Rivalry
I love the Florida State-Florida football game. It's one of the great rivalries in college sports — a game in which emotions and intangibles can wreak havoc with rankings, records and statistical trends. Even in a year with a clear favorite and underdog — one team mowing down every opponent, the other just trying to avoid another embarrassing loss or season-ending injury — shocking things can happen. Like all great rivalries, FSU-Florida can bring out some pretty uncool behavior, not just among players and coaches, but also among the fans. I try to keep that behavior in perspective. I suspect every team in the country has a fringe group of obnoxious fans who get more attention, headlines and YouTube views than the highly likable ones who far outnumber them. I won't pretend that Tallahassee is completely devoid of garnet-and-gold-clad idiots, nor will I completely write off any other school's fans because of the few drunken halfwits I've met along the way. ...