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re: Who destroyed Florida Gator football?
Posted on 2/22/24 at 11:32 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 2/22/24 at 11:32 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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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?
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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Posted on 2/22/24 at 11:45 am to AwgustaDawg
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The period of success the enjoyed with spurrier and shortly after is the anomaly
If Tennessee had offered Spurrier in football instead of basketball, Florida probably never has him as a player or coach.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 12:00 pm to AwgustaDawg
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The period of success the enjoyed with spurrier and shortly after is the anomaly
It's pretty rare for a team to be consistently good for more than a decade or so.
Spurrier did something that's generally pretty rare: consistent success over a long period.
Not too many programs can say that: Bama over the last 15, Florida for 12, Texas 1990s-mid-2000s.
Florida had success before then but not enough to win titles. Even Georgia petered out in the mid-1980s.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 1:41 pm to AwgustaDawg
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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?
It was a matter of time before the Florida schools got good. The growth of the state = growth in home grown football talent.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:00 pm to AwgustaDawg
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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
The state of Florida had a massive influx in population in the late 70s and contributed to all of the universities in the state of Florida (Miami, FSU, Florida) and their football success in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
Before the late 70s, Florida had a relatively small population compared to every state in the Southeastern conference. Obviously, not the case now. And even more obvious, you’re a moron.
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 9:04 pm
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