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Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:11 pm to JamalMurry27
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Kirby successfully copied a formula no-one else could
This is a really good point. No one has been able to until him. We've all seen dozens of coaches attempt to do it and fail.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:11 pm to Uga Alum
Probably Kirby (as much as it pains me).
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:12 pm to Uga Alum
Spurrier won more SECCGs than Kirby back when the SECCG was a bigger deal. Spurrier needed one more national championship to be on the Mount Rushmore of SEC coaches in my opinion.
Kirby has one more national championship than Spurrier but also needs one more national championship to be on the Mount Rushmore of SEC coaches in my opinion.
As of today, I would call it a draw.
Kirby has one more national championship than Spurrier but also needs one more national championship to be on the Mount Rushmore of SEC coaches in my opinion.
As of today, I would call it a draw.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:13 pm to BFANLC
3 different SEC teams won national titles in 90s and AU went undefeated once or twice. Tenn was the 4th winningest team of the decade behind FSU, NEB and UF.
SEC was competitive then also...and Spurrier ended every year having to face the winningest program of the 90s.
SEC was competitive then also...and Spurrier ended every year having to face the winningest program of the 90s.
This post was edited on 12/5/25 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:14 pm to Go Go Gata
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3 different SEC teams won national titles in 90s and AU went undefeated once or twice.
Thx...man it's been so long ago.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:16 pm to BFANLC
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This is a really good point. No one has been able to until him. We've all seen dozens of coaches attempt to do it and fail.
I'd say only about 10 percent of Georgia fans were "frick yeah, we got Kirby!" when Kirby was hired. And a lot of that had to do with reputation of Saban disciples as head coaches, especially Muschamp. Back then, Kirby and Muschamp were basically the same person in the eyes of a lot of Georgia fans, and Muschamp had just got fired by Florida.
I was one of those people who was afraid that we were getting another Muschamp, but then again I am wrong a lot.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:17 pm to djsdawg
Both built dynasties in a sense, but only one took over a disaster with minimal history while the other took over a team with multiple sec championships in the past.
Florida had never won an SEC title before Spurrier came in. Slight difference.
Florida had never won an SEC title before Spurrier came in. Slight difference.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:18 pm to Go Go Gata
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SEC was competitive then also...and Spurrier ended every year having to face the winningest program of the 90s.
Alabama and Georgia both called in sick for most of the '90s. This helped Spurrier's cause.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:19 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Bama was Bama (won a NC and a few SEC titles) and UGA was UGA.
What they are today was/is not the norm.
What they are today was/is not the norm.
This post was edited on 12/5/25 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:21 pm to Geauxgurt
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Florida had never won an SEC title before Spurrier came in.
Florida won first SEC title in 1984.
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Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:48 pm to Uga Alum
Kirby because he was able to learn from the best. He also followed up a really good coach who regularly won 10 games a season. There’s only a few programs I can think of that can transition from one coach to another without a long down period.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 9:51 pm to Uga Alum
Kirby. The SEC is a different beast than it was in the 90s.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 10:07 pm to Uga Alum
Way too early for this comparison. What spurrier did over the course of his career at different locations is more impressive to me than one more national championship in the playoff era at a school that was successful before smart got there.
This isn’t a slight to smart it’s just that his body of work is much less than spurrier’s. But that’s just my opinion and I never was a fan of spurrier until his later years at South Carolina when he wasn’t as much of a smartass and was actually self deprecating at times.
This isn’t a slight to smart it’s just that his body of work is much less than spurrier’s. But that’s just my opinion and I never was a fan of spurrier until his later years at South Carolina when he wasn’t as much of a smartass and was actually self deprecating at times.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 10:16 pm to Uga Alum
Kirby and it’s not close.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 10:22 pm to Uga Alum
Spurrier and it’s not even close. Spurrier was a quarterback guru and Kirby is famous for letting five star quarterbacks leave.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 10:30 pm to Uga Alum
Both good for different reasons. Id probably want Kirby to run my program for the next 5 years but give me Spurrier if I had to play a game tomorrow.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 10:31 pm to Uga Alum
Kirby's built a powerhouse, but Spurrier was innovative.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 10:51 pm to UncleRoll
Consistency and toughness to Kirby.
Game coaching and feel give me Spurrier.
If I had prime Spurrier vs Kirby, and I had to win one game…
…give me the Ol’ Ball Coach.
Game coaching and feel give me Spurrier.
If I had prime Spurrier vs Kirby, and I had to win one game…
…give me the Ol’ Ball Coach.
Posted on 12/5/25 at 11:08 pm to Geauxgurt
in b4 you can’t spell Citrus without UT
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