Florida was strong during the 80s as well with several 9 win seasons. If memory serves me they beat the "champions" of 1983 Miami *cough*. Florida became a national power under spurrier but they were a strong team before.

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Posted by thunderbird1100

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Posted on 7/8/09 at 2:10 am to rangers911

Simply put, no, Florida was much of nothing before Spurrier. They were the Texas Tech of the SEC. Decent but never on top. Zero National OR SEC Titles before the 1990s.

It's not a slight against them, just the truth. Similar things have happened to many programs...

Miami - 3 Top 10 finishes, 0 NC before the reign of Schnellenberger/Johnson/Erickson/Davis/Coker starting in the 1980s to the Early 2000s. 15 Top 10 finishes, 5 NC during that short reign (by comparison). So they weren't much before them...and so far haven't been much after.

Ole Miss/Minnesota/Illinois/Maryland/Michigan State/Texas A & M - All mattered and were big time a long time back (varies from team to team) but recently have been middle of the pack at best teams or doormats.

This post was edited on 7/8/09 at 2:14 am

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Posted by adammwilson

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Posted on 7/8/09 at 3:48 am to rangers911

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Florida was strong during the 80s as well with several 9 win seasons

they got those by cheating

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Posted by adammwilson

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Posted on 7/8/09 at 11:47 am to rangers911

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Florida was strong during the 80s as well with several 9 win seasons

1984 in light of major NCAA violations they were stripped of all wins.an SEC title in 1984 and 1985, though these were to be stripped due to NCAA violations

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