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Florida may say farewell to Ed Orgeron, a defining foe

All college football teams have people who help define eras, both from within and without. Steve Spurrier is synonymous with UF in the 1990s, but his story is intertwined with the greats and not-so-greats ranging from Bobby Bowden to Phillip Fulmer to Ray Goff.

In the last half-dozen years, Ed Orgeron has been as big a factor as any in the story of Gator football among those not wearing orange and blue.

Few things have fired up a pair of fan bases like the Hurricane Matthew situation did for Florida and LSU in 2016. In some quarters, tempers still flare over it; some feelings are still raw.