It’s been

29 years

since NO

football schools

from our state

were “nationally

ranked” by the

Associated Press…

December 1982—

13 months BEFORE

Miami won the

FIRST of its

FIVE national

championships…

Bobby Bowden was

in the SEVENTH

of his 34 seasons

at Florida State…

Steve Spurrier?

Still a year away

from his FIRST

head-coaching job---

with the USFL’s

Tampa Bay Bandits…

So what IS

going on

in 2011?...

For one thing---

all the coaches

are NEW…

Jimbo Fisher is

“the elder”---in

his SECOND

season at FSU…

Al Golden--Miami

and Will Muschamp

of the Gators

are ROOKIES…

But here’s the

GOOD news---

the “Sunshine SLIP”

from national grace

will be

TEMPORARY,,,

Florida’s old

“Big Three”---

has abundant

RAW talent…

Florida and FSU

should be

“much better”

in 2012…

Miami? Well,

“The U” has some

“sticky stuff”

to wobble through…

But---for now---

It is a BRUISING

of some

quite-large

football egos…

I’m Hubert Mizell,

and that’s what

I think.