Happy New Year FSU

[British Shoe Company]

      
FSU is losing in the 3rd Q... Where is the FAT LADY? It's time for her to Sing!

[thelakelander]

She already finished her performance. FSU had a good run but most should have known FSU's offense wasn't going to keep up with Oregon's over the course of four quarters.  I guess it will be the Ducks against Bama next week.

[FSBA]

Defense played well enough to win. The game turned with 3 fumbles turning into 20 Oregon points. Combine that with piss poor red zone offense and you aren't beating Oregon.

[thelakelander]

Ok now. This is getting out of hand. Man up FSU. Don't quit and give up 70.

[tufsu1]

^ Thanks for your support Lake...we kept it under 60

and yes, it will still be a Happy Nole Year!

[carpnter]

Defense played well enough to win. The game turned with 3 fumbles turning into 20 Oregon points. Combine that with piss poor red zone offense and you aren't beating Oregon.

Kelly was out coached, the defense played terrible. He started off the first half pretty good then went all vanilla in the second half.

[I-10east]

I guess it will be the Ducks against Bama next week.

Not so fast!! *easy for me to say that now right?* 

[I-10east]

Gator Nation will be fuming if Urbs gets a championship with the Buckeyes.

[spuwho]

Gator Nation will be fuming if Urbs gets a championship with the Buckeyes.

He wont. Ducks will walk by OSU.

[FSBA]

Prepare for ESPN to beat "The BCS would've left both semi-final winners out of the national championship" into the ground for the next week and a half.

Atleast Alabama lost.

[JeffreyS]

I wish the turnovers wouldn't have made it ugly but the Duck's were the better team.

[thelakelander]

I guess it will be the Ducks against Bama next week.

Not so fast!! *easy for me to say that now right?* 

Hahaha, it couldn't have happened to a better man. I thought Nick Satan would have an easy one this week and then get run off the field by the Ducks. I'll take it. However, I'm not to fond of Urban and OSU either, so I can't wait to see the Ducks have their way with OSU.

[thelakelander]

I wish the turnovers wouldn't have made it ugly but the Duck's were the better team.

That's what turnovers tend to do. This season, it was FSU to benefit from the ball bouncing their way in a ton of games that they probably should have lost. It just finally caught up with them last night.

[fieldafm]

but the Duck's were the better team.

I didnt see it that way at all. I was surprised how good FSU's defense was for about 2 3/4 quarters against Oregon's offense. FSU's weak link all year has been their poor tackling (probably the worst tackling defense FSU has had in the last decade, and that's no exageration). They tackled much better up until the end when they finally quit. Take away the gimicky 'snap the ball in 10 seconds' deal, and they did really well when they were able to line up and read the plays (Oregon only ran a half dozen plays all game, they just had 3 options for every look). I was surpised that Oregon didn't have as much talent on offense or defense as their record and astronomical stats would have led you to believe.

Frankly, FSU should have been winning at halftime. FSU made a couple of stops against Oregon's offense. Oregon could not stop FSU's offense. FSU's offense unfortunately just stopped themselves.  The defense would have looked much better if FSU's offense produced more points. They just gave up halfway through the third quarter when the offense had their third turnover in a row (and who could blame them).

If you looked past the stats, there was only one pro quaterback playing last night. Too bad some of the younger players didn't play up to the game. But, all year long any rational fan would have been worrying about FSU's youth at certain skill positions (I know I was).  All in all, it was a really great season.. and I feel really privileged to have been able to watch a player like Jameis Winston wear an FSU uniform.

[KenFSU]

Great season by the Noles.

I'd be way more upset about last night's loss if I wasn't so optimistic about this team going forward.

Good fortune was on our side all season, and Lady Luck came looking for the receipt last night.

I wonder if Winston reconsiders entering the draft...