re: Is Florida football a One-Hit Wonder?

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The state was middle of the pack population wise until the growth of the sunbelt in the 70s

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This is simply not true.

Population of SEC states in 1960:

1. Florida- 4.952 million
2. Georgia- 3.943 million
3. Tennessee- 3.567 million
4. Alabama- 3.266 million
5. Louisiana- 3.257 million
6. Kentucky- 3.038 million
7. Mississippi- 2.178 million

Florida passed Georgia to become the largest state in the Deep South sometime in the mid-1950s. By 1960 it was one of the 10 largest states in the Union.