Posts Tagged ‘Jimbo Fisher’
The Year in Review: Florida St. (9-4, 5-3)
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 27, 2012
Imagine we live in an alternate universe, one where the University of Alabama system Board of Trustees can’t unilaterally dictate the ebb and flow of its athletic programs located outside of Tuscaloosa. It’s a difficult situation to consider, I know, but suspend your disbelief for the interest of this scenario. So it’s the winter of 2006, and U.A.B. reaches out to — nay, actually agrees to a contract with — L.S.U. offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher, who had just completed his seventh season as an assistant in Baton Rouge. The contract, which hovered around $600,000 annually, was very much in line with what Fisher demanded as a national title-winning assistant coach; in addition, two members of the U.A.B. community offered to pay half of his annual contract.
Tags: Alabama Board of Trustees, Bjoern Werner, E.J. Manuel, Florida State, Jimbo Fisher, Lamarcus Joyner, Nigel Bradham, Rashad Greene, U.A.B.
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Gritty F.S.U. Win Will Carry Over to 2012
By Paul Myerberg // Dec 29, 2011
It wasn’t pretty. It was ugly as it comes, actually, befitting two impotent offenses matched with steadfast defenses, and was not for the faint of heart. The first pass to hit a receiver in the numbers should have been collected, signed, bronzed and placed in a Brinks truck for safe keeping en route to the College Football Hall of Fame. The first offensive line to protect the quarterback — let alone open up a hole or two — should have earned a $100 gift certificate to the closest Champs Sports. The first running back to reel off a run greater than 15 yards earned a get-out-of-jail-free card for his next error in pass protection, which was inevitable.
Tags: Bobby Hart, Champs Sports Bowl, Florida State, Jimbo Fisher, Notre Dame
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I Think This is a Rivalry (For Now)
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 3, 2011
It’s one of the most unexpected rivalries in the A.C.C., even if the word rivalry should come with a disclaimer. What is a rivalry, anyway? Is a rivalry born via geographic proximity? Is it based on history? Or is a rivalry born simply through competition — hard-fought games, played with something on the line, decided by big plays not just once but several times over a period of time? See, you don’t think rivalry when discussing Florida State and Boston College, but the series’ recent history suggests otherwise.
Tags: A.C.C., Boston College, Florida State, Jimbo Fisher, Montel Harris
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Ten Years Later, Catching Up With O.U.
By Paul Myerberg // Sep 15, 2011
These two teams met in early 2001 with even more on the line, but have since gone their separate ways, one up, one down. Oklahoma won that night, humbling the defending national champs, 13-2, and starting a decade-long run under Bob Stoops that is virtually unparalleled in the program’s long and illustrious history. Florida State didn’t drop off the map, not immediately, but beginning in 2004 experienced a six-year dip that didn’t end until Bobby Bowden’s retirement following the 2009 season. Is Florida State already back? That’s still unknown — ask again on Sunday. But the fact that F.S.U. hosts Oklahoma with national title aspirations on the line does suggest that the Seminoles, after a prolonged absence from center stage, are once again the Seminoles.
Tags: Bob Stoops, Florida State, Jimbo Fisher, Oklahoma
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No. 4: Florida State
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 31, 2011
Vintage. Vintage is watching Notre Dame not for the sense of schadenfreude you get from watching Syracuse win in South Bend but for the fact that the Irish are a title contender. Vintage is Nebraska-Oklahoma, and we’re all sad that rivalry is officially dead. Vintage is Steve Spurrier riling up the SEC; is Alabama intimidating all comers; is T.C.U. back as a national power after decades spent in the background; is Michigan not cowering in front of Ohio State; is West Virginia going the unorthodox route. Vintage is Florida State in the top five, where the Seminoles made a home for 14 straight years, from 1987-2000. Vintage is all that the Seminoles are in 2011: big, fast, strong, quick and mean — now that’s vintage, both for Florida State and college football at large.
Tags: A.C.C., Andrew Datko, Bert Reed, Bjorn Werner, Brandon Jenkins, Chris Thompson, Christian Jones, David Spurlock, E.J. Manuel, Florida State, Greg Reid, Jacob Fahrenkrug, Jacobbi McDaniel, Jimbo Fisher, Lamarcus Joyner, Mark Stoops, Nigel Bradham, Rick Trickett, Rodney Smith
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The Importance of Florida State
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 3, 2011
Let’s get this out of the way: Florida’s not playing for a national title in 2011. Florida’s always aiming for a national title, meaning the Gators enter every season with gargantuan expectations, but this specific team, in Will Muschamp’s first season, doesn’t have what it take to run through the SEC without a blemish or two. Only two conference losses would be wonderful, in fact, and would leave the Gators at 9-2 entering the season finale at Florida State. And here’s where it gets interesting, and here’s where Muschamp might face the most important test of his debut season.
Tags: Florida, Florida State, Jameis Winston, Jimbo Fisher, Miami (Fla.), Urban Meyer, Will Muschamp
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Taking Spring With a Grain of Salt
By Paul Myerberg // Apr 6, 2011
The line is so good that it’s worth sharing. In providing profiles of some of the lesser-known teams in the F.B.S., Bill Connelly at Football Study Hall gives statistical analysis of both the season past and what to expect in 2011 on both sides of the ball. In his Louisiana Tech profile, Connelly says the following about quarterback Colby Cameron’s spring showing in Sonny Dykes’ high-flying passing offense. In a wonderfully succinct summary of all spring game performances, Connelly says the following:
Spring game stats are completely and totally worthless, but… well, throwing for 275 yards and five touchdowns is still better than not throwing for 275 yards and five touchdowns.
Beautiful. And Connelly raises a delicate point for fans and objective bystanders alike: What can we really take from spring ball?
Tags: Colby Cameron, E.J. Manuel, Florida State, Garrett Gilbert, Jimbo Fisher, Louisiana Tech, Sonny Dykes, Spring football, Taylor Martinez, Texas, Tim Beck, Tony Franklin
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Spring Storylines: Florida State
By Paul Myerberg // Mar 3, 2011
National titles hopes are back in vogue in Tallahassee. It’s been some time since Florida State held such realistic aspirations; you might have to go back to 2003 — give or take — to find the last time the program put together a team and coaching staff truly capable of running the table, even if the dedicated fan base was able to fool itself into thinking otherwise in the years since. This is a new era, one piloted by Jimbo Fisher and a talented staff, one propelled forward by a roster loaded with young, athletic talent. In short, it should be an exciting spring for Florida State. One can’t blame a hungry coaching staff, team and fan base for counting down the days until the Seminoles retake the field.
Tags: Bjoern Werner, Chris Thompson, E.J. Manuel, Florida State, James Wilder, Jimbo Fisher, Spring storylines
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