re: Why do the majority say Florida football started under Spurrier…

Charley Pell started to build Florida football but it never really took off until th 90's. I don't think anybody thought Spurrier would do what he did but the rise of Florida, Florida St and Miami coincided with the great Florida migration In 1950 Florida had 2.7 million residents. In 1990 Florida had grown to 21 million. Lots of kids at that time were staying in state at all schools so its not just coincidence that the Florida schools got good with the massive boom in people moving there.