UF cites proximity while UM fans pointed to two national championships (’83 and ’87) and the fact that the Canes were on the rise and had the Gators’ number.
An article in today’s Miami Herald stated that the 2013 match up between Miami and Florida will be the last the rivalry could see for a while, with Gators AD Jeremy Foley reneging on a willingness to face UM twice every six years. Foley wants seven annual home games and while reeling Florida State will remain on schedule, rising Miami won’t get their shot at the state power.
Miami AD Kirby Hocutt stated that “Miami-Florida is good for college football” and was working to renew the rivalry. Foley shot it down.
Glad to see that twenty years later Florida still wants no part of Miami… unless that means welcoming mighty Florida International back to The Swamp.
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One of my fav games i've been to was the peach bowl a few years ago when the Canes dump the mighty gators (by the way Brock Berlin wasn't so bad after all), any way after Tebow leaves the Gators don't want any part of the U especially in the next few years, Go Canes!!!!
If they actually follow through with giving us that game in '13 without buying out of it, I will be truly amazed.
There is no choice between FSU and UF playing each other each and every season from 1958 to forever! It is a Florida mandated LAW that the two teams must play each other every season! There is no such law to have the Gators and Canes play each other.
If they actually follow through with giving us that game in '13 without buying out of it, I will be truly amazed.
Fully agree. Let's see where Miami is by 2012 and where Florida is... most likely in the post-Urban era and light years past Timmy Teabag. Conversely, the Canes should be back on top by then.
If Florida isn't the stronger program then, guarantee 1000% they bag out of the game and just buy their way out.
Miami needs Florida more than Florida needs Miami if for no other reason than to sell-out a home game.
Funny the Gators would be running TOWARD the state legislature, Rgator. Usually we see you guys pawing the pavement & ducking down an alley.
why is there a gator on this site? Oh well I'll be cheering for FSU now. Thanks for helping me decide.
Still why not have the rivalry I see no problem even for UF, they would get more money for the Miami game then FIU.
Gators have enough cupcakes on their schedule...
have fun in the Siberia bowl or whatever...
There is no choice between FSU and UF playing each other each and every season from 1958 to forever! It is a Florida mandated LAW that the two teams must play each other every season! There is no such law to have the Gators and Canes play each other.
(1) Nice "law'.
(2) I guess there's no "room" on the schedule for Miami when you pencil in a Florida International.
... and as for "Miami needs Florida more than Florida needs Miami if for no other reason than to sell-out a home game", tell that to ESPN.
Check the rankings for last year's game at The Swamp -- one of the highest ranked games in ESPN's history.
Florida was a top-ranked team and Miami was unranked, yet the game was one of the most viewed games of the season.
Hmmmm.
ESPN's top-ranked games off all time include Miami. Two Miami v. Florida State match ups and Miami v. Florida.
Highest-ranked non-BCS bowl game last year was Miami v. Cal... but yeah, Gator idiot, keep telling yourself that "Miami needs Florida more than Florida needs Miami."
Do your homework, tool.
The small-dick syndrome that Gators suffer from is a freakin joke.
Florida is on top, yet their fans still troll here and worry about what Miami fans think.
No matter what the Gators do under Urban, their inferiority complex under the Canes continues. You all wish you had the dominance, the legacy and the resume UM has.
The NFL talent. The U "swagger". You'll never have it.
When you lose the SEC title game to Alabama and Timmy Teabag doesn't win the Heisman, make sure to tune into The U documentary to see what a real program has accomplished.
Hope you enjoyed the run, because once #15 leaves town next year, your run is over, faggots.