He has heard zydeco music. He has tasted Cajun food. He has read the novels of James Lee Burke. Why, then, would Jimbo Fisher go to LSU? Oh, it’s obvious why LSU would want Fisher. Heck, who wouldn’t? Along with Urban Meyer and Nick Saban, he’s one of the best coaches working today. He can coach, he can recruit, he can run a program. So anyone who needs a coach – and it’s sounding a lot like LSU will be…
How do you measure a rivalry? Is it the stakes of the game? If so, Florida and FSU and their battle for top 10 status counts. Is it the curled lip that the fan of one program feels toward another? In that case, USF vs. UCF qualifies. Either way, the emotions are sure to be high when those teams meet on rivalry weekend. FSU at Florida The Gators are ranked higher in this rivalry, and they’re at home. But it…
If you went to Apex University, then you obviously hate Apex State. It’s just the way it works. You tell you Apex State jokes, some of which end with “you want fries with that?” You refer to Apex State as the cow college, whether it’s ever had a cow around campus or not. You make fun of the mascot. Think the women are dense and the men are Neanderthal. Why? Because you went to Apex, of course. And because of…
Can the University of Florida find enough offensive sizzle to get past FSU? The Gators’ offense is stuck in a ditch, isn’t it? Twenty against FAU. Twenty-four against South Carolina. Nine against Vandy. It’s a testament to the Florida defense that it is a once-beaten team. Florida hasn’t scored more than 28 since the Ole Miss game. Florida’s offense has looked, frankly, like a boxer on the ropes for a month. FSU has too many playmakers for that to continue.…
How much does next year’s Florida-FSU game depend on this year’s? How much does the year after? In other words, might Saturday’s result sway upcoming recruits for several seasons? We know that the schools often recruit the same players. We know that high school athletes are among the most fickle creatures on the planet. And we know that everyone loves a front-runner. This season, both FSU and Florida are having great recruiting seasons. According to 247sports.com, FSU currently ranks third…
It was a tie. A deadlock. Thirty-one for this team, 31 for that one. Why, then, do FSU and Florida have completely different memories of it? It was Nov. 26, 1994, when Florida spent three quarters of the game bashing the dickens out of FSU, only to have the Seminoles return the favor with a 28-point fourth quarter. It was a stunning comeback, a tie that left FSU feeling as if it had won and Florida as if it had…
As Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher prepares for Saturday’s game against No. 10 Florida, he sees a mirror image of his own squad. “It’s funny how that evolves. That wasn’t planned, I promise you, by either one of us,” Fisher said on Monday. “One of the key roles as a coach is identifying who you are and what each team is. And (Florida coach Jim McElwain has) done a great job of that. “It’s ironic that we are very similar,…
