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Eric wrote:Honestly, I don't even know why Idaho would show up.

What would be really fun to see is if Savannah State got to play Florida State this year instead of last year. The over/under after one quarter may be, what, 49?

I can think of 850 thousand reasons they will show up.

I wish we had those CFP bucks. I would put 9 of them on Idaho.

Spence wrote:

donovan wrote:

Spence wrote::lol:


now for the why Florida State will win..........................................................

The only possible way Florida State can win is to score more points than Idaho.

Yes, but in my humble opinion, scoring more points is a great strategy. If I am hiring a coach, I would tend to try and find one who consistently scores more points than his opponents as a criteria.

We've solved it

Looks as though Idaho has them right where they want `em.
Let fsu take the lead by a few scores, so they get overconfident.
I'm sure the Vandals offense clearly has the advantage.
All 5 of Idaho's O-linemen are have been lost to injury.
florida state could have a good scout outlook on them.

They plan on handling the `noles, the way Georgia Southern is taking care of the gators.

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Exactly, you don't want to be showing hour hole card right up front.

Everybody relax, guys. They've got the ball. 1 minute to go. Time for one of those 75 point drives you don't see in football very often.


Seriously, FSU did everything possible to avoid losing stature playing a team like this. Really made a statement.

I may have miscalculated just a skoosh.

Both teams were victors today. FSU did a credible job under difficult circumstances, Idaho walks away with 850K. And both knew what they were getting into. Mr. Billybud was right a long time ago...this is what happens when schools renege on a commitment.

Give kudos to both teams. Idaho did not give up. To the school administrators, mainly Idaho's....hide your head in shame. These are young men with more character than you show. Give the money to the people that earned it. Makes me mad.

donovan wrote:Both teams were victors today. FSU did a credible job under difficult circumstances, Idaho walks away with 850K. And both knew what they were getting into. Mr. Billybud was right a long time ago...this is what happens when schools renege on a commitment.

Give kudos to both teams. Idaho did not give up. To the school administrators, mainly Idaho's....hide your head in shame. These are young men with more character than you show. Give the money to the people that earned it. Makes me mad.

Actually for all our joking in here, I'll agree with that. 14 points against FSU: more than double their last two competitors put together. Actually it's the same as the 'Noles gave up to Clemson or Miami. Can't even dismiss it for being against their 3rd string either; Florida State's third string has had plenty of opportunity to prove this season that they can keep the brutal pace going.

That isn't the work of administrators cashing in on the opportunity to get whupped by the #1 or 2 team in the country. That's the players and coaches on the field grinding out what they can in an impossible situation.

Exactly

I'll say this for Idaho...has another team in the country played three teams who are still undefeated?

Idaho has. FSU, Fresno, Northern Illinois.

It is very difficult for a very good team to stay focused week after week...especially playing an Idaho...The guys did well. And, you'd have to live down here to understand the absolute circus going on. The team got on the field and tuned it out.

When they took out Timmy Jernigan and the rest of the 1st and 2nd string D before the half, the ball game was over...when you beat a team by 66 points, does it matter if they score a TD to match the points that your defense scored?

I think FSU was as Mr. Billybud has said, left with not many choices to fill in the cancelled game. Idaho gets some money, and exposure, probably at the expense of its players. What FSU has done this year by their dominance, is play a lot of 2nd 3rd and 4th tier players. When the big game comes, they will have a bench load of players with experience and there is no substitute for experienced players that have rested legs. If you can rotate in and out with players that know what they are doing and are fresh, it disrupts the opposition, they never know what to expect and keeps control of the game. Teams like Alabama are so deep, no matter who plays they dominate. FSU is getting in the same position. Save OSU, all the rest play well with their first string and if that doesn't work, they get the loss.

This season to me, epitomizes how conference play has been devalued so much, it is irrelevant. Its all about one game. Pretty pathetic except for two teams.

Ohio State is starting to build that kind of depth again. They haven't quite made it or there wouldn't have been a walk on linebacker starting last week at Illinois.

Who cares about depth.... 23-0 is enough depth!!!! It's starting to get into the category of I can't remember when they lost their last game.

One more win ties the great run that Boise St put up a few years ago.

I really wish we had the playoff this year as I hate to see things settled on a guessing game.