but we've never even been that until Spurrier got here. The most wins we had as an SEC team before Holtz was 7. We were a perennial 5 to 6 wins a season. Holtz had 2(what we considered great at the time) decent seasons where we won 8 and 9 games(what we seem to be scoffing at now). After those 2 seasons he followed up with back to back 5 win seasons and a 6 win season his last here. Along comes Spurrier who pulls us out of the basement of the SEC but even he struggled to get us to win more than 7 games with one 8 win season in his first 5 years. Everything changed for us in 2010 when we won the East and won 9 games. We were spoiled from 2010 to 2014. We felt we had finally arrived where we should have been all along. Now expectations have changed and we have become critical over seasons we would have once been ecstatic about. I remember when the Carquest Bowl win was the pinnacle of our success. I even had a t-shirt. How embarrassing does that now seem? Muschamp has accomplished more in his first 3 seasons than any other coach. He's recruiting decently. Lets give him some time before we get down on him for only winning 7 or 8 games. He's in his 3rd year of a complete overhaul. The team has improved each year even if the win total hasn't. I think we're headed in the right direction but we'll never know if we pull the plug too soon.
Yeah a constant clash that I’ve seen on this board and everywhere else is old school fans vs new school fans. Like you said I remember watching the Carquest bowl and thinking it was the greatest thing ever . I remember getting Thrashed by LSU in the Gator Bowl and being thrilled just to get invited . Newer fans watched Spurrier consistently beat UGA , UT , Clemson , UF and now they expect it . Truth is .. love him or hate him Spurrier was a freak of nature . I think the old school guys are perfectly happy with 8-5 , 7-5 and the new school guys scoff at it . What makes it tough for the New school guys to swallow is , Dabo has created a football Dynasty 100 miles up the road in a cow pasture . If they can do it why can’t we . Not sure what the answer is .