re: Program of the Decade

This shitty season for LSU puts Fla ahead...

LSU will need one more ring to get it

LSU is 90-24 2 BCSNC
Fl is 87-27 2 BCSNC

next year will be the tiebreaker because we are both pretty much even now

I think it is a toss up between LSU and Florida. A national championship for either of those teams or USC in the next two years will most likely decide it for me.

Also, not to flame, did anyone else see on the fox sports post game scroll that "FLORIDA: FIRST TEAM TO WIN TWO BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS[WON 2007" then cut off.

Still have a year to decide it, or two...depending if we're goin 2000-2009 or 2001-2010....

Two nat'l titles apiece...3 conference titles apiece if you count Florida's 2000 title...

Crappy years:
FLA: 2002-2004, 2007
LSU: 2000 (lost to UAB), 2002 (5 losses w/ bowl), 2008

This is as close as it gets, with next year making the difference, and with Florida's likely top preseason ranking, they have the early edge, but that's why you play the game...

Gators, see you in Death Valley on Oct. 10th!

I would think that UF and LSU would be the top 2. The early part of the decade with the Zooker probably hurts Florida. But with 4 NC between them, it would be tough to argue.

By the way, in post game stuff, it really ticked me off that they kept talking about coaches with 2 national championships and they kept talking about Pete Carrol and USC. I think that is a load of CRAP! We all know where the crystal ball is located for 2003

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I would think that UF and LSU would be the top 2. The early part of the decade with the Zooker probably hurts Florida. But with 4 NC between them, it would be tough to argue

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USC has two titles regardless of how much people here would like to believe they don't. If LSU was screwed as badly as USC was in 03, we'd bitch and say we had two titles as well.

Since 2002, these are LSU and USC's records:

LSU USC
02 8-5 11-2
03 13-1 12-1
04 9-3 13-0
05 11-2 12-1
06 11-2 11-2
07 12-2 11-2
08 8-5 12-1

We're 72-20
They're 82-9

We have two SEC titles
They have 7 Pac-10 titles

We have two NC's
They have two NC's

They have three Heisman winners
We have zero Heisman winners


You can bring up conference strength or whatever, but that all goes out the window when they have a substantially better resume.

Don't let the Zook years be forgotten at Florida. They had some VERY average 7-5, 8-4 teams for a 2-3 year stretch. A small stretch of mediocrity, but for a debate on just 8 years, cannot be forgotten.

I would rank it;

1) USC; 1 NC, 7 Pac-10 titles, 5 Rose Bowl Wins, Orange Bowl win
2) LSU; 2 NCs, 3 SEC titles, 4 Sugar Bowl Wins
3) Oklahoma; 1 NC, 4 NC game appearances, 4 Big 12 titles, 3-time Fiesta Bowl participant
4) Florida; 2 NCs, 2 SEC titles, 1 Orange Bowl
5) Ohio St.; 1 NC, 3 NC game appearances, 5 Big 10 titles, 3-time Rose Bowl participant
6) Texas; 1 NC, 2-time Big 12 winner, Rose Bowl win, Fiesta Bowl win

people forget the Zook years, we're still ahead of Florida. USC is #1 though.

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did you even think before you posted that?

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Oh c'mon. Put USC in the SEC from 02-08 and they never go 8-5.

USC, program of the decade...easily. 7 conference titles is in no way, shape, or form easy.

LSU and Florida are tied at 2nd.

2nd tier teams are Ohio State, OU, & Texas.