Posted by NoleCC

(Note: Uh, I’m embarrassed for spelling Jacksonville wrong in the title initially… sorry!)

Mike Bianchi has another blog post up. Basically, he says it’s embarrassing for Seminole fans if they are outdrawn by Alabama, because the game is in FSU’s state. Here’s my response:

Embarrassing? Yes, but not for the Seminole fans that travel to Doak each week. All I ever hear about neutral site games for FSU, is how great they are because the Alumni in Jax / Orlando / Tampa / wherever get to see the Noles play, but in reality a lot of those people don’t go to the game anyway. If the alumni in the bigger cities don’t snatch up those tickets, then our opponents gladly will.

On top of that, everyone knows that Alabama fans are pretty much psycho (I mean that in a good way) and will follow the tide anywhere. They could play a game in Alaska and there’d be thousand trying to get tickets outside the gate.

Maybe that’s why some fans are so insistent that FSU fans wear Garnet to the game, even though it has potential to blend in with Crimson (the same goes for white). I guess if we all wore gold, it would be far too obvious that FSU was outdrawn.

It’s a spoiled fanbase to a degree, that grew up on the feast of the 90′s. I’m sure a major factor is in the fact that the Noles continue to play with mediocrity. As for me, I’ll be there, with tissue for the nosebleeds I’ll be getting up high. I just hope I won’t be rubbing elbows with too many Tide fans.