Published on: 13th December, 2009
Jimbo Fisher has made his first crucial decision as Florida State’s head football coach, and on paper, it looks like a good one. Fisher has selected Arizona defensive coordinator Mark Stoops to be Mickey Andrews’ successor at Florida State, and Seminole fans should be pleased to have him. For starters, ...Published on: 1st December, 2009
Today, Florida State says farewell to a living legend. There will never be another Bobby Bowden, nor will college football ever witness another coaching tenure as long or as successful as his. At Florida State, Bowden built a national powerhouse from scratch. His values not only shaped his ...Published on: 13th November, 2009
For Florida State, the success of standout quarterback Christian Ponder has been the saving grace for an otherwise dismal season. But even Ponder faltered last Saturday against Clemson, throwing four interceptions and suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in a loss that all but put the kibosh on the Seminoles’ 2009 ...Published on: 3rd November, 2009
Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews announced plans to retire at the end of this season through a statement released by the university today. The 68-year-old Andrews, who hinted on several occasions that he planned to retire at the end of this season, made that decision official after 26 ...Published on: 23rd October, 2009
Throughout Florida State’s struggles this season, an odd statement has made its way around Tallahassee that seems quite ironic—especially with FSU coming off a Thursday night win over North Carolina. “At least it’s almost basketball season.” Certainly such a comment seems much better suited for Chapel Hill, ...Published on: 12th October, 2009
If anything can be taken from Florida State’s latest loss—a 49-44 triple-option tutorial taught by Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech—it’s that Jimbo Fisher’s offense isn’t the problem in Tallahassee. As Bobby Bowden’s critics have grown in number over the past few weeks, so have Fisher’s. Many have cited FSU’s offensive struggles ...Published on: 6th October, 2009
I never thought I’d say it. It’s not something I’m proud of, and it certainly isn’t an easy statement to make after everything Bobby Bowden has done for Florida State University.But it needs to be said. It needs to be said because Seminole fans care too much to watch Bobby ...Published on: 3rd October, 2009
Four games into the 2009 season, the Florida State Seminoles have been consistently inconsistent. The ‘Noles fell to Miami in a hard-fought game that came down to the final play, struggled to outlast Jacksonville State, and then blew out a highly regarded BYU team on the road. Last week, however, ...Published on: 28th September, 2009
For Florida State, it was a nightmare in slow motion.Just a week after dismantling the seventh-ranked team in the country, the Seminoles fumbled four times, scored just seven points, and squandered opportunity after opportunity against an upstart South Florida team that gladly took advantage.For the more than 70,000 Florida State ...Published on: 22nd September, 2009
While SEC icons Urban Meyer and Lane Kiffin play sticks and stones, the Atlantic Coast Conference is quietly making a comeback. A league that has endured more than its share of criticism in recent years, the ACC looks to be turning over a new leaf in 2009: defying expectations, climbing ...