Steve Spurrier is embarrassed by his team's late-season swoon in 1999, but he feels confident about the ability of his 2000 squad to rebound. No bowl game. To use every game as yet another step toward future success. But nobody is bragging too much yet. 10 Florida schools will have football in 2002.
Coaches see enough players to go around.
Dolphins step into the big time Jacksonville coach Steve Gilbert can remember the day he first set foot on the north Florida campus where he was to build a successful football team. Alvin Wyatt knew Bethune-Cookman had officially turned the corner. By the time you finish reading this, Central Florida will have completed a pass right . . . now. The hands belong to Times staffer Samantha Puckett. The photograph was taken by sports photo editor Mike Heffner.