Nancy had a Tailgate Party for Her Students - Florida State Lost - but Won the ACC Atlantic Crown

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It started out a beautiful day - 70 - sunny - clear sky - low humidity. Nancy and I took the camper over behind the College of information. Nancy invited her students to come to a tailgate party. We had a nice spot - some good food - and good friends - even Nancy's Dean Larry Dennis spent an hour or so swapping takes of his days at "The Big House" when he was a student at Michigan. Keith drove the scooter over and spent some time and had lunch.

After the tailgate party - we walked from the College of Information to the stadium. At the stadium Nancy and I always compete to see who can get the best and cheapest tickets. Some people might compare us to homeless beggars. On this day Harry won - getting a very nice pair of tickets on the 30 yard line from a pretty blonde lady that had a fist full and was taking her kids on a family event. She refused my generous offer of $5.00 each for the $38.00 tickets - so I obliged and took them for free.

The weather was perfect for a game - 70s and sunny - but luckily our tickets were in the shade. NC State shot our to a quick lead - but the score was tied 10-10 at halftime. The NCSU coach used to work at Florida State as an assistant coach for 20 years - and he has been very successful playing us. He has won three games against us now - almost beating us as much as Miami does. His name is Chuck Amato and he is from Easton, PA - near our old hometown of Tamaqua.
FSU lost by a score of 20-15 - but since UNC beat Boston College - FSU won the ACC Atlantic Championship and has earned the "wonderful" honor to play Miami twice in one season in the ACC championship game in Jacksonville in a couple of weeks. Miami won the ACC coastal Championship by beating Virginia Tech last night 27-7 in Blacksburg, VA.

The rest of the season does not look too bright for FSU. Although FSU is 6-2 right now - we have lost 2 out of the last 3 games. And the next for games are going to be even harder. FSU could easily lose the next four games and end the season 6 and 6. Yikes. Here they are - 1. Next week we play Clemson at Clemson featuring Bobby Bowden's son Tommy as coach - 2. Then we must got to Gainesville to play a very good UF Gators team in their Swamp - 3. Then we must play Miami in the ACC Championship game in the swamp - 4. And the last game will be a bowl game. If we somehow get by Miami - it will be a major BCS Bowl (Orange in Miami - Sugar in Atlanta - Fiesta in Phoenix). Everyone knows FSU's luck against Miami - and it is such a pleasure to play them again after beating them once in the home opener. Miami looked fabulous last night pounding the Hokies in Blacksburg.

Drew got his doctorate at Miami - but we are so tired of getting beaten by the Hurricanes. They are indeed the best football team in the country in the last 20 years. They have won 5 national championships - and played in the big game many more years than that. It is about two and a half hours from here to Jacksonville - that can be a long ride home.

After the game Nancy and I watched the Miami/Va Tech game in the camper on campus for a while and headed home after the traffic cleared - it was quiet 2 mile ride home.