I still think Florida State is the team to beat. But Florida has really moved in on him and made it difficult for him.

Why do Florida and Florida State go at each other? It's the closeness and the similarity.

You go down to Florida State and he is kind of the No. 1 guy on a team with a lot of big-time players. They fashioned him to be on the level of a Derrick Brooks when he came out of there and (he) was a big-time leader and helped them win a lot of games.

It's a trend that started back in the late '90s that started with Penn State. Penn State started offering early, and kids started committing.

We came here to prove ourselves and we actually proved ourselves as a team to beat in 5A.

When you look at programs like Nebraska, Oklahoma and Florida State and Ohio State and others and you see the retired numbers there, we felt like this was a logical progression that we needed to really consider. We have a great football heritage, and maybe we need to start recognizing that more so.