2012-2013 NCAA Football Thread (National Signing Day)

[Dont Taze Me Bro]

In the ACC? Yes. For a National Championship? No, as a fan this game didnt convince me.

Who do you pull for? Cause if its Va Tech, all I can say about that national championship game we beat the ever living **** out of them in is "LOL". The problem with FSU is because they were so dominate in the 90s, they got the benefit of the doubt in rankings for a long time after that only to blow it against teams they should whallop. Kinda like how Notre Dame kept getting ranked in the top 10 for years even though they sucked and its not 1960 anymore.

With that said, FSU would start out strong, then blow it against a team that was/is/and will never be a national contender. It was time for Bobby to retire, I dont like the way they forced him out, but well, it was a much needed re-start for the program. Hell, I had read somewhere that he pretty much let his coordinators do all the playcalling and made only the major decisions in games (i.e. going for it on 4th down, going for 2, etc.). He had the liberty of course to change/do anything he wanted, but as a die-hard fan and anyone that watched our games could see that he didnt even have his headset on during the games most of the time.

Are my Noles back to complete and utter domination and a contender in and out every year? That question is left to be answered, but they are on the right track. And once they start the 4 game playoff for the national championship, that will tell a lot too. There were a few years I remember getting knocked out of the top 4-5, dropping to 11-12th in ranking, only to climb our way back up to the top 4-5 and it was pointless cause they wouldnt be playing in the championship game due to the one loss.

I also might ask you what was so convincing right now about any of the top 3 teams. Bama beat Michigan, who I think was over-rated in pre-season rank at #8 anyhow, but that was their only quality win. The Ducks? Give me a break, they havent played a top 10 team this season. LSU? Pa-leaaaase, the most over-rated team in the top 3. They havent played any ranked opponents, squeeked by Auburn and struggled against Towson. The Noles beat the #10 team in the nation and put up 49 points in doing so and with that said, if we didnt miss two FGs and kicked one in the last series, we would have put up 58 points on a top 10 team.

Right now, Id say Bama/FSU for the championship would be a great game. The reason the Noles should be in contender talk is because they "didn't blow it" in a trap game coming off a big win like they did in the past.

[Major Harris]

he is a noles fan

[Popeman38]

Who do you pull for? Cause if its Va Tech, all I can say about that national championship game we beat the ever living **** out of them in is "LOL". The problem with FSU is because they were so dominate in the 90s, they got the benefit of the doubt in rankings for a long time after that only to blow it against teams they should whallop. Kinda like how Notre Dame kept getting ranked in the top 10 for years even though they sucked and its not 1960 anymore.

With that said, FSU would start out strong, then blow it against a team that was/is/and will never be a national contender. It was time for Bobby to retire, I dont like the way they forced him out, but well, it was a much needed re-start for the program. Hell, I had read somewhere that he pretty much let his coordinators do all the playcalling and made only the major decisions in games (i.e. going for it on 4th down, going for 2, etc.). He had the liberty of course to change/do anything he wanted, but as a die-hard fan and anyone that watched our games could see that he didnt even have his headset on during the games most of the time.

Are my Noles back to complete and utter domination and a contender in and out every year? That question is left to be answered, but they are on the right track. And once they start the 4 game playoff for the national championship, that will tell a lot too. There were a few years I remember getting knocked out of the top 4-5, dropping to 11-12th in ranking, only to climb our way back up to the top 4-5 and it was pointless cause they wouldnt be playing in the championship game due to the one loss.

I also might ask you what was so convincing right now about any of the top 3 teams. Bama beat Michigan, who I think was over-rated in pre-season rank at #8 anyhow, but that was their only quality win. The Ducks? Give me a break, they havent played a top 10 team this season. LSU? Pa-leaaaase, the most over-rated team in the top 3. They havent played any ranked opponents, squeeked by Auburn and struggled against Towson. The Noles beat the #10 team in the nation and put up 49 points in doing so and with that said, if we didnt miss two FGs and kicked one in the last series, we would have put up 58 points on a top 10 team.

