The University of Miami is certainly no exception.

Its football program perfected its "State of Miami" strategy in the 1980s to a tune of four national championships in nine years, beginning in 1983.

With the ever-increasing parity in college sports, the powerhouses of yesterday no longer hold the same pull they did a decade ago.

Universities like Boise State, Texas Christian, and Utah can be thanked for that.

It's been nine years since the Hurricanes last won a football national championship, but head coach Randy Shannon seems to be headed in the same direction, once again by dipping into the local talent pool.

Thirty-two players on the roster competed in the tri-county area of Miami...

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