Jump to content

gatormarc

Full Members
  • Posts

    999
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by gatormarc

  1. Oops. https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-cfp-may-withhold-added-revenue-from-smu-despite-power-five-move-145230576.html Sources: CFP may withhold added revenue from SMU despite Power Five move
  2. Charges by the word.
  3. In my biased opinion, there has always been a little bit of a "little brother" thing with FSU but I don't think anything more than you see from other "State" schools, and in fact they had been surpassed by UCF fans in that regard because FSU was also seen as establishment (and has now had decades of success) while UCF had no legit way to get access to the big time so those fans were the loud and obnoxious ones in the state. What we're seeing now is that FSU feels like a rat in a cage and much of it, they have had a hand in creating. Most FSU fans a year or two ago were confident they could just hand wave themselves out of the ACC. FSU sites sold subscriptions to chumps by making it sound like it was going to happen any minute now for awhile. And now the first time ever, they didn't get the benefit of the doubt despite playing a substandard schedule. Of course, they've now been talking shit about the ACC for a year plus now and are shocked pikachu when everyone agrees with them. Then consider the fact that the playoff could have expanded this year but the ACC went all in with The Alliance™ to block it. FSU fans at the time loved it because it was "giving the SEC the finger" and couldn't understand how the expansion was good for everyone. More shocked pikachu when they found out that the B1G was double crossing the other two members just like everyone else had warned. So yeah, they're cranky as fuck because they know they are fucked and they know they had a hand in getting fucked. All of their attempts to come across like a victim ring hollow because they know they are bullshitting.
  4. It's funny. It's sad. It's funny how sad they've gotten.
  5. The point is fuck FSU. Always and forever.
  6. Norvell hasn't been lighting it up in recruiting. He's not a bad recruiter by any means, but he has not recruited at an elite level yet. Up to now, he has done very well in the portal to fill in those gaps and he has always known for his coaching acumen, not just some guy who throws talent at a problem. This year was his first elite level class but it took several hits on ESD though they did still sign a very talented class. It's worth noting that the UF class that got gutted pretty bad on ESD and was considered one of the big losers on ESD still has a higher average rating than this year's FSU class.
  7. I think it's the culmination of things. For decades, they were cut out of the SEC because frankly they didn't bring anything to the deal. To be fair, no one did. UF sponsored them about a dozen times and most of the time, it never got to a second to bring to discussion. They joined the ACC over the SEC because they wanted an easier route to a football championship and to advance their basketball program and also because they wanted to be part of the upper crust of academics. They saw it as a route to jump Florida in all three while also thumbing their nose at the SEC and decades of being ignored. Football wise, it worked great through most of Bowden's tenure. They love to point at the ridiculously long string of top 5 finishes thanks in large part to a weak schedule. It was a calculated decision and it paid off. Next year, it will too once the playoff expands. This year, it didn't. Basketball wise, they had to watch UF win 2 titles and go to an additional two Final Fours when they were supposed to be the basketball program in the state because of the ACC (see 2020 banner). Recently, FSU's academics finally started to improve, but they are still well behind UF. Athletically, they have also improved a lot too but still behind UF. And now they are dealing with an unforeseen monetary gap because they are not in the Big 2 while also dealing with fan dissatisfaction because most FSU fans still are not interested in most of their conference opponents unless they are winning big. Going to Tally is a pain for most of the fans in the core population of the state and it's not a cheap weekend. Those little things add up if you aren't playing enticing games either because of your opponents or because you aren't winning. They are currently looking to reduce capacity of Doak to 65k as part of their current renovations. That's not uncommon now but it's a big drop.
  8. They prefer the term "unconquered" It's the FSU version of Aggies' "we never lost, just games we were behind when time ran out"
  9. You think they care? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/12/30/ron-desantis-light-florida-capitol-fsu-football-colors/72067537007/
  10. They might still. They've already announced they are lighting up the capitol building for their undefeated season. I understand they hung a Final Four banner for their 2020 basketball team.
  11. The whole thing is shady. There are copies of the 2013 agreement and 2016 amendment already out there. All FSU will say is that those docs may not be 100% accurate.
  12. Apparently 11 months isn't enough time to change your signs.
  13. I don't think most of the portal players for Florida is a surprise. I'd read they expected 15-20 in the portal to make room for incoming transfers/recruits. The two that are standing out in my mind is our DE Princely who most figured was going to go pro after this season and looks to be making sure he has every possibly option of he doesn't hear what he wants to hear from the NFL and our RB Etienne where there were rumblings before the season started that he was upset with splitting time with our primary RB. It doesn't look good from an PR standpoint at all if Etienne leaves especially because the schools talking to him are all contenders and he'll have a chance to shine and it'll look worse from a critics standpoint than its affect on team performance (RB position is one of the least of our concerns). Biggest issue with UF is if some of these highly touted recruits that they are making room for bail on us in the next week.
  14. Dude loves to waste taxpayer dollars on court cases he knows he's gonna lose.
  15. Florida is ready to fill in that role and take another another pummeling from UGA if that means we get 3 more weeks of practice and a NY6 payout.
  16. I'm hoping that the expanded playoff encourages teams to schedule better. I know even though our schedules have always been among the toughest in the country, I've still enjoyed that we've started adding more P5 OOC opponents. It sells tickets.
  17. Penn State probably wins 10 in the ACC. I'm all for leaving both Michigan and FSU out. Michigan for the shitty schedule, oh, and the cheating. FSU for the shitty schedule and because they lost their best player.
  18. Definitely awful... but is it easer than FSU's?
  19. Michigan played an easier schedule than FSU?
  20. We won't know for a while how this shakes out but until this year, Norvell's recruiting has been pretty subpar. He's lived off of transfers and a weak schedule. 2020 (Transition Class) - 21 2021 - 21 2022 - 19 2023 - 16 2024 - Currently 3
×
×
  • Create New...