Three Sunshine State schools among college football's most hated teams

"Haters gonna hate" is a popular refrain in modern parlance, and the trope is as relevant in collegiate sports as any context. Recently, CBS Sports writer Brad Crawford put together his rankings of the 10 most-hated college football teams of all time, which included a trio of Sunshine State schools: the Florida Gators , Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes. Those three universities have a combined 11 national championships dating back to 1983, so it should not come as a major surprise that they have earned the ire of other fan bases at some point.

On his list, the Orange and Blue's 1996 squad ranks the lowest of the three, checking in at No. 5. Interestingly, Florida's most-hated team is the only one that took home the trophy among the three Sunshine State schools mentioned.

"Before Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer's hated success at Florida, there was Steve Spurrier," Crawford begins. "The Fun-N-Gun was his specialty, and just about every quarterback in Gainesville he had could throw it around the yard to what seemed like a conveyor belt of high-end wide receivers during his tenure. "This 1996 team was different, though.

Spurrier's slick-talking at the microphone was abundant behind the prowess of Heisman-winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who guided the Gators to five wins over top-15 teams and a national championship. The Head Ball Coach was due at Florida to get a ring after five previous top-10 finishes without a title, and much to everyone's chagrin, he came through against Florida State in the Sugar Bowl, 52-20. " In the middle is the Garnet and Gold's 2014 campaign, largely due to the presence of one particularly polarizing player.