Looking at things in perspective, you have to put Steve Spurrier's winning of the Heisman Trophy at the top. This was the first time Florida football was ever recognized with an award of this magnitude on the national stage -- I'm talking Heisman, I'm talking National Championship type stuff. The Heisman was only given to two SEC players in history before Spurrier won it -- Frank Sinkwich of Georgia and Billy Cannon of LSU.
To continue on with football, another milestone was Florida defeating Georgia Tech in the 1967 Orange Bowl game. Again it was Spurrier and Larry Smith leading the Gators to victory over Kim King and Lenny Snow. It was the Gators first win in one of the big four New Year's Day Bowls -- Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Rose. Spurrier had taken us to the Sugar Bowl, but we lost to Missouri. With Spurrier's Heisman and the Orange Bowl win, the Florida Gators were beginning to play on the national stage.
Again with football. 1984 SEC Champions the team built by Charley Pell. Yeah, I know Pell was fired three games into the season and the team was coached by Galen Hall, but this team had Charley Pell written all over it. You Know, They Know, We Know who were the real SEC champions that year.
Steve Spurrier, Coach Steve Spurrier this time, with his domination of SEC football in the 1990s. How many times does the name Spurrier come up in Florida Gator milestones!
Let's move out of football and give basketball some credit due. The back to back NCAA tournament champions. An unbelievable accomplishment for a school that played basketball in tiny Alligator Alley that rocked to the band playing Watermelon Man.