All kinds of stuff coming out of Florida for the UF-Miami game on Saturday.

Let’s start with Jeremy Fowler’s blog at orlandosentinel.com.  In this post, he asks: “Can Tim Tebow can get back in the Heisman race?”  The Heisman is the most over-hyped piece of metal in the United States.  If you can fall out of the Heisman race in Week One of the season, that tells you all you need to know about the thing.  UF fans should be worrying about the crystal football, not the guy holding out his arm.

When the Gators and Canes square off on Saturday, don’t expect high school teammates Major Wright (Florida safety) and Leonard Hankerson (Miami receiver) to take it easy on one another.

If Miami is going to win, they’re going to have to find a way to slow down a UF team that features five offensive starters who can run at least a 4.3 40-yard dash.  A lot of teams are going to have to find a way to slow the Gators down.

Oh, yeah, did we mention the fact that Miami will have a first-time starter, Robert Marve, under center on Saturday?  In front of 90,000?  At The Swamp?  Good luck with all that.

Urban Meyer makes it sound like UF will employ a running-back-by-committee approach for the long haul.  And why not?  The majority of his backs are speed merchants.  These aren’t guys that need 20 carries to get into a rhythm.  They’re guys that take the ball 80 yards on the first play of the game.  Makes sense to rotate ‘em and keep their legs fresh.

Good friends Charlie Strong and Randy Shannon will be coaching against each other Saturday night.

Pat Dooley of The Gainesville Sun covers everything from former Gator Jesse Palmer’s tie to Meyer’s search for team leaders in his latest, “around college football” type column.

Did you know that Florida and Miami used to play for a trophy called the War Canoe?  That sounds like a euphemism.  Kind of like “shaking hands with Abraham Lincoln” or “Wind-surfing on Mount Baldy.”  (Both of which come from OLD David Letterman Top Ten lists.)

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