The History of Jorts: “And on the way in we were being heckled by a Gator wearing jean shorts and a god-awful Florida tanktop, sleeveless — it was just disgusting. And he was calling us Gator bait and doing the Gator chomp. He looked to be in his 50s, yet probably because of all of his drinking and smoking, he was probably only 33.” Finally, Davis says, he could no longer endure the man’s invectives. And so out it came, loud in volume and powerful in tone: “Gators wear jean shorts.” Soon the entire Georgia student section began to chant it: “Gators wear jean shorts! Gators wear jean shorts!” (Orlando Sentinel)