Just got back to the hotel from the Champs Bowl. largest crowd in citrus bowl history and I'll guess it was 60-40 FSU. It was actually my first trip to that dump and it really reminds me of the Orange Bowl in that it's in the middle of the ghetto and just old. I read that it was built right after the great depression. Great atmosphere though. Again, much like my 2 trips to the Orange Bowl before it was torn down.
I thought the OL did about like I thought they would in the first half and then they seemed to grow into the game. There were several series that we had 8 true freshman on the field at once on the offensive side. Seeing them not quit was pretty cool. Especially with the booing going on by some FSU fans. When our starting two corners went out (Reid and Rhodes), I thought that may be the nail in the coffin.
Looking back over the season. Obviously, it was disappointing since we had so many expectations and I know injuries played a role into it but what really disappointed me the most was the play of EJ Manuel. I thought with how he had performed in place of Ponder the past few years, he may actually do better than Ponder. I was definitely wrong. In his defense, he had a very young OL however, he also has the best wr core even that they have had since 2000. This Greene kid is amazing. OK, time to go read the meltdown on warchant and how many people were eating crow after the first half. haha
Good Luck tomorrow vs. Dan Mullen and Miss State. My mom,dad, brother and sister made the trip to Nashville today. The music city bowl is the only non-bcs bowl FSU has lost in the past 35 years and it was when half the team was suspended for that cheating scandal. lol!