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re: Why is UF seen as a top job?

Posted on 10/30/25 at 6:25 am to
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
1070 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 6:25 am to
Florida is an excellent, top tier job. Just my opinion.
Posted by Kirby59
Rocket City
Member since Nov 2016
1010 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 6:33 am to
You are just mad the Gators whooped that azz in the Bball NC game.
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20713 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 6:36 am to
“ Bear Bryant, quite possibly the greatest football coach of all time, once stated in regards to the University of Florida football program that "there's a sleeping giant down there."


Rich, fertile recruiting ground.


Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
21609 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 6:44 am to
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I’ve said this before but I think the ceiling at Florida is just about as high as it gets in the sport. It’s just a question of if it can be reached. There are negatives. The floor isn’t as high as it is at LSU for example. But the location is great for tapping into Miami, Atlanta, and everything in between.

The distance and recruiting hot bed aspect is undersold if anything.

Florida was a recruiting Mecca pre-Covid with 21M residents, but post covid Florida has added 2M people. To put that in context the entire state of Alabama is only 5M people. To put it further in context it has a larger population to draw on than GA + MS + AL combined.

So Florida added 40% of the state of AL in the past 6 years. That matters even if not all those players grew up Florida fans.

The state also hosts the IMG academy which means you have a massive blip of blue chip talent not far from Gainesville to partner with and recruit from.

If the NIL situation is worked out you can win championships at Florida without a doubt.
Posted by crimsoncoded94
Georgiana
Member since Aug 2025
1726 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 6:58 am to
Miami was cheating hard when they won all those titles. Everyone knows it.
Posted by TexToughKnuckles
Member since Oct 2025
89 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:11 am to
They have made the playoff several times since its inception, Florida has not
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Um...how is FSU a better job? They are 0-4 this year 2-10 last year. Are you insane or very, very dumb?
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
14517 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:13 am to
Top 3 recruiting state.
Great environment: Gainesville is a safe college town near beautiful Florida beaches and no state taxes.
Winning tradition under Spurrier and Meyer aka championship can be won at Florida.
Only SEC school in Florida and FSU and Miami suck being in the ACC.
Posted by Toroballistic
Tallahassee
Member since Dec 2017
2193 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:47 am to
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Um...how is FSU a better job?

They are 0-4 this year 2-10 last year.


Are you insane or very, very dumb?


Actually FSU is 3-4 this year.

Are you ignorant or very, very stupid?
Posted by theCAW
Polk County
Member since Dec 2023
8464 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 10:28 am to
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The only negative is the in-state competition for recruits
it’s a bit of a negative but not so much as the reason 3 p4 programs can exist there is there are so many recruits in state that it can be sustained.

It’s true there’s competition for the top of the top but that’s true for every elite recruit no matter where they are located

For instance Jeremiah smith was from FL and ended up at Ohio state

Elite recruits will be targeted by big programs in or out of state
Posted by Go Go Gata
Member since Oct 2016
4656 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:14 am to
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hey have made the playoff several times since its inception, Florida has not


1 time is several now?

You cant even troll right.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 11:16 am
Posted by Jdillard343434
Greenville sc
Member since Dec 2020
2675 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:24 am to
We have way more money then free shoe university
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
16346 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:41 am to
Miami is a paper tiger with little fan support, they got lucky when coaches recruited white kids from PA.

FSUs image was built in a one horse acc.
Posted by TexToughKnuckles
Member since Oct 2025
89 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:23 pm to
Miami shits all over Gainesville and it isn’t particularly close
Posted by Justme66
Member since Oct 2025
24 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to
What is the remark about Brazil? It is the country of the future and always will be.

Sometimes potential can be hard to realize. I remember reading an article about 15 years ago arguing there were four schools since WW II that had huge untapped potential: A&M, UNC, UCLA and Illinois.

All had access to prime recruits. Three of the four were close to prime media markets. But all had vastly underperformed.

I know that A&M looks incredible now but that article still held up well as of August.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27668 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:42 pm to
Um..Miami shits on most college towns after you are done with college.....because Miami is not a college town. . Big city compared to college towns...very easy stuff.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 2:43 pm
Posted by TexToughKnuckles
Member since Oct 2025
89 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:10 pm to
Gainesville isn’t a college town either, it’s a dump
Posted by Go Go Gata
Member since Oct 2016
4656 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:24 pm to
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Gainesville isn’t a college town either, it’s a dump

So, why the obsession?
Posted by Buttermilk Pancakes
Philadelphia
Member since Jul 2013
2420 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:56 pm to
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Their rivals uga and ut have been significantly better than uf for a long time now.


As someone who is from BIG country and watches more SEC games over the last 20+ years to learn more about this rivalry, UT is not significantly better. Vols always found ways to lose even when they had the better team! UT was Gatorbait for a long arse time and I can usually look forward to them choking! You’re joking right!
Posted by RockyRococco
Jacksonville FL
Member since Aug 2021
1886 posts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:57 pm to
Posted by BigOrangeKen
Union City
Member since Oct 2015
3919 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:57 am to
They have plenty of money in a talent rich state. Good weather year round nice facilities
A crazy fan base.
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