August optimism is cheap.

Excuses and alibis from past failures have expired.

The time has come for the Sunshine State to prove it under the lights.

As football fans in this once-dominant pigskin peninsula, we want more in 2025.

We deserve more.

Excuse my cynicism, but I’m tired of the blind optimism that comes with fresh playbooks and shiny new uniforms.

No more.

This year is different.

From the major college programs to the NFL franchises, Florida football is littered with teams, coaches, and players who have something to prove — not to their fan bases, not to the talking heads on TV, but to the scoreboard. Until they do it — until they win the games that matter — I refuse to buy a single ounce of the preseason hype.

Show me, don’t tell me.

Let’s start right here in Orlando,

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