KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – MARCH 26: A Miami Hurricanes fan wearing football gloves reacts during the game between the Texas Longhorns and the Miami Hurricanes in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at T-Mobile Center on March 26, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
As we roll through November and the final month of the college football season all major Florida college football teams have some big challenges.
Let us begin with the Miami Hurricanes. Their quarterback is poised to be a Heisman Trophy finalist and the team is in position to win the ACC and make it to the college football playoffs. All is good, right? Well... Miami has a bad habit of falling behind by double digits on the scoreboard and their defense gives up a lot of points. Then, each week QB Cam Ward puts on his Superman cape and saves the day on his way to another exciting Canes win! But that formula will not be sustainable in the playoffs against good teams.
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The Florida Gators have been showing life lately vs a brutally tough schedule. Starting QB Graham Mertz has been lost for the year with an injury but youngster DJ Lagway has given the team a spark. But he was hurt last week agains Georgia and now the team will rely on Ivy-leaguer walk-on Aiden Warner against Texas, LSU and Ole Miss. Yikes.
And then there is Florida State! They just missed the college football playoffs last season, paid their coach $84 million dollars and had the highest expectations for 2024. Hmm. Now they are 1-8 with Notre Dame up next. Buyers remorse? Probably.
There are a lot of challenges for Florida college football teams. For the latest college football talk and analysis tune in each weekday to Craig Shemon and Company from 2-6pm on ESPN Southwest Florida.
