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As Miami eyes a possible third consecutive national title game appearance, the Buffalo Bulls brace for their fifth season in Division I-A.
Who knew there were the Buffalo Bulls?
The joke is that if you slur your words a bit, a prospect might think that it's the Buffalo Bills calling.
There is a growing rift in college football between the haves and the have-nots, a substantial separation of power, and Miami and Buffalo represent the respective camps.
Miami has history, star power and five national championships.
Buffalo has, what, Niagara Falls?
Miami is our No. 1 and Buffalo is our No. 117.
Technically, both play major college football, and both must meet Division I-A criteria.
In reality, the only place Buffalo gets over on Miami is on the map.
Last season, Miami was one play from going undefeated; Buffalo went 1-11.
Miami will join the Atlantic Coast Conference next year and make the league a super conference.
Buffalo holds bottom rung in the Mid-American Conference's East Division.
Third-year Bulls' Coach Jim Hofher doesn't even pretend to say he's playing the same game.
"I think anybody in our league that has as their goal to be the national champions, that's really foolish," Hofher said this week while walking off the field after a morning practice.
Hofher said, until the rules are changed, there is no way his team...