Dan Werner had been threatening to shave his head but teammates never believed the sophomore from New Jersey would actually do it. When he came to Florida’s pre-game meal in Nashville before the Vanderbilt game with the new hairless look, he caught his teammates by surprise.
“I just started laughing because he was always talking about doing it for about two weeks,” said freshman Jai Lucas. “Everybody was saying ‘Dan you aren’t going to do anything.’ People started betting him. He came to pre-game meal with a bald head so everybody was like ‘wow, he really did it.’ I was really surprised when he went bald.”
Werner said the hairless look was just a crazy idea to shake things up for himself and his team. The Gators have been in a slump both in the win column and with their outside shooting, so he shaved the head.
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