Les Miles is now the last supplier of SEC football fun
For a generation of rival SEC fans, Steve Spurrier was the bogeyman. He was brash and arrogant, and he completely upended the stablished order of the SEC. He changed the internal power dynamics of the conference, how we played football in the SEC, and the national perspective.
He was Bear Bryant for Generation X.
Let's look at the state of Florida's program when they hired Steve Spurrier. The Gators weren't exactly a bad program, nor were they one of the SEC powers. Florida had never won 10 games in a season and it had one only one SEC title in its history, in 1984.