Right now, Id say Bama/FSU for the championship would be a great game. The reason the Noles should be in contender talk is because they "didn't blow it" in a trap game coming off a big win like they did in the past.

Bama would curb stomp FSU right now. FSU should coast to the ACC championship at this point. This VT team is the worst team in a decade. I was ginormously wrong about the VT D, that's for sure.

[ixcuincle]

I don't see how any FSU fan could not believe at this point

That team is fo' real

[big#44]

Who do you pull for? Cause if its Va Tech, all I can say about that national championship game we beat the ever living **** out of them in is "LOL". The problem with FSU is because they were so dominate in the 90s, they got the benefit of the doubt in rankings for a long time after that only to blow it against teams they should whallop. Kinda like how Notre Dame kept getting ranked in the top 10 for years even though they sucked and its not 1960 anymore.

With that said, FSU would start out strong, then blow it against a team that was/is/and will never be a national contender. It was time for Bobby to retire, I dont like the way they forced him out, but well, it was a much needed re-start for the program. Hell, I had read somewhere that he pretty much let his coordinators do all the playcalling and made only the major decisions in games (i.e. going for it on 4th down, going for 2, etc.). He had the liberty of course to change/do anything he wanted, but as a die-hard fan and anyone that watched our games could see that he didnt even have his headset on during the games most of the time.

Are my Noles back to complete and utter domination and a contender in and out every year? That question is left to be answered, but they are on the right track. And once they start the 4 game playoff for the national championship, that will tell a lot too. There were a few years I remember getting knocked out of the top 4-5, dropping to 11-12th in ranking, only to climb our way back up to the top 4-5 and it was pointless cause they wouldnt be playing in the championship game due to the one loss.

I also might ask you what was so convincing right now about any of the top 3 teams. Bama beat Michigan, who I think was over-rated in pre-season rank at #8 anyhow, but that was their only quality win. The Ducks? Give me a break, they havent played a top 10 team this season. LSU? Pa-leaaaase, the most over-rated team in the top 3. They havent played any ranked opponents, squeeked by Auburn and struggled against Towson. The Noles beat the #10 team in the nation and put up 49 points in doing so and with that said, if we didnt miss two FGs and kicked one in the last series, we would have put up 58 points on a top 10 team.

Right now, Id say Bama/FSU for the championship would be a great game. The reason the Noles should be in contender talk is because they "didn't blow it" in a trap game coming off a big win like they did in the past.

he is a noles fan

With the assist!

Bama would curb stomp FSU right now. FSU should coast to the ACC championship at this point. This VT team is the worst team in a decade. I was ginormously wrong about the VT D, that's for sure.

Hmm, so you've been wrong before.

I don't see how any FSU fan could not believe at this point

That team is fo' real

You want to know why some of us still arent drinking the cool aid? See: every over rated FSU team from 2006 to now. Every year we hear how this is the year they finally put all the 4 and 5 star talent together and start playing good football. But every year we have games were we get more in penalty yards then rushing yards. Or after a big game we just come out and sleepwalk. The talent is there, the focus isnt. This year might be different. USF didnt do much to reaffirm that though. They were in the game for most of it, and they were beating FSU physically in the trenches for a good part of the game. A win is a win. But I know the schedule starts to get "tougher" (use the term loosely) from here on out. @VT, @Miami(who is looking better every week) and home to UF(who could be a top ten team by the time we play them).

From the outside looking in, no team in the top 5 is as well rounded as FSU. FSU can pass, run, play D, special teams, they have talent all over the field. They match up with Alabama the best. They're gonna be double digit favorites for the rest of the regular season. There's no reason they should lose.

As an FSU fan? Im just waiting for them to "pull an FSU" and blow a game against NC State or Miami. So like I said before. The ACC is theirs for the taking. But a NC? I'll wait till after they play UF to pass judgment. I will however say that this team is looking like the best team to come out of Tallahassee in a long while. You will get me to admit that.

[Spartacus87]

FSU's defense was fine against USF. They only gave up 7 yards combined in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, and only 3 or 4 first downs from the 2nd quarter on. They also gave a lot of playing time to the 2nd string guys to get them some experience, particularly Mario Edwards.

