The Handbags have their NCAA Championship parade scheduled for this Saturday, in what will be another “I wonder if there’s a meteor shower scheduled for Gainesville” opportunity for wishful thinking. But on the heels of Jorts Nation’s joy comes brutal reality rearing its head and laughing with a full-throat that wherever you go, Gators, there you always will be.

Rodgers ruled that Rashada’s tortious interference claims are dismissed, while his fraudulent misrepresentation and inducement, conspiracy to commit fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims survive to discovery and go toward trial. Napier, Castro-Walker, Hathcock and Hathcock’s former company, Velocity Automotive, had all filed motions to dismiss in recent months.

While Rashada’s transfer to Georgia gave Smart the opportunity to the funniest thing ever in being able beat the Gators on the field and off, turns out that the financial joy in doing so took longer than Rashada’s actual time as a Bulldog. Maybe the transfer was mutually beneficial to both the quarterback as well as Smart, as Rashada could rep and rehab against a great defense in practice and Kirby could learn more about how to avoid the mistakes the Handbags made in dropping the bag and publicly being embarrassed (a stretch for Florida, I know, but still).

In tribute to Bayou Billy and the NIL era, consider this the musical palate cleanser for the day.

What we don’t know keeps the contracts alive and movin’
They don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove ’em

Seems apropos, no?