Florida defensive lineman Brenton Cox Jr sends clear message, warning to Georgia

The Florida–Georgia game is one of the most heated rivalries in all of college football. It didn’t take long into the 2022 version of fall camp before both teams started taking shots at each other. Florida defensive lineman Brenton Cox, Jr. saw a video that the Bulldogs posted on Twitter and he decided to let them know that they better get ready for him.

Check it out.

Better get ready for me 💯🐊 https://t.co/NzVMDa4Cnx

— Brent Cox Jr. (@brenton_cox_) August 6, 2022

Naturally, one Georgia fan decided to respond to Cox’s tweet with a video in the comments, showing Stetson Bennett IV running by Cox in the open field in last year’s game.

So clearly, there is no love lost between the two fan bases and their players. That’s part of what makes college football so incredibly great. The intensity of the rivalries is hard to find anywhere else in all of sports.

Cox transferred to Florida from Georgia

Last season, Cox racked up a team-high 14.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks for the Gators. It’s important to note that he wasn’t 100 percent healthy during the 2021-2022 season.

Cox transferred to Florida two years ago from Georgia, which might explain why the rivalry means a little something extra for him. Coming out of Stockbridge High School (Stockbridge, Georgia), he was rated as a five-star prospect, according to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2018 cycle.

He was named a preseason second team All-SEC selection for the 2022 season by numerous publications. Cox was also named to the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, given to the College Defensive Player of the Year.

More on the history of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

Florida versus Georgia is one of the biggest rivalries in all of college football, a game that has been played at a neutral site in Jacksonville, Florida since 1933. UGA head coach Kirby Smart has expressed that he’d would prefer for that rivalry to be a home and home matchup instead, and at SEC media days new Florida head coach Billy Napier was asked for his opinions on the matter.

“You know I got asked that question earlier, I think the big thing is I want to experience the game first. I’d like to see that game in Jacksonville, experience that game before I have an opinion on that. But you know there’s a lot of credibility to both right, a home and home obviously would be fantastic but there’s also some tradition there, there’s a rivalry there,” Napier said.

The game has been nicknamed the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” and has only not been played in Jacksonville seven times due to the construction of a new stadium. According to the Mayor of Jacksonville, game is slated to be played until 2023, with an option to extend to 2025. Smart views the current format as a missed opportunity, and with 2023 right around the corner it’ll be interesting to see if the the rivalry changes locations in the near future.

“Time will tell, I agree that’s above my pay grade but I’m looking forward to the opportunity to participate in the game,” Napier said.

There will be no love lost between the Gators and Bulldogs when they have their annual showdown on October 29.

On3’s Stephen Samra and Kaiden Smith also contributed to this article.