about DBU and UF and VH3 and surely some other acronyms last week...
The debate over which school is the one true Defensive Back University — DBU — has raged on for years. Florida, LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, and many others have all laid claim to the crown with strong cases. The Gators’ recent track record is mixed, but the highly-drafted misses definitely hurt their case.
Vernon Hargreaves III was a star in Gainesville. He had 10 career interceptions, earned All-SEC honors in each of his three seasons, and was named an All-American his sophomore and junior seasons.