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3:30 PM this past Saturday was an awesome opportunity to watch 3 great college football games, and since I have 3 TVs in my sports nook, I tuned into the USC-Notre Dame and Florida-Kentucky game while focusing on the Miami-Florida State rivalry game on the main screen. Then it dawned on me - Of all six of these teams, the only team ranked in the Top 10 was Kentucky. The basketball school. Have Miami and Florida State fallen that far off the map? Their games used to be the centerpiece of the first weekend in October. Typically the game of the century every year, with the rosters brimming with future NFL talent.

Twenty years ago, Miami and Florida State played in one of the most memorable college games and it eventually settled the 1987 national championship. On Saturday, they meet again with little more at stake than bragging rights. The Seminoles (4-2, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) and Hurricanes (4-3, 1-2) both need a win in the regionally televised game to keep hopes alive for a respectable season by their standards. That mediocrity has many nostalgic for the 1987 game, which showcased an unprecedented cadre of rising stars in Miami’s 26-25 victory. One of the most compelling matchups was Miami wide receiver Michael Irvin and Florida State cornerback Deion Sanders. “I don’t think I have ever been in a game where there was more talent on the football field between two ballclubs,” Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said this week. “They had a lot of first-rounders and we did too.” Ten first-round picks were among the more than 60 Seminole and Hurricane athletes who played Oct. 3, 1987, and eventually made it to NFL training camps.

And it’s not just this team. Looking at the Top 10 in the 1990 AP Poll, Few of these teams have shown any kind of form as of late. And Houston has completely fallen off the map.

1990 Final Poll

Final Poll released after Bowls

                                   Final

Rank  Team                         Record

  1   Colorado                     11-1-1

  2   Georgia Tech                 11-0-1

  3   Miami (FL)                   10-2

  4   Florida St.                  10-2

  5   Washington                   10-2

  6   Notre Dame (IN)               9-3

  7   Michigan                      9-3

  8   Tennessee                     9-2-2

  9   Clemson (SC)                 10-2

 10   Houston (TX)                 10-1

Ebb and flow, I guess. Nebraska is reeling - they just brought Tom Osborne back. Penn State and Michigan are in dire need of new coaching. We all know about Notre Dame. And all these mid-major schools like West Virginia, Kansas, Rutgers, South Florida, Fresno State and Boise State have made or are making runs at the title. Oh well, maybe after an up and down year, Miami’s comeback win at FSU will help them turn the corner.

Colin McCarthy returned a fumble 27 yards for Miami’s second touchdown in 11 seconds late in the fourth quarter and the Hurricanes beat Florida State 37-29 Saturday. For the first time since 1977, the rivalry game that helped decide so many national titles during the 1980s and 90s was played with neither team ranked. Fittingly, the Seminoles and ‘Canes combined for nine turnovers, five by FSU. Minutes before Miami’s two quick touchdowns, the Hurricanes (5-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) appeared to have lost their best chance to get the win when Kirby Freeman was stopped for no gain on a fourth-and-1 at the Florida State 1 with 5:29 left and the ‘Canes trailing 29-24. But Freeman, who replaced injured Kyle Wright in the first half, drove Miami 83 yards in a 11/2 minutes to take the lead 30-29 on a 13-yard pass to Dedrick Epps with 1:15 left.

It wasn’t a pretty game. Both quarterbacks were seemingly trying to give the game away. And when UM’s Kyle Wright got knocked out, backup Kirby Freeman did his best to step up those efforts. And I’m no Kyle Wright fan. But Kirby calmed down and the UM defense stepped up. We’re on our way back, baby! FSU - I think you might want to prepare a nice retirement package for ol’ Bobby. It’s time for a change. We can’t let teams like Boston College be number 2 in the BCS. The ACC is supposed to be our playground.

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FSU kicker makes all his field goals, but their QB is less successful. And ours manage not to mess the bed:

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We had to do it One Mo’gain.Turn up the volume in the headphones. This is based on the verse of The Great One (Biggie) in All About The Benjamins
We been had skills, NFL still

Dropped bills at will, about a mil for each kill

It be hard to get like us, serious! Envious?

Call us assholes? We’ll still run right past those.

Football for the south east just can’t be beat

But west coast shorty’s like to surf and drink forty’s

Rocking Creed instead of Naughty. Flipping the Dodger cap. (Uh uh)

Tailgates and gridiron. That’s where the party’s at

Ever since the spring we wait for these dates

F— the U of F and F— Florida State

Listen close - is it Kansas? Incorrect answer.

Attack the D-backs. The back field’s split. Dorsey’s grip

Doesn’t slip. Johnson’s break - clean away

Opposing players GET AWAY! cuz the Canes can play

Squeeze off 50 TD’s, don’t tempt me

The loss column we send thee, on the way to Tempe

What??

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Awww Yeah, Back With Another One
In honor of the Team of Destiny, I’ve put together some lyrical magic. Peep this. This is based on the verse of The Great One (Biggie) in Mo Money Mo Problems
S-E-M, I-N, O-L-E

Gonna end up like Bison Dele

Federal agents in pacific basins

Looking for game, but your team got wasted

My team, the loss column clean

Triple teamed, it doesn’t mean we get beaten

Can’t you see where all our votes went

Loved by pollsters, led by Coker

Seminoles I told ya, pack that ice cuz we

Bruise too much, you lose too much

Step in town our fans boo too much

I guess it’s cuz you run your mouth way too much

We lose our touch? never that

If we did, ain’t no problem, the running back’s

Where our true players at.

Play action passes in the sky

Linemen side to side, and Johnson on the fly

And you still wanna try? Player please

Mess with me? can’t you see - The OB

Be jumpin, send your BCS hopes crumbling

Watch number 2 go, that’s McGahee’s number

Your team will wanna know. He’s gonna roll

The line flow down p-izz-at, spot the hole

Like th-izz-at, dangerous

To c-izz-atch, leave your ass fl-izz-at

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