Well I guess the questions after Game 1 were answered. The 34-0 home opner last week definitely showed a little rust, but it was obviously shaken loose by a week of practice. Game 2 saw multiple touchdown passes from both EJ Manuel and backup Clint Trickett, as FSU ran up 62 points on Charleston Southern. To say the offense was clicking is a major understatement. With :05 seconds on the clock, and the third-string QB leading the offense, backup running back Wilder almost broke loose for another score. A shoestring, TD-saving tackle by a Charleston Southern defensive back ended the game and stopped the bleeding.
This was just the sort of tune-up game FSU needed headed into next week. I just hope they don't get too cocky. Oklahoma is #1 and for good reason. Last year, they put a hurting on a hopeful FSU team who thought they had arrived under first year head coach Jimbo Fisher. This year, they should be playing with a chip on their shoulder. If the offense comes out firing on all cylinders like they did this week, it should be no problem putting points up against the vaunted OU defense, "the sharks." In that regard, FSU's D can hold their own. They are fast and hard-hitting like the teams of old. I'm sure Defensive Coordinator Mark Stoops would love to repay his brother, Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops, for last year.
ESPN's GameDay Crew will be on-hand in Tallahassee. I can remember their visits in the early 90's during FSU's heyday. I was front and center for the time they came and set up in the student endzone. That was back when Craig James, aka "The Pony," was sitting in Herbie's chair and I had to get an autograph for my wife. James was the ONLY reason she ever watched GameDay with me on Saturday mornings (once a religious-level ritual for me). This will be their first trip back, sans The Pony, in quite awhile. I hope FSU doesn't disappoint. OU will definitely be on upset alert!
Tune-up for the big game? Check!
Seminoles undefeated? Check!
Time for the first real test of 2011. LET'S GO NOLES!!! <-;;;--------<<<
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