There were great expectations