re: Better job for a head coach. Florida State or Florida

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mostbesttigerfanever

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I heard on ESPN that UF didn't have a 10 win season until the 90's. Is this true?

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Since you may not have been born until early to mid 1990s...I will let you in on history lesson...not until 1972 did UF even play 11 game seasons...so when you did play ten games...nine wins was pretty damn good....but I wont pretend that UF was a powerhouse except for when Spurrier played 1964-66 and in the mid 1970s when we had a wishbone team (as did others including Bama, AU etc etc) and we had powerful teams in the mid 1980s. Of course when Spurrier came to UF as HC in 1990 things changed dramatically. Charley Pell though had started the change when he was HC by getting boosters to start giving $$$ and the family of Ben Hill Griffin kicked in a lot of $$ to expand stadium.

UF is one of the few schools in the SEC to be a member of Association of American Universities, a very prestigious group of schools that excel in academics. I believe UF, Vandy, Mizzou and maybe A&M are members. The US News World Reports has listed UF as one the best values for students and the diverse background is almost unmatched.
UF is center of media attention for its athletic programs and not just football...back to back basketball NCs with a football BCS title sandwiched in between. The girls school has tried to keep up but cannot compete...the UF girls volleyball teams are awesome, ditto softball. When one looks at the whole entire package of athletic endeavors...its not even close for the girls school. Our budget for athletics is so far over the top compared to the little sisters it isnt funny.

No one in their right mind would choose the girls school if both programs offered. Its a top tier school in the best conference. Just think how worthless a championship trophy is for winning the ACC...look at the experience of competing in Atlanta and the media attention is 25 X what the ACC tries to throw out there even with ESPN footing huge bills to prop it up. Tix to the ACC are crap worthless peices of paper and a lot are given away to make it appear someone cares. Look at spring media days for the SEC...it gets again the 25 X media attention of the ACC.

I cant believe some of you numb skulls cant understand this.