re: Most Underachieving Sports Program in the SEC?

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The correct answer is Florida. People get so tied down to recent history, when we're talking about HISTORY here. Like...since 1933 I'm assuming since SEC play started. Florida didn't win a thing until spurrier got there. And let's not forget UGA football is a top 12 or so program of all time. Look at the big picture please people instead of just looking for an excuse to rag on something. With the hotbed of talent florida is, and considering FSU was a girl's college until the 70s I think, Florida should've been dominating long before they actually started to.

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You're really reaching with that one. The state of Florida didn't have substantial growth in population until several years after World War II. That didn't catch up to the rest of the SEC until the late 1970s. They were pretty good throughout the 80s, but it still takes that "certain coach" to finally put a program on the map.

And FWIW, Florida State became a state school in the 1950s. Miami didn't have football until the 60s.