{"id":207760,"date":"2026-03-27T02:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207760\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T02:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:18:13","slug":"viral-jacked-florida-fan-becomes-viral-jacked-nebraska-fan-in-stunning-change-of-allegiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207760\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Viral jacked Florida fan’ becomes ‘viral jacked Nebraska fan’ in stunning change of allegiance"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Viral jacked Florida fan’ becomes ‘viral jacked Nebraska fan’ in stunning change of allegiance<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After first breaking out during No. 1 Florida\u2019s Round of 64 game against No. 16 Prairie A&M, the man nicknamed the \u201cFlorida Final Boss\u201d has reemerged. This time, he has changed his appearance from his usual Florida jersey.<\/p>\n

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Following the Gators\u2019 upset loss to No. 9 Iowa, he was seen wearing a Nebraska Cornhuskers jersey at their Sweet 16 game against the team that eliminated Florida.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the giant\u2019s new look, along with social media reactions to his change of allegiance.<\/p>\n

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Who is the viral bodybuilder Florida fan?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, not much is known about the man who is most likely to have the biggest biceps in any gathering or arena he attends. One thing is abundantly clear about him: this fan certainly does not skip arm day at the gym.<\/p>\n

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The fan was first noticed during Florida’s Round of 64 game against Prairie View A&M. Here is when CBS’s broadcast found the giant.<\/p>\n

The bodybuilder also linked up with 7’9″ Gator center Olivier Rioux. Here is a picture of the two big bodies standing next to each other.<\/p>\n

After going viral donning a Gators jersey, the bodybuilder has swapped his allegiance to Nebraska after Florida’s surprise early exit from this year’s tournament.<\/p>\n

Social media reactions to viral bodybuilders change of allegiance<\/p>\n

The fan’s swap of fandom drew out reactions from college basketball fans far and wide. Here are a few of the best reactions on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n

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The bodybuilder is praying on the Hawkeyes’ downfall, as they were the ones to down the No. 1 Gators in this year’s tournament.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, the bodybuilder does not carry the same allegiance curse that popular rapper Drake does.<\/p>\n

While the former Gator giant has the resemblance of the Incredible Hulk, he appears to be on more of a villain arc against Iowa.<\/p>\n

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Where did the viral bodybuilder go to college<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, not much is known about Florida’s “Final Boss,” including where he attended college. It could be assumed that he attended Florida, explaining how he was able to receive a Gators jersey big enough to fit him, but nothing is known for certain.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps more public appearances will grant fans the opportunity to learn more about one of the literal biggest sports fans in recent memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Viral jacked Florida fan’ becomes ‘viral jacked Nebraska fan’ in stunning change of allegiance originally appeared on The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95214,95215,30294,28,30,29,3111,5733,7642,4646,25387,22622],"class_list":["post-207760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-allegiance","tag-bodybuilder","tag-drake","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gators","tag-iowa","tag-michigan","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-olivier-rioux","tag-ucla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}