What about overall record and SEC record since the 1992 expansion

More importantly average finish in the polls

You are bringing up Bama accomplishments over a small period since 1992

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Posted by bamasgot13

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Posted on 6/30/16 at 9:58 am to Pizzza n Beer

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You are bringing up Bama accomplishments over a small period since 1992

I assume you are talking about only the last 8 seasons when you say "small period". Bama won the SEC & Natty in 1992, they won the West in 92, 93, 94, 96, 99. Won the SEC in 99. Won 10+ games in 92, 94, 96, 99, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (that's 14 of the 24 seasons since expansion).

the down years of DuBose (which included a 10 win SEC title season), Fran (which included a 10 win season), and Shula (which included a 10 win season) make it look questionable, but there is waaaaaay more success since expansion than failure.

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Posted by elposter

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Posted on 6/30/16 at 10:16 am to Pizzza n Beer

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What about overall record and SEC record since the 1992 expansion

I'm sure Florida has the better overall record and SEC record since 1992.

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More importantly average finish in the polls

Not sure, but I bet if you average them all up, they would actually be pretty close.

Alabama has been unranked in the AP poll 7 times since 1992 and Florida has been unranked 5 times.

1st place - Alabama (5), Florida (3)
Top 5 - Alabama (7), Florida (8)
Top 10 - Alabama (12), Florida (13)

Pretty even with the most important stat (#1 finishes) going to Alabama.

When you ask if there has been a "changing of the guard" in terms of the SEC's top team being Florida instead of Alabama, I think the answer is pretty clearly no. Florida has a had a great run since 1992, but the problem is Alabama has too albeit front loaded and backloaded with a bad spot in the middle.

Also the last 7 years has been dominated by Alabama so to ask if there has been a changing of the guard of top SEC team from Alabama to someone else just seems like a strange question at this time since Alabama has been the top dog again for quite a few years.

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Posted by JustGetItRight

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Posted on 6/30/16 at 10:49 am to Pizzza n Beer

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What about overall record and SEC record since the 1992 expansion

What the heck, I'll play with the troll.

There's a 5.5 game difference between the two.

Since expansion:

UF 230-78-1
Alabama 224-83-1

You picked a time period that includes the worst decade in Alabama football since the 1950s and UF's overall record is virtually even with fewer national titles.

Congrats?