The ACC is just so so bad so you never know but no from what I can tell they are never really going to be that great under Norvell. What is interesting to me is he is supposed to be an offensive coach and FSUs offense is still terrible. And it isn’t a good look for him or his staff that they looked so incompetent against UF that only has 7 coaches. Both teams were so undisciplined and can’t seem to do the simple things right. That’s just poor coaching.
An average QB and that game is probably 24-7 at the half.
Agreed and that was my concern. We were dominating the game but were letting them hang around.
Unless our as yet unnamed new coach agrees to coach the bowl game, which would give the kids a head start on learning the new system, we need to just decline and stay home. We have literally nothing to gain and nothing to lose. We like to say our guys are student athletes, not just athletes, then decline the bowl game and let them study for finals.
They're going thru their worst stretch in decades and we struggled to beat them.
Agree. You never turn down a bowl game unless an unfortunate tragedy struck the football team or student body...or if you are broke. We aren't broke and no tragic events have happened. Every young player deserves this experience. Every older player deserves this experience although it didn't meet the fans, coaches, and their own expectations. You bowl when presented the opportunity.
I wouldn't be surprised if they are asked to vote on whether they want to play. That tends to happen when nobody wants to be responsible for pulling the plug.
Giving players like AR15, Jason Marshall, Gervon Dexter and other young guys 15 more practices and another game is very well worth it IMO. You still get practice reps and game reps. In fact if Napier tells Knox that AR15 starts the game and plays the whole game that alone would be worth it.
To my knowledge, big money bowls get split (school playing gets the biggest share), but the schools going to little bowls keep their bowl money to offset the cost of travelling there.
We didn’t have a coach. We were in worse shape than they were and playing as badly as we have in decades. They still lost. Bad take. Sorry.
WYS. Plus reward Greg Knox and let him coach one more game as the guy in charge.
I’m trying not to insult anyone but his take is just terrible.
Huh? We didn’t exactly have a great season ourselves. It was two 5-6 teams going at it. That loss hurt FSU quite a bit and any momentum they had temporarily built. It’s hard to explain losing to a team with just 7 coaches and most of them unlikely to return while you are supposed to be building your program and you are the future. Let’s be honest the score of that game was much closer than it really was. As bad as we have been we dominated most of that game. As usual we tried ways to lose that game but FSU is just that bad and didn’t really want it.
I don’t think anybody is making excuses. We won the game. Isn’t that what matters? You just chose to not enjoy the win l, despite a poor season. Would you have been happier if we lost?
Exactly, this was a beautiful win. The amount of stuff I get to crow about to Noles about this victory for years to come is great. First, we have the whiff on the inside kick, which Nole fans just loved to always talk crap about the two UF linemen blocking each other years ago, and this is worse than that. Second, the fact that NorveLLLLLLL lost to a lame duck coaching staff when they thought they were making progress and the fact that they now have four consecutive losing seasons. Also, when UF went 4-8 in 2013, all I heard from Noles was “it’s great to be a 4-8er” and all kinds of lame taunts, but four consecutive losing seasons is way worse than one 4-8 season.
Yup. All those things were on the line and you guys earned the bragg'n rights for certain. It's what makes rivalry games fun.
We were on a losing skid and they were figuring it out. As a few have already said we had no head coach and fill in’s elsewhere. Not to mention three picks(one in the end zone) So yeah it’s a good win.
Igloo what's your take on Norvell? What does he need to do in year 3 to keep his job? I have to think the seat is a little warm.
