Gator Country

Jaggator · 03-01-2013, 10:28 AM

"We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location, money — but in the end, we simply asked ourselves the following question: Where would we want to coach? After ranking each conference, Athlon turns the page to the overall power rankings. Texas ranks as the best job in college football, with Florida, Alabama, USC and Ohio State rounding out the top five."

See rankings for all.

http://www.athlonsports.com/college-...hing-jobs-2013

Jaggator · 03-01-2013, 10:39 AM

Victory! Gators finally beat out Alabama in a football related article.

**regurgigator** · 03-01-2013, 10:42 AM

Pretty good list and No. 2 is not bad at all for UF.

But, I still put more credence in the opinion of actual football coaches as to what is the best head coaching job, and the last survey I saw of coaches had UF No. 1. I think the preference of coaches (i.e., of the preference of the market) is the very definition of which job is best.

Jaggator · 03-01-2013, 10:49 AM

11. Florida State???

Pros: "You can make the argument that Florida State offers all of the positives of Florida without the brutal competition of the SEC East. Would you rather battle Clemson, NC State and Boston College or Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina every year?

Cons: Florida State has a nice following, but its fans can be on the fickle side. Last season, when the Seminoles had legitimate national title ambitions, Doak Campbell was “only” filled to 92 percent capacity. Not bad, but not quite up to standards of most programs of similar stature. Also, the ACC has been relatively weak in recent seasons; an undefeated ACC champ might not automatically play for a national title.

Final Verdict: Florida State enjoyed an unbelievable run of success from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. But the Noles lost five games or more three times from 2006-10. Winning is no longer automatic."

gator2109 · 03-01-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by regurgigator

Pretty good list and No. 2 is not bad at all for UF.

But, I still put more credence in the opinion of actual football coaches as to what is the best head coaching job, and the last survey I saw of coaches had UF No. 1. I think the preference of coaches (i.e., of the preference of the market) is the very definition of which job is best.

Yup.

Texas gets top honors in most of these articles and the vast amounts of cash is always cited. To me, most of the top football programs are going to spend the money that needs to be spent to compete. There comes a point where more money isn't really going to improve your football program much more when compared to your peers. That is when recruiting, culture, location etc come into play which is why the coaches would lean toward UF being at the top.

fox · 03-01-2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaggator

11. Florida State???

Pros: "You can make the argument that Florida State offers all of the positives of Florida without the brutal competition of the SEC East. Would you rather battle Clemson, NC State and Boston College or Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina every year?

The latter!

**ThePlayer** · 03-01-2013, 02:39 PM

If only Athlon had any credibility left.
The Texas job is more overrated than red meat from Bevo.

(Still love you Jag...so no offense intended)

nawlinsgator · 03-01-2013, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaggator

11. Florida State???

Pros:Last season, when the Seminoles had legitimate national title ambitions, Doak Campbell was “only” filled to 92 percent capacity.

92% capacity? this guy is dreaming.

DawgFanFromAlabam · 03-01-2013, 05:03 PM

I was OK with it until I got to #20 South Carolina. One divisional title, never won the SEC, never sniffed a NC, stadium looks like a giant parking lot, they do have loyal, long suffering fans.

GatorJeff · 03-01-2013, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by nawlinsgator

92% capacity? this guy is dreaming.

I think he meant 9.2%.

RayGator · 03-02-2013, 02:50 AM

Well, I have to disagree with Athlon.

I rank the Florida Gators as the #1 College Football Program in the Country!

ACCecil · 03-02-2013, 09:07 AM

I don't think TX should be number 1 either.

In fact, until all this conference chair changing gets resolved I don't think any job outside the annointed "Big 4 Superconferences" is good or safe. Right now, the 4th SC is unknown. Clearly, the Big-10, the Pac-12 and the SEC are in the mix. Those conferences will survive. Everything else is uncertain right now.

I didn't open the link or read it but I am sure it says TX is number because of all the talent, all the money and being the king of your own region. No disagreement with that. TX is the big time. But I doubt the article really gets how precarious TX's situation is given that OU and OU Lite could bolt at any minute leaving TX the king of a pile of horse hockey.

I am not sure Bama is all that great of a job unless things are going as well as they are now. But one slight slip up and those people get ugly quick. Ask Mike Dubose. Ask Bill Curry. In fact, the last I looked, those people are ugly to begin with.

I don't know where FSU should rank but here again FSU is on thin ice conference wise and the gap is only getting wider. FSU can't even hang on to assistant coaches anymore. Tally is nice but it isn't Miami and young people like the bigger cities. Hell, there is an even chance USF and UCF could be considered as good, or better, than FSU depending on how FSU survives the conference mess. Getting into the Big-10 or SEC would be salvation money wise but if it is the SEC at 18 or 20, FSU will find the competitive going brutal schedule wise.

I'v heard talk, I admit it is unlikely, that one way to save the ACC is divide the money based more or which program generates the most revenue, this would obviously favor the football strong schools, but of course UNC will just probably turn the lights off after they bolt to the SEC or Big-10 and leave NCST and FSU and Clem hanging.

So, after all that, I can see how anyone would put UF near the top. All the advantages and very stable. USCw is a great job too, IMHO.

tegator80 · 03-02-2013, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ACCecil

I don't think TX should be number 1 either...

I didn't open the link or read it but I am sure it says TX is number because of all the talent, all the money and being the king of your own region. No disagreement with that. TX is the big time. But I doubt the article really gets how precarious TX's situation is given that OU and OU Lite could bolt at any minute leaving TX the king of a pile of horse hockey...

Let's just agree that they are NOW #1 with the real chance of being a VERY large fish in a VERY small pond. And then I agree that the job prestige takes a big hit. But that is in the future.

sovietgator · 03-04-2013, 07:41 PM

Seeing as how Muschamp left #1 Texas to come to #2 Florida, then that makes Florida #1 in my book.

gatorev12 · 03-04-2013, 08:11 PM

Pretty fair list tbh. Texas will always tend to come in at #1 of these kinds of lists due to their large endowment--which is realistically the only thing that separates them from the rest of the pack anyway.

Either way, Florida being up there is a testament that we're one of college football's blue bloods and here to stay as well.