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<blockquote data-quote="stephenPE" data-source="post: 612536" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Revisionist history at its best. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Won one national championship (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Sugar_Bowl" target="_blank">1997</a>), and played for another (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Fiesta_Bowl" target="_blank">1996</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Won six SEC championships <strong>(<span style="color: #0059b3">1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000)</span></strong>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Named SEC Coach of the Year five times<strong><span style="color: #ff8000"> (1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996)</span></strong>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #0059b3"><strong>First <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" target="_blank">Heisman Trophy</a>-winner to coach a Heisman Trophy-winner</strong></span> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" target="_blank">Danny Wuerffel</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Won at least nine games in each of his twelve seasons, <span style="color: #0059b3"><strong>one of only three coaches in major college history to do so.</strong></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Averaged more than ten wins per season.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ranked in the final top fifteen in each of his twelve seasons, including nine top-ten finishes, five final top-five rankings, and an average end-of-season ranking of 6.8.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Appeared among the top twenty-five teams in the weekly polls 202 of a possible 203 weeks, including each of his last 202 consecutive weeks. The Gators were ranked number one in the polls twenty-nine times, appeared among the top five team for 117 weeks, and among the nation's top ten teams for 179 weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Appeared in a bowl game in each of his last eleven seasons—every season in which the Gators were eligible—one of only five schools to do so during the same time period.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #ff8000"><strong>Only coach in major college history to win as many as 120 games in his first twelve seasons at one school </strong></span>(an overall record of 122–27–1, with a winning percentage of .8167).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #0059b3"><strong>One of only two coaches in major college history to win ten or more games in six consecutive seasons</strong></span> (1993–1998).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #ff8000"><strong>Only college football team to score at least 500 points, including bowl games, for four consecutive years (1993–1996) since the NCAA began keeping statistics in 1937</strong></span>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stephenPE, post: 612536, member: 198"] Revisionist history at its best. [LIST] [*]Won one national championship ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Sugar_Bowl']1997[/URL]), and played for another ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Fiesta_Bowl']1996[/URL]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Won six SEC championships [B]([COLOR=#0059b3]1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000)[/COLOR][/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Named SEC Coach of the Year five times[B][COLOR=#ff8000] (1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996)[/COLOR][/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*][COLOR=#0059b3][B]First [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy']Heisman Trophy[/URL]-winner to coach a Heisman Trophy-winner[/B][/COLOR] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel']Danny Wuerffel[/URL]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Won at least nine games in each of his twelve seasons, [COLOR=#0059b3][B]one of only three coaches in major college history to do so.[/B][/COLOR][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Averaged more than ten wins per season.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Ranked in the final top fifteen in each of his twelve seasons, including nine top-ten finishes, five final top-five rankings, and an average end-of-season ranking of 6.8.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Appeared among the top twenty-five teams in the weekly polls 202 of a possible 203 weeks, including each of his last 202 consecutive weeks. The Gators were ranked number one in the polls twenty-nine times, appeared among the top five team for 117 weeks, and among the nation's top ten teams for 179 weeks.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*]Appeared in a bowl game in each of his last eleven seasons—every season in which the Gators were eligible—one of only five schools to do so during the same time period.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*][COLOR=#ff8000][B]Only coach in major college history to win as many as 120 games in his first twelve seasons at one school [/B][/COLOR](an overall record of 122–27–1, with a winning percentage of .8167).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*][COLOR=#0059b3][B]One of only two coaches in major college history to win ten or more games in six consecutive seasons[/B][/COLOR] (1993–1998).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [*][COLOR=#ff8000][B]Only college football team to score at least 500 points, including bowl games, for four consecutive years (1993–1996) since the NCAA began keeping statistics in 1937[/B][/COLOR].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier#cite_note-gatorzonespurrierbio-7'][7][/URL] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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