Posted by BillFromTampa

1. Adding up the at leasts:

At least it was close and not a blowout as some thought it might be

At least the other FSU football team won this weekend

At least the FSU women’s basketball team beat their women’s team

At least their basketball team lost to Kansas

At least for now it looks like that team from back East won’t be in the title game

At least their kicker missed more field goals than FSU (big surprise right?)

Does that help? Probably not. I tried. What can I say?

2. Having outscored the gatros (their …) aka crocs of XXVI 14-7 in the second half, I wonder if there is some obscure rule that can throw out that first half score?

3. Best post game Bobby Bowden quote: In responding to the question whether this season was worse than the 1974 season at West Virginia, “They (the fans) didn’t use a rope this season. Probably would have used it on myself if they had given me one.”

4. Second best post game Bowden quote: “Disappointing year. I think we would get a unanimous vote on that.” Just to make it official please (no touch screens or hanging chads allowed), show of hands.

5. Post game analysis from Mrs. BFT: “It was the defenses fault. They didn’t hold up their part of the offense by not scoring their usual one or two touchdowns or running back a blocked kick for a score.” Shame on that defense for not scoring!

6. As FSU QBs struggled in the first half, Gene Deckerhoff offered the best description for those listening on the radio and not able to watch the game. “Seminole quarterbacks can’t hit a barn door.” Thankfully barn doors aren’t used in football so we’ll never know if that is true or not.

7. Comment from the gatros (their …) aka crocs of XXVI pre-game radio show: “The Gator defense is a little banged up.” You want to talk about a banged up defense?? Two words: Wanna trade injury situations???

8. After the first replay review (the incomplete pass ruling) went in favor of FSU, I wonder how many gatros (their …) aka crocs of XXVI fans thought that was Jack Childress in the replay booth?

9. As Tim Tebow made his first appearance in the game on a short yardage play, anybody in that crowd of 83,507 not expecting a run please DO NOT submit your resume for a defensive coordinator’s job anytime soon.

10. After Ron Cherry offered as less than stellar explanation of the replay decision on the punt accidentally touched by a FSU player and then a player from that team back East, PT Willis made the astute observation “We need to just quit micing them”.

Bonus Indescribably Random and Absolutely Meaningless Thoughts

11. Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a guess here. Chris Hetland will NOT be kicking in the NFL. Just another guess, gatros (their …) aka crocs of XXVI fans are probably glad he won’t be kicking for them anymore either.

12. FSU’s season in a nutshell: A wide receiver drops a sure catch. Next play? An interception.

13. No big kicking surprise Part II: As Clemson’s Jad Dean lined up for the game tying field goal how many wished they could get a quick call to Vegas to bet the farm/mortgage//car/wife/kids/dog/cat that Dean would miss the kick? There probably was no surer bet in the history of betting that he would miss it.

14. If there is anyone that has a harder voice that sounds like gravel to listen to than Chuck Amato it has to be US(eless)F’s head coach Jim Leavitt. In listening to his interview right after the win over WVU, the only thought that came to mind was “won’t somebody PLEASE give that man a throat lozenge”.

15. We bid a fond farewell and copy of the home game to yet another Plant Panther opponent, Armwood this time, who clearly early in the game took the Panthers lightly. A good indicator that that attitude was not going to work were the first two Armwood series as the QB threw interceptions returned for TDs of 68 and 80 yards. If the crowd of 6,000 hadn’t been so loud you might have heard an audible “Hey, maybe we should take these guys seriously” from the Armwood team.