re: Programs who've had a great past 20 years...

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Damn I would have thought Florida would be closer if not ahead of us



The comparison with the prior 20 years includes a good run in the 80's and the first half of Spurrier's tenure. It's about what I would have expected.

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So it would be 76-96 vs 97-2106 (or close to it). The end of Cholly Mac had at least one losing season in there and two or three avg 8 won seasons then the up and down of Stovall, above avg but not great during Arnsbarger, strong start under Archer but the dark days followed up until 96 so in reality that would be one of LSU's "worst" 20 years.

Where the 97-16 run would be bad finish for Dinardo but a couple solid yrs out of the darkness atleast then the greatness of both Saban and Miles. The best 20 year run of the program. I can see why LSU is so high.

And for UF, while no SEC championships until early Spurrier they were competitive with some of the late 80's teams and kinda showed what could be in the future. then the second part they still get some of Spurrier (i think) and the Urbie. Greatness split over both periods but it's been a great last 20 years for both programs