Florida and Florida State Had High Hopes. Why Are They So Bad?

And now, 18 thoughts from Week 3, which was awfully fun to watch, so long as you weren’t in Gainesville or Tallahassee, Fla.

1. Florida and Florida State claim a total of six national championships. Their state produces more blue-chip recruits than any outside of Texas. And their head coaches, Florida’s Billy Napier and Florida State’s Mike Norvell, make a combined $17 million.

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How can their teams both be so bad at the same time?

2. Florida State, which went 13-1 a year ago, is now 0-3 after its latest dud, a 20-12 home defeat to Memphis. The Seminoles gained just 238 total yards and put on a Keystone Cops sizzle reel,

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