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Gainesville bar to offer free shots for every Gator score vs. Alabama

Florida lost to Alabama by 14 in the 2015 SEC Championship Game. (Getty)
Florida lost to Alabama by 14 in the 2015 SEC Championship Game. (Getty)

If you’re confident Florida will score against Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, there’s a bar in Gainesville where you can drink some free alcohol.

According to the Alligator, Florida’s student newspaper, the 101 Cantina will offer free shots for every time Florida scores on the Tide. Alabama is a 24-point favorite in the SEC Championship Game rematch.

The Tide beat the Gators 29-15 in 2015.

“To us, it’s not about the money,” bar co-owner Erik Zika told the Alligator. “It’s to have a good party and to have a good time.”

Florida’s offense has been anemic at times in 2015. The Gators average 24 points per game, good for 104th in the country. Meanwhile, Alabama’s defense allows 11.4 points a game, the best mark in the country. Only Mississippi (43) and Arkansas (30) have scored more than 14 points against Alabama.

There probably won’t be too many shots given out at the cantina. And it’s not the first time it’s done the free alcohol promotion recently. The bar gave free drinks to fans of the winning political party in the Nov. 8 elections.

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The 101 Cantina is the same restaurant where Florida linebacker Christian Garcia worked over the summer. Garcia said he stopped an alleged sexual assault behind the bar late one night when he was taking out the trash. The man Garcia saw having sex with an unconscious woman was apprehended by police and charged with sexual battery.

The bar also had an eviction complaint filed against it by the building’s owners in September and filed a countersuit in response.

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Nick Bromberg is the assistant editor of Dr. Saturday on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!