Funny to look back now on that loss to USF in '09 (probably the worst FSU game I've ever attended, even worse than Tim Tebow running wild in the rain in 2008, with the now "famous" scenes of his jersey covered in FSU field paint but changed to "blood" for folk lore purposes), and remember how it was considered USF's breakout game into the Florida college scene. BJ Daniels, a Tallahassee native who Jimbo Fisher didn't want to recruit to FSU as a QB, getting his revenge. Of course McD5 was on hand to say that Bowden and Fisher screwed up by not recruiting Daniels, who was clearly a special talent. 3 years later and USF has regressed and FSU is much better off as a program.

I'm not going to concern myself with any sort of BCS Championship contention talk unless FSU is undefeated and the only game left is the UF game. UF is good again this year (they were pretty good on defense last year too, but now their offense is picking up), and that game concerns me. I'd like to just win the ACC first and foremost.

Speaking of the ACC - Al Golden, strong ACC Coach of the Year candidate? Granted, Miami's defense is some trash and they've had some fortunate breaks with their schedule so far, but he's still doing very, very well with getting everything possible out of that team, especially the offense.

Should be an interesting second half of the season for Miami.

[ixcuincle]

I am telling you that Miami is back, and I am telling you they could possibly beat Virginia Tech. Morris is on fire and Duke Johnson is a beast. Virginia Tech will have trouble stopping either of those two.

[big#44]

I am telling you that Miami is back, and I am telling you they could possibly beat Virginia Tech. Morris is on fire and Duke Johnson is a beast. Virginia Tech will have trouble stopping either of those two.

Its a weird year in the ACC when Duke and Miami are fighting for the lead in the Coastal Division in October.

[Mr. Sinister]

They're doing better than I thought they would. The defense has to get better if this is to continue. These next 3-4 weeks are going to be tough.

[pjfootballer]

I know I have ZERO room to talk as a Maryland and Memphis football fan, but I just have to laugh my ass off at Virginia Tech. Every year their fans hype them up, the experts say this is the year and every year they inexplicably blow games to lesser opponents, usually at the beginning of the year. They're alot like the Dallass Cowboys, except the Cowboys choose to do it at the end of the year. Sorry, but this happens every year.

FWIW, I'd love for the Terps or Tigers to have the same kind of success that VaTech has had over the years.

[FSUSkins24]

Lol at half the stadium being filled with FSU fans at a "home" game for USF.

I was at the game. The upper deck belonged to FSU, and the lower deck was about 80-20 USF. It was a pathetic showing for their crowd. Not to mention the fact that some USF fans decided to bump their gums before the game.

USF Fan: **** FSU!
Me: Ummm. okay.

Really? You lost to Ball State and Rutgers. Maybe you should just sit back and enjoy the loss.

Oh, and they had this tweet fest on the big screen during the half. Thought it was comical how often "#Rival" showed up. When did that happen?

---------- Post added October-1st-2012 at 02:39 PM ----------

In the ACC? Yes. For a National Championship? No, as a fan this game didnt convince me.

I have to agree, they got off to a real slow start and didn't pick it up until the second half, had a long run brought back due to a hold. At the end of the day you have to win the ugly ones, and that is what FSU did Saturday.

I really like our RBs, especially Thompson. Wilder Jr. is a beast, too.

Ease off our boys a little

The score is deceptive because of the short field touchdown. FSU seems to have gone to the Danny Smith school of Special Teams for the Clemson and USF games. If we fix that I'll be happy. 30-10 looks a lot better than 30-17.

[The Evil Genius]

The new Big East currently has 2x as many ranked teams as the ACC.

Good for them.



---------- Post added October-1st-2012 at 12:10 PM ----------

I wonder if the Baylor/WVU game brought back any nightmares for Dabo?

[Elessar78]

[LeesburgSkinFan]

I'm flying into Austin tomorrow for the WVU-Texas game...pretty excited.

[LeesburgSkinFan]

‎"I cannot tell you if Dana Holgorsen is totally for real, but I can report that his hair is an epic and undeniable truth."

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