Who destroyed Florida Gator football?

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Saban

Mr. Two Bits, when he retired.

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Who destroyed Florida Gator football?

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Who destroyed Florida Gator football?

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Mizzou when they scored 86 points but had 42 yards of total offense......in Gainesville.

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As we sift through the ashes of Arkansas football, it makes me feel better to change the subject every once in a while to Gata

Was it Muschamp's temper?

Shark Fricker's debauched sexual trysts with fish and game?

What was the pivotal moment triggering the downfall?

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The actual question is how in the frick did Steve Spurrier make Florida Football anything other than the SEC doormat it always was and is again? The period of success the enjoyed with spurrier and shortly after is the anomaly ...where they are now is where they have always been outside of that brief period in their history. what Spurrier accomplished would be akin to someone doing the same thing at Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri or ATM...all of those have a similar history to that of Florida, middle of the pack in the SEC or worse. Florida is not now and has never truly been a power in the SEC other than the 11 years Spurrier was there and the 5 Meyer was there they have played 99 years out of 117 as middle of the pack or worse against their peers. They have a fricking sub .700 all time win % and are .500 in bowl games. Took them over 70 years to win a conference title and 80 to win a national title. They are the 6th or 7th best program in the SEC behind Alabama, LSU, UGA, Tennessee and even Auburn and possibly Ole Miss. If you are in the same boat as Ole Miss and Mississippi State historically and you are where Florida is today it is to be expected, not shocking.

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What was the pivotal moment triggering the downfall?

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Will Grier getting popped for steroids was a big moment, IMO. Their 2015 team looked pretty legit with him at QB.

Corch Erskine Mysirs had something to do with it, I think.

Just like we did, Gata is now firmly in their decade of wandering the wilderness. Poor coaching hires are the biggest factor, but not the only one...and the semenholes rising back up recently hasn't helped matters.

One thing Longhorn fans learned the past painful decade is past success can only sustain you for so long, at some point you must make real fundamental changes to right the ship. For the first time Since Mack Brown was gently given the nudge, we now have alignment between not just the fanbase/BMD's and AD and coaching staff, but also University President as well. That last one is more important than most realize...get an academic bookworm who only has a fleeting interest in sports in the top office and that trickles down to the football program as well.

Flarda will rise again, they won't go the way of Nebraska as a forever has-been, but I don't think it's gonna happen with Sunbelt Billy steering the ship. Next coaching hire has to be the right guy..otherwise the wilderness wandering can drag on for another decade. Just for example, we think Sark is the right guy and the next 3 seasons or so will prove us right or wrong, but if he fails it won't be because of the other factors I mentioned. We're all in alignment now, that's what Gata must do. Having said that, keeping Billy for another season may be a setback, but it also could pay off beyond Gata fans wildest dreams if he happens to get through the meat grinder '24 schedule with only 2 or 3 losses. Will be interesting to watch if nothing else.