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What if peyton manning went to Florida?

Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:36 pm
Posted by JamalMurry27
Tennessee Titans
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:36 pm
putting Danny W on the bench? Does florida win another national title? do they not win in 1996? are the unstoppable?......hard to envision them not being amazing....i think they win back to back in 96 and 97
Posted by Pimphand
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:37 pm to
You would still suck so no worries there man butterfly effect not withstanding...
Posted by jonnyanony
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Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:57 pm to
He'd still somehow have lost to Florida 4 times.
Posted by AlligatorEnthusiast
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:07 am to
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What if peyton manning went to Florida?


I truly believe we don't win in 1996. He had some sort of "unclutch" thing in college, and if he'd come here he probably would have found some other tea, likely Free Shoes, to become our version what we were to him. (An Orange clad, "UT" quarterback named Manning still hasn't won in The Swamp.)
Posted by Uga Alum
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:34 am to
If my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle.
Posted by Faurot fodder
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:15 am to
Off-season threads are hard.
Posted by UFMatt
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:28 am to
So in your mind Manning would have beaten out the QB that won every game against him and won the Heisman over him? Peyton was a great NFL QB but Danny and the Gators owned him and the Vols.
Posted by That LSU Guy
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:36 am to
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He'd still somehow have lost to Florida 4 times.
Posted by UKWildcats
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:57 am to
We would still all hate Tennessee.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:57 am to
Unless he was gonna suit up on D it wouldn’t matter. The nebraska team that decimated the gators and the Nebraska team that did the same thing to Peyton and the vols woulda still been around. Spurrier wasn’t a fan of playing triple option teams. Chews up too much clock and limits his offensive strategy.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:00 am to
Who knows if spurrier and manning could have even gotten along. Spurrier is an arse and Peyton is mouthy(it’s a Larry bird kinda trash talk but it’s there)
Posted by VFL67
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:06 am to
Nothing changes for florida. Tennessee probably gets Tim Couch and has no changes either
Posted by Victor R Franko
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:27 am to
" If, Ifs were fifths, we'd all be drunk!" - Dandy Don Meredith 1973.
Posted by ukraine_rebel
North Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:41 am to
I would think that he would have redshirted in ‘94 with UF having both Dean and Wurrfel, then likely remains on bench till ‘97, I do think it’s conceivable that UF would’ve continued their SEC dominance and could have won natty in ‘98.
Posted by theCAW
Polk County
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:22 am to
quote:

What if peyton manning went to Florida?
He still would’ve had zero wins against Florida
Posted by Lt. Columbo
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:49 am to
Peyton never had any clutch in the NFL either, had to have the Superbowl "win" over the Bears totally rigged in his favor, ditto the Denver retirement "win".
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:51 am to
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do they not win in 1996? are the unstoppable?.
Is that when Nebraska beat them by 50 points in the Fiesta Bowl? Peyton isn't that good on defense.
Posted by littleavery1948
Member since Oct 2014
6631 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:23 am to
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So in your mind Manning would have beaten out the QB that won every game against him and won the Heisman over him? Peyton was a great NFL QB but Danny and the Gators owned him and the Vols.


The QB is one position; there are 22 starters. Take the QB's away and Florida was still a lot better. When the talent around you is much better than the talent against you, you always look good. Switch Peyton and Danny, and Danny goes 0-4 against Florida (really 0-3, because Peyton did not start the 1994 game).
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:23 am to
He'd be a prick that went to school at Florida.

Rodo
Posted by BigScoreboard
Member since May 2021
1875 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:03 pm to
What if Steve Spurrier went to Tennessee since he was from up the road and that's where he wanted to go?
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