The Obligatory Question: Are the ‘Canes Back?

College football is built on tradition and pageantry that sets it apart from its more stale and cookie cutter professional version. When you hear the marching bands play the fight songs of Michigan or Notre Dame, the hair should stand up on your arms and the back of your neck. You think of the Gipper speech, Ernie Davis slashing through defenses, Ray Lewis and the shaded visor, and the Desmond Howard Heisman pose. If I hear the Star Wars “Imperial March” I think of Warren Sapp before I think of Han Solo.

College football programs go through ebb and flow eras of success and decline.