Still seeking respect?

It's been six years, and yet there are still plenty of shitheads willing to bring up a perceived "phantom call" that pro-longed the national title game against Miami in January of 2003.

Perhaps it's more important that I get over it...as opposed to everyone else.

I suppose there are plenty that still can't believe the mighty, mighty Hurricanes could lose to slow, steady Ohio State. Guess what? It happened.

Amazingly, it happened again not much later when the "greatest team of all time", Southern Cal, lost to Texas. I guess lightening actually can strike twice.

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2. Didn't you used to be ... ?

A case study in how fast things can go south (and how important the right coach has become): Miami (Fla.) began this decade with more talent, more want-to, more get-after-it than any team in the nation.

If it weren't for a screwy BCS system and a trigger-happy back judge, the Hurricanes could've begun this decade with three consecutive national titles. Somehow, despite the fact that it beat Florida State and both had the same record, Miami missed out on the 2000 national championship after the BCS computer spit out the 'Noles -- who promptly couldn't score a point to save their very lives against Oklahoma.

So the Canes came back in 2001 and rolled Nebraska for the national title, and then cruised through 2002 only to be hosed by a late call from a back judge in the national title game against Ohio State.

And now where is Miami?

Five years later, the Canes lost to Virginia by 48 points in the last game at the old Orange Bowl. And now, here we are with a game against bitter rival Florida, the team that for years refused to schedule the Canes because, well, life is tough in the Ess. EEE. See.

A valid argument can be made that the phantom pass interference call against Ohio State -- come on, Buck fans, you know it was a horrible call -- was the beginning of the end for the Miami program. The Canes have lost 21 games in five years since the Fiasco Bowl, after losing twice in the three years before.

What does this all mean for the Florida game? A hint: it gets worse before it gets better.