Time to award Tomahawks and Smelly Socks from the Wake game, our first Best & Worst of the season
Jimbo. For not going Mickey Andrews on his two young QBs. That fatherly approach after INTs can only help their confidence.
The Defense. Still #4 in FBS Total Defense and #2 in Scoring Defense.
The Toe of Gano. Still not 100%, he scored the only Nole points of the night.
The TE. They actually threw to him (Josh Dobbie), and he caught it for 14 yards.
The Punter. Shawn Powell boomed 'em for a 47.5 avg. Beats the 40.5 combined average of last season when Gano and Brent Moody shared punt duty.
You. For not panicking, realizing this is a work in progress. And especially for not whining on message boards about how much your team stinks, or even babbling about switching loyalties. Pathetic.
All the Penalty Perpetrators. 139 yards of negative yardage on 12 penalties. More than double last year's average of 66.9 per game. An absolute breakdown of discipline.
Jimbo. Failed his first big test as CIW (Coach in Waiting). Offense not prepared mentally and tactically. Average and occasionally puzzling play selection. Inability to adjust in-game (Wake found things that worked, while FSU never did).
More? Lots, yet it's time to move on. This was a jarring speed bump. But there's tons more time on the '08 game clock for the offense to grow up and turn the corner.
The penalties can partly be blamed on the coaches. Did they really not expect any fighting and shoving leading to personal foulsto occur when pictures of Wake players wearing unconquered t-shirt were be posted in all of the players lockers?
Also the refs stunk up the place several times making bad calls or no calls. I rarely complain about the refs, but in this game it could have actually made a difference.
Posted by: J | September 22, 2008 at 03:05 AM