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re: Florida isn't a better job than Ole Miss or Missouri
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:50 am to lewis and herschel
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:50 am to lewis and herschel
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History is always a predictor of the future with some exceptions. That said Florida is still the best state for HS football recruits
Yet Florida failed to get to 9 wins a season. Same for FSU.
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:50 am to everytrueson
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The geezer crowd is downvoting this.
Newsflash- teams can’t horde talent anymore. So if Florida has every single good player….they are leaving now to go elsewhere to both play and make money instead of waiting for their opportunity.
Muh “fertile recruiting grounds” and “history” don’t matter in our NIL landscape.
I’ll give you geography in this case. Mizzou isn’t backed up to the gulf. But hey if you are coaching your arse off 24/7 and making millions, you can afford trips when you aren’t working. So what are you really missing?
Welcome to 2025.
It's a simple concept, but apparently hard to grasp. No Mizzou or Ole Miss fan here is arguing that they are equal to Florida historically. If this discussion was happening prior to NIL / Portal, I would be wondering when, not if, the announcement of Drink to Florida or Penn State would occur.
There are also weirdly a couple Tennessee fans in here defending Florida's honor. They also probably hate that they couldn't put it together for the last 20 years of the golden age of blue bloods.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:54 am to TrueLefty
RGIII went to UF? 
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:59 am to Craw_Dad
It is not currently a better job but the ceiling at a place like Florida is clearly higher than @ Mizz or OM
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:00 am to Craw_Dad
If you look at the history of Florida, Spurrier and Meyer were very successful there. Not many other coaches have done a lot while having that job.
They have now gone through four coaches since Meyer closed out his Florida career. Did these four coaches all of a sudden forget how to coach football? Florida has always had talent. Lack of talent is not the issue. Back in the olden days there was a lot of meddling by boosters, think of Auburn now.
Florida fans tell us what you think the issue is concerning the Florida coaching job.
They have now gone through four coaches since Meyer closed out his Florida career. Did these four coaches all of a sudden forget how to coach football? Florida has always had talent. Lack of talent is not the issue. Back in the olden days there was a lot of meddling by boosters, think of Auburn now.
Florida fans tell us what you think the issue is concerning the Florida coaching job.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:02 am to BreakawayZou83
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But now Mizzou and Ole Miss are stacked with talent as well.
Not even top 20 in the country.
They may be "stacked" in comparison to their own history, but not in relation to actual elite talent.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:03 am to lewis and herschel
The past is the past. As we sit today, MO & Ole Miss are significantly better. FL has upside but that’s it. Has to be tapped. Hasn’t been since Urban.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:05 am to BreakawayZou83
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This was the end of the discussion before NIL and the Portal. But now Mizzou and Ole Miss are stacked with talent as well. And both programs have fans who are willing to shell out cash to bring talent to Oxford and Columbia. Mizzou has its most talented team by composite in its history - and yes - credit to Drink, but the bigger factor is a potent NIL spend. High school recruiting grounds simply don’t matter as much as they used to in terms of assessing potential roster strength.
Keep hearing how it’s already been accomplished by non traditional power schools — but wait — the national champions during the NIL era have been Georgia, Ohio State, and Michigan lmao.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:06 am to EZOU
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As we sit today, MO & Ole Miss are significantly better.
Notice, only Mizzou and Ole Miss fans believe this.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:06 am to EZOU
College football landscape is 100% different than it was even 5 years ago, much less 10-15+ years ago
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:07 am to Craw_Dad
Didn't read because the title's so ridiculous. Florida is 10x better than the other two.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:11 am to Quicksilver
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College football landscape is 100% different than it was even 5 years ago, much less 10-15+ years ago
Everyone keeps saying this yet the powers keep landing the best talent and winning natties.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:12 am to HunterDawg
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Florida is 10x better than the other two.
Florida is a dumpster fire and has been for awhile, yet still is #12 on the team talent composite.
Mizzou and Ole Miss are having some of their best years ever and haven't even cracked the top 20.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:15 am to lewis and herschel
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Florida had 3 NCs in the past 30 years. I hate them but they are absolutely a better a job and only a fool would not think so.
Yeah, Nebraska used to think the same thing and here we are.
My point is those 3 NC's you reference don't mean sheet. You act as if for every NC a team has in the past they get an extra TD to start the game or something?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:16 am to Lt. Columbo
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This! Our boosters are softies, don't buy into the "toxic" narrative that Tim Brando is spewing
What a maroon!
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:18 am to Craw_Dad
There’s only so many P5 jobs out there so I don’t think it’s anything to sneeze at either though
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:26 am to Nasty_Canasta
Is Florida a better job than OM and Mizzou....yes. However the gap is much closer thanks to NIL and the portal. Job security is also much lower at Florida and they would have to start over.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:26 am to Smokeyone
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Ole Miss and Mizzou will never take championship level football seriously. Florida has before and can again.
Paying Drink over $9 MILION per year isn't serious enough for you?
you realize how stupid you sound now? Be careful UcheaT fan........UT is fading fast as a has been just like Nebraska!
Another couple crappy seasons and no more preseason over ranking like the past decade. Maybe UcheaT doesn't take football serious enough?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:30 am to bunkerhill
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Spurrier and Meyer were very successful there
Yes and that was when FL cheated. Now with NIL everyone gets to cheat out in the open.
So, GAME ON MF's!!!
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:32 am to bunkerhill
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Back in the olden days there was a lot of meddling by boosters, think of Auburn now.
Florida fans tell us what you think the issue is concerning the Florida coaching job.
Back in the olden days?
Exactly which days are these?
If you are talking about the 80's, the boosters were only meddling because the coaches wanted them to do so.
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