Tim Tebow, Roman Harper call for more Florida-Miami rivalry games in the future: 'It's just good for college football'

All eyes will be on The Swap this Saturday for an electric in-state rivalry to help kick off the college football season in Week 1. As the Miami Hurricanes will travel down to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators in a primetime matchup at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow made the trip a day before the Hurricanes and was in Gainesville on Friday. Joining The Paul Finebaum Show and discussing the significance of the Florida-Miami rivalry that he’s been a part of.

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“I honestly, really believe it’s one of the more underrated rivalries that Florida has,” Tebow said. “But also around the South and around the country because we don’t play each other a lot. We haven’t played [in Gainesville] since my junior year in ’08 … We don’t get to play a lot and I think that’s really disappointing. I think this is a great rivalry.”

Florida and Miami have only squared off 56 total times with just one matchup in the last decade. A 2019 neutral site game in Orlando where the Gators came out on top in a 24-20 win to help narrow Miami’s 29–27 all-time record in the series.

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“You have Miami, an unbelievable program, so many great players, some of the best teams in history and you look at the 2000, 2001 team, incredible teams. Like this game needs to take place more often,” Tebow added. “I think it’s good for the state of Florida, I think it’s good for ACC-SEC battles, I think it’s just good for college football.”

The stakes and anticipation for this year’s version of the rare rivalry games couldn’t be higher. Likely representing a game that the entire college football landscape would surely enjoy seeing more often and that could have a major impact on the Sunshine State.

“It also builds on the fact that when you’re recruiting the same players from the same hometowns, like that matters too,” Roman Harper added. “And then we also get to talk trash when we go home, and I got teammates that may have been on the other team. You decide where you want to go to out of high school and then all of a sudden you see guys on the opposite sidelines, that adds to this rivalry. I love watching Miami-Florida, I love watching Florida versus Florida State. These are the rivalries that I grew up on that I love.”

The Georgia Bulldogs are regarded as Florida’s main rival, while Florida State serves in the same role for Miami. But the excitement around this year’s Florida-Miami game could help reignite a rivalry that may be seen more regularly in the future.