Pell never got a AP type national title.
We will not hire a Bama boy like Pell again. UF has been probation free for decades since Pell. Pell did get Ben Hill Griffin to donate money to UF football which helped UF but he also used too many Bama recruiting techniques which got UF on probation which sent top Florida talent to Miami and FSU and built up their programs.
Our last two Bama former assistant coaches Mac and Muschamp failed also. Hiring former Bama assistant coaches took Foley down.
Do it the Florida way not the Bama way. The last time UF won national titles Spurrier and Mullen were on campus. They will dig UF out of the Bama funk that Mac and Muschamp got UF in.
Pell gave us our first SEC Championship in over 70 years. I have the coke bottles to prove it. And followed up with a 2nd in '85. Probation was worth it. These days you've got to be extra stopid-dumb to get probation. You can bend the f out of the rules and get away with it. Pell left Spurrier with the foundation for excellence. halFaSsU and scUM were going to get their share of recruits simply because of Florida's population growth.
I get that academics don't care about football NC's. You're all about the squeaky clean image, all sports trophies, graduation rates and being debt free. Take it to a nerd board. We don't give a flying fcvk. We want football NC's! If we go in debt, even better. Show's we're trying. Couldn't care less about a few nefarious players as long as the suit up on Saturday - just like our competition. Bend the rules - just like our competition. Wave academics for retards - just like our competition.
Commit to winning the SEC every year or join the Ivy League. I have no desire to be the next Vanderbilt in the SEC.