Manning Never Beat Florida

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BowlBrother85 said:
Jay Graham wasn't fine in the '95 game. That really should have been a closer game .... he had two fumbles in the 3rd quarter that really stung. We threw in the towel after that.
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It should have been a win but I wouldn't put the loss on Graham. 17 rushes for 87 yards isn't bad. Fumbles happen and the one that was retuned was a ridiculous fluke. We crumbled under adversity and that's on coaching.
 
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Cartervol said:
Supporting cast wasn't good enough.. UF had it rolling at that time. Not many teams were beating UF in those days.
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You are right! However, besides their ‘95 team, it seems someone would always slip up and beat him each year. Seems one year Miss State did; and Auburn; maybe another unlikely team and then Florida State at years end a few times. I think Bama handed him two losses one year.
 
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NEO said:
I totally agree. That 97 teams was loaded with future NFL stars. Spurrier would have won 3 titles with the 95-99 team in my opinion.
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The '99 team was even better in my opinion. We absolutely had the better team that year, but we let one man (Alex Brown) disrupt our offense. That was awful.
 
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I blame the rise in “player x beat team” popularity in having to defend our childhood heros like MJ and Tom Brady when all the other metrics get surpassed. Up until what seems fairly recent there was no “I” in teamwork.
 
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#110
Can’t decide whether this is about Peyton or Nico but I’ll say this. The younger people here probably don’t realize that the bama game was the biggest game of the season back then not Florida. If memory serves me correctly Manning beat them 3 times.
Florida had an incredible run with Spurrier at the helm and actually changed college football.
Out of 9 tries Phillip Fulmers Tennessee teams beat Spurrier only twice but I guess that was Peyton’s fault too. At least that’s what we were told during the Great Heisman Heist
 
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#1fulmerite said:
You are right! However, besides their ‘95 team, it seems someone would always slip up and beat him each year. Seems one year Miss State did; and Auburn; maybe another unlikely team and then Florida State at years end a few times. I think Bama handed him two losses one year.
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For the 3 years Manning “couldn’t beat them”,in 95 they lost the bowl game to Nebraska (de facto NC game), in 96 lost the last RS game to FSU (then annihilated them in the bowl to win the NC). In 97 they lost to LSU and Georgia. Those 3 teams lost 4 games total. Likely the “pinnacle” of the Spurrier era.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
He played QB? Scored points? Kicked? Blocked?
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Quarterback is worthless if the receivers can’t catch and the blockers can’t block.
Running back is worthless if the blockers can’t block and there’s no passing game to mix it up.
Kicker can’t kick if the snapper can’t snap and the holder can’t hold and the blockers can’t block.
One of the traits that makes football the greatest game in the world is how each individual is so dependent on the rest of the team to do their job. I love it.
 
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Honestly, I think the 2001 team was more talented top to bottom than 1998. Imagine what could’ve been if Rohan Davey does not get hurt. Win the SEC. Get a shot at Miami, even though I think beating Miami would’ve been a tall order.
One game – who knows?
 
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salutethehill said:
Honestly, I think the 2001 team was more talented top to bottom than 1998. Imagine what could’ve been if Rohan Davey does not get hurt. Win the SEC. Get a shot at Miami, even though I think beating Miami would’ve been a tall order.
One game – who knows?
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So were the 1997 and 1999 teams. Luck plays an important part in most national championship seasons, for any team.

Edit: Maybe the 1989 and 1990 teams as well
 
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