Life-long Florida fan Chipper Jones blasts Gators after Sugar Bowl loss

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones is honored during a ceremony to commemorate his retirement prior to the game against the New York Mets at Turner Field. (Photo: Kevin Liles, US Presswire)

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    Die-hard Florida fan Chipper Jones was as bitter as the rest of Gator Nation after they were stunned and upset by the Louisville Cardinals 33-23 in the Sugar Bowl Wednesday night.

    Jones, who has become a legend on social media since he joined last July, turned to Twitter to utter his frustration.

    "Never seen a more undisciplined football team in my life. As a life long UF fan, that was embarrassing," Jones tweeted.

    Jones' comment was re-tweeted almost 1,000 times by mid-afternoon Thursday.

    He wasn't done and followed up with: "I can handle getting beat, but to show ur [fannies] in front of the whole country? Sure hope the inmates ain't running the asylum down there!"

    The Cardinals were 14-point underdogs heading into the game. Not only did they earn their biggest victory in school history, but it was also the biggest upset in a BCS history.

    Jones, who has over 218,000 followers, was drafted by the Atlanta Braves out of a Jacksonville, Fla high school in 1990. He retired following the 2012 season.

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