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Football flashback: Tech gave FSU its toughest test in title season

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A funny thing almost happened on the way to the national championship for FSU in 1999. Georgia Tech almost happened. It was early in what was going to be a memorable season for the Seminoles. Still, this is the one that almost derailed the dream before it got started. This was FSU 41, Georgia Tech 35 in the wildest game of the season. Not the closest (FSU beat Clemson by only three points) but the wildest. FSU would end up…

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Everett Golson’s breakout game for FSU nets him Player of the Week

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For more than half a season, FSU fans have waited. For more than half a season, he was the promising quarterback from another program. He was the guy who was going to keep the chains moving. The guy who who was supposed to keep the big plays coming. Finally, Saturday, quarterback Everett Golson showed up. Golson was all he was supposed to be in a 41-21 victory over Louisville, just in time for the stretch run to begin for the…

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College roundup: FSU’s offense comes to play against Louisville

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It was supposed to be the legs of Leonard Fournette that was going to make the difference. Instead, it was the skinny legs of Trent Domingue that was the downfall of the eighth-ranked Florida Gators. Florida lost a 35-28 game in Baton Rouge when LSU faked a field goal, and Dominique took a lateral, bottled it, and then ran into the end zone. Fournette rushed for 180 yards, 100 of it in the first half when Florida’s defense was at…

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Fearless Forecast: Predicting a Florida defeat, an FSU victory

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At the moment that Treon Harris jogs toward the huddle, it is all on him. The game. The season. The future. This is his team now in the aftermath of the Will Grier suspension. This is his offense. And all those fresh doubts of the Gators? Those are his, too. It is up to Harris to keep the No. 8 team in the nation sailing. It is up to him to keep the wins coming. Ah, but Florida was a…

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10 Questions: Can Treon Harris keep Gators winning against LSU?

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Can Treon Harris keep the Gators rolling? The truth is that Florida was going to be an underdog against LSU in the best of circumstances. That’s okay, because the Gators were an underdog to Ole Miss and Missouri as well. But yeah, it hurts a team to lose its starting quarterback. Hey, Will Grier was starting for a reason. But Coach Jim McElwain pointed out repeatedly that Harris was close in the competition. It isn’t like the team goes from…

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Football flashback: Louisville upsets Florida State in rain

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Does the situation remind anyone of days gone by? FSU was undefeated back then, too. It was highly ranked. Its defense was shutting people down. And it lost to Louisville in overtime. Oops. It was Sept. 28, 2002, and the Seminoles waded into Louisville for a Thursday night game as the rain from Hurricane Isidore fell. FSU was ranked No. 4 in the nation. Louisville was off to a pedestrian start, losing to both Kentucky and Colorado State. Sports Illustrated…

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A look back at the always quotable Steve Spurrier

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Steve Spurrier made college football news conferences – which can range from tedious to sleep-inducing – into must-see events. The Head Ball Coach had plenty of targets for his zingers. Back in his Florida days, it was Tennessee, Georgia and Florida State. He tweaked NFL coaches for losing despite working around the clock. After he came to South Carolina, he also took aim at Clemson. Spurrier would sometimes put on a show. He faked his own arrest when star Jadeveon…

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