There’s so much talent by the beaches, in the muck that the Top 10 should forever be loaded with the state’s Big Three, and on Saturday it looked like Florida State and Miami had a chance to rejoin the Gators in elite company.
Then came the truth. Reality: 1, Miami/FSU: 0
In ACC standards, where War of 1812 hero James Madison poses a threat to your top teams, the Hurricanes and Seminoles might still have a chance to punch a ticket to a BCS game.
But as Ohio State and Oklahoma showed, neither school is ready for primetime. The Gators, at least in the first half against South Florida, looked like they should be delegated to noon as well.
At least Miami gave the Buckeyes a fight. Jacory Harris got cocky and decided to spot Ohio State 21 points, but otherwise Miami looked respectable.
In Tallahassee, there’s an old man named Bobby sitting in a rocking chair eating Quaker Oats shouting in that old person I told-you-so voice, “They forced me out for this guy, dadgumit? Never trust a man named Jimbo.”
The Seminoles were pounded by the Sooners, and there should never really be that much of a discrepancy between a Florida school and Oklahoma -- not with the athletic speed that FSU, Miami and Florida players were blessed with.
For about an hour this afternoon, it looked like USF had officially earned its way into the “Big Four” conversation, but reality kicked in for them as well. The Bulls, however, are young, fast, and should be a Top 25 team sooner rather than later.
And Florida State is probably heading out of the Top 25. Miami, with its brutal schedule, will lose a couple of more games.
Once again, the state’s hopes rest with an unpredictable UF team that will thrill and scare Gators fans. It’s the way Florida’s offense is designed -- without true, reliable running backs, and without Tim Tebow, you get huge plays and inefficiency.
Of course, FSU and Miami, after just week two, would gladly take Florida’s position and roll with it.
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