College football History repeats with the rise of the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida

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Close your eyes and it is the '70s.

Bell bottoms, platform shoes, disco music. And, oh yeah, two football programs nobody took seriously.

Miami and Florida State.

Goodness, there was a time when administrators at Miami -- which, back in the day, announcers had to distinguish by saying, "Miami of Florida" -- almost shuttered its football program.

Pete Kerasotis Florida Today