This is an opinion column.

The biggest embarrassment of the first full weekend of the 2024 college football season did not take place in The Swamp, which tells you something given the mass exodus of University of Florida students before the third quarter ended late Saturday afternoon.

You know times are tough in Gator Country when Miami acts like it owns the place, Mario Cristobal mocks your chomp, Miami’s portal QB refugee from the Pac-2 says USC’s Hollywood crowd was louder and fans of the U change your town’s name to Canesville.