The Tides Have Turned

I graduated from Florida State University in the spring of 2005. If you follow college football at all, you know FSU has quite the legacy. There is no other sport in the country like college football. The fans are so invested. There is a sense of ownership among the students. We are all die-hard forever. Every loss is a result of bad calls. Your team is perfect.

We have 2 major rivals: University of Florida and University of Miami. We are developing a new one with Clemson thanks to the coaches (our coach, Bobby Bowden's son now coaches at Clemson) and they are in our conference. Historically, no matter how good one of these teams is, or how bad, or how good or bad we are, the outcome of the game is always unpredictable. Each series has run pretty close, with nearly an equal number of wins over the years. My class was the first and only class to graduate losing to Miami in football 5 times in 4 years. That's right, we actually played them in a Bowl game and lost then too, making it twice in 1 year. Pretty heartbreaking. Their fans are so vicious too! It's a common bond we have with UF...we are both against Miami.

Well, yesterday started a trend. We beat them for the second year in a row! 13-10. Once again, it was close, and wasn't over until the last drive, but we won. The tides are changin, my friend. The streak has switched! And we had such a rockin defense. We're goin all the way this year, baby! Watch out for them NOLES!

*On a little side note, my hubby went to rival school, UF, and we root for each other, except when we play each other ;) His team decisively won their season opener against S Miss 34-7. Yay for them! Until November, at least!