re: Most underachieving football program in the SEC

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You don't say?!?!

I'm just pointing out that population can't be UF's only excuse since they passed a state like louisiana in the 40s and Georgia in the 50s yet didn't win the conference until the 90s. Pretty long stretch right?

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UNderstand. We actually won it in the 80's but it was removed by that sh*t stain you call a hero Dooley. But that's another issue. Most who moved to Florida during that period were old timers. You can see the population increase near the 50's and 60's being the most important. That group produced the generation of kids in state. Thats where the pipelines grew. Florida had success in the 60's. Then nothing. Miami started to pick it up late 70's, all three got it together in the 80's especially Miami because of their going into the poor areas in state and grabbing the kids no other programs would touch. That was the biggest change. The talent in Florida was in the poor neighborhoods, and no one really got these kids and gave them a chance till Howard. Once seeing this, Bowden and FSU followed suit as did UF.

I mean if UM and FSU were highly successful for a long time, your argument would be absolutely valid. But the fact that all three programs became strong at the same general time points to something had to change that helped make them relevant. All of them from the 80's on are basically the top tier programs...or were till Miami started sucking. Once the gateway opened, Florida became the Marquee state of CFB.