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Team preview: Florida State (ESPN Preview)
ESPN.com ^ | 20 July 2007 | Unattributed

Posted on 07/20/2007 3:31:23 PM PDT by GOP_Raider

Bobby Bowden enters his 32nd fall as Florida State's head coach, and it's not stretching the truth to say he looks forward to this season as much as he has any in the last decade. How strange it is, then, that the theme of this season is change.

First, this will be the 77-year-old coach's first season as a Hall of Fame coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December in a class that included his first Heisman Trophy winner, quarterback Charlie Ward. The class was supposed to include his comrade in longevity, Penn State's Joe Paterno, but Paterno postponed his induction after breaking a leg on the sideline last fall.

An added credential to his resume was hardly what FSU's legend-in-residence needed most, however. He needed a reversal of fortune. A program that once posted an NCAA-record 14 consecutive seasons of top-10 finishes and 10-win seasons, that collected two national titles, two Heismans and a parade of All-Americans, no longer was golden.

A 10-win season in 2003 was followed by back-to-back eight-win seasons. Last year's 7-6 campaign needed a seesaw 44-27 victory over UCLA in the Emerald Bowl -- yes, nuts -- to seal a winning season. The only cherries on a season that saw the Seminoles finish fifth, next-to-last, in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division were bookends: a season-opening triumph at Miami and the bowl win.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: floridastate; ncaa; seminoles
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1 posted on 07/20/2007 3:31:25 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
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To: GOP_Raider

Here’s my preview: Yet another loss to the Gators for FSU this year in The Swamp.


2 posted on 07/20/2007 3:32:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: dfwgator

dfwgator, you beat me to it.
I hope it’s worse than 34-7. We get the thumb next year!


3 posted on 07/20/2007 3:34:07 PM PDT by srotaG adirolF (I'm an independent conservative...and proud of it!)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore); aft_lizard; Archie Bunker on steroids; Auntbee; Bad~Rodeo; Bat_Chemist; ...
Doak Campbell Stadium, Home of the Florida State Seminoles
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FReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list.

4 posted on 07/20/2007 3:34:07 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Your one stop shop for all your useless information needs.)
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To: srotaG adirolF
Go Noles!
5 posted on 07/20/2007 3:38:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: GOP_Raider

Over/under on team arrests for this season: 6.5


6 posted on 07/20/2007 3:39:36 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: dfwgator

You got that right!!

Can’t wait to see Tebow playing !!


7 posted on 07/20/2007 3:45:22 PM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: GOP_Raider
As a temporary resident (305 more daays!!) I must say this for the "home" team:

Go Free Shoe U!

8 posted on 07/20/2007 4:49:26 PM PDT by woofer (Some strive to soar like an eagle, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.)
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To: GOP_Raider; Archie Bunker on steroids
Last year Florida State was 103rd in the country in rushing (96.5 yards a game, 3.4 yards per carry). And that was better than what it managed the year before (94.0 ypg, 3.3 ypc).

Ain't THAT the truth. Looking forward to moving up 70 spots or so!

9 posted on 07/20/2007 5:28:46 PM PDT by Bat_Chemist (Prov. 15:1)
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To: dfwgator

Congratulations on your Nat’l championship. You get the bragging rights...for now.


10 posted on 07/20/2007 5:30:22 PM PDT by Bat_Chemist (Prov. 15:1)
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To: srotaG adirolF

As I said to dfwgator, congratulations on your National Championship. Enjoy it while it lasts.

GO ‘NOLES!


11 posted on 07/20/2007 5:31:56 PM PDT by Bat_Chemist (Prov. 15:1)
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To: NittanyLion

JoPa gonna be healed up before the season?


12 posted on 07/20/2007 5:33:03 PM PDT by Bat_Chemist (Prov. 15:1)
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To: GOP_Raider

THAT is a sight for sore eyes! I can’t wait for Labor Day!


13 posted on 07/20/2007 5:34:29 PM PDT by Bat_Chemist (Prov. 15:1)
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It seems very odd to think that—of all teams—Wake Forest won the ACC last year. The cosmos of the ACC seemed misaligned now...


14 posted on 07/20/2007 5:34:54 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Your one stop shop for all your useless information needs.)
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With FSU’s talent and a fairly weak ACC there is no way they can be worse than last year. I predict them to go 11-2.


15 posted on 07/20/2007 5:36:35 PM PDT by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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To: Bat_Chemist

The one I posted earlier in the week was better, IMO. :)


16 posted on 07/20/2007 5:42:39 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Your one stop shop for all your useless information needs.)
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To: Bat_Chemist

No one to take the heat off Weathorford the last two years....a crappy O line was to blame two years ago.


17 posted on 07/21/2007 10:34:39 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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To: Bat_Chemist

Sounds like it. He was apparently up and about for spring practice.


18 posted on 07/21/2007 10:36:46 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: dfwgator

Great preview dfw. I concurr with the beatdown on the hated ‘Nolies in the most feared stadium in the land.

Oh, and Coach Bobby, stay as long as you like, my friend.


19 posted on 07/21/2007 1:39:33 PM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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I predict them to go 11-2.

I like the bold call...but I'm reserving judgement until after the Clemson game. If we win by, oh, say, 3 touchdowns, I'll be convinced.

20 posted on 07/22/2007 4:51:15 AM PDT by Bat_Chemist (Prov. 15:1)
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