Did I really just get some perspective from Jenn Sterger?

I think I just learned something from a girl who got famous showing her cans on national TV and milking the experience over the next two years. Kudos, darlin’.

I’ll admit that Jenn Sterger is easy on the eyes. The former Florida State coed earned national recognition on Labor Day 2005 during the Miami/Florida State 10-7 snoozefest in Trailerhassee when cameras panned in on her and her scantily clad friends after a commercial. Since then, she’s found her way into Maxim, Playboy and even Sports Illustrated, where she writes a college football column.

I’ll always poke fun at pseudo-celebs. I think it’s every non-celeb’s God given right. I have no issue with the girl being a pin-up, but college football analyst? I think we can draw the line there. That said, her CNNSI.com column I stumbled across today actually had a pearl of wisdom in it. When discussing last night’s National Championship on the hardwood, Sterger logically explained why she was pulling for Florida over Ohio State”

“When faced with the challenge of Monday night’s wardrobe fiasco, my dad still insisted I wear blue. His reasoning? Despite having attended college at Florida State, my parents raised me in a Miami Hurricanes household.

In 2003, the Hurricanes faced Ohio State in the BCS National Title Game at the Fiesta Bowl. Needless to say, the outcome of that game is still widely debated in the sports world and in the Sterger household, and has commonly been dubbed ‘Robbery in the Desert.’ With the Gators being the only Florida team that has had a shot at defending the state’s honor against the Buckeyes in the past few years, my father made an exception to the aforementioned ‘Never-Cheer-For-the-Gators Rule,’ and lent his support to Billy Donovan’s kids in Monday nights game while giving me permission to wear blue on this one occasion.”

I can do without the “what should I wear to the big game?” commentary, but the point is still valid. Miami hates Florida and has for a century. That’ll never change. While every Canes fan should be sick whenever the Gators bring home the hardware, ol’ Mr. Sterger was on to something with his exception to the ‘Never-Cheer-For-the-Gators-Rule’ on Monday night and months ago when the two schools met on the gridiron. Miami’s hatred for Florida can disappear for a few hours when Ohio State is on the other sideline or other bench.

The Suckeyes robbed the Canes of back-to-back titles and then were insanely arrogant for the next few years. I’m not a big believer in the concept of Karma, but if I ever were to be sold on the concept, the past two Florida/Ohio State title games help drive the message home.

I’ll always loathe Florida, but from here on out, if the opponent is Ohio State there’s no longer a mystery who I want to see go down. The Suckeyes stole a title from us… the Gators have lost to us six straight times since 1985. Choke on two straight heartbreaks from the Sunshine State, Suckeye Nation. Makes 2002 feel like a lifetime ago, don’t it?

.:Canes305:.

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