proof, what else is? You can't get a ticket for that ball game. You just can't find it. I had people calling me a month ago for tickets.

"It'll be the same thing when it's at the Orange Bowl down here. That is as good a reason as any. That tells you the interest in that game.''

Bob Harig covers college football for the St. Petersburg Times. He can be reached at harig@sptimes.com.