It seems that every year, one of the 3 teams from Florida ends up playing for a national championship and often they win. Let's go back to 1991 and step forward through time:
1991 - Miami beats Nebraska, splits MNC
1992 - Bama beats Miami, wins mnc
1993 - FSU beats Nebraska, wins mnc
1994 - Nebraska beat Miami, wins mnc
1995 - Nebraska beats UF, wins mnc
1996 - UF beats FSU, wins mnc
1997 - holy smokes, no one from Florida plays for mnc
1998 - UT beats FSU, wins mnc
1999 - FSU beats VT, wins mnc
2000 - OU beats FSU, wins mnc
2001 - Miami beats Nebraska, wins mnc
What's my point? I guess it's this: Down in the sunshine state, there's a lot of talent to go around. Between those 3 schools, somebody is always ready for a run at the MNC and the rest of us down here in the South have to deal with it head on. This is a remarkable run of great teams and I don't think it's gonna end any time soon. So while the rest of us sit around and jockey for position at "this" level and "that" level, those 3 schools just reload every year. I'm not saying that there's nothing for the rest of us. There is, obviously. But it'd sure be nice if somebody else in the south could start a great run...like Tech, for instance. Oh well. Just my random thoughts. The saddest part of all of this...those yankees down in Florida don't deserve such great college football.
1991 - Miami beats Nebraska, splits MNC
1992 - Bama beats Miami, wins mnc
1993 - FSU beats Nebraska, wins mnc
1994 - Nebraska beat Miami, wins mnc
1995 - Nebraska beats UF, wins mnc
1996 - UF beats FSU, wins mnc
1997 - holy smokes, no one from Florida plays for mnc
1998 - UT beats FSU, wins mnc
1999 - FSU beats VT, wins mnc
2000 - OU beats FSU, wins mnc
2001 - Miami beats Nebraska, wins mnc
What's my point? I guess it's this: Down in the sunshine state, there's a lot of talent to go around. Between those 3 schools, somebody is always ready for a run at the MNC and the rest of us down here in the South have to deal with it head on. This is a remarkable run of great teams and I don't think it's gonna end any time soon. So while the rest of us sit around and jockey for position at "this" level and "that" level, those 3 schools just reload every year. I'm not saying that there's nothing for the rest of us. There is, obviously. But it'd sure be nice if somebody else in the south could start a great run...like Tech, for instance. Oh well. Just my random thoughts. The saddest part of all of this...those yankees down in Florida don't deserve such great college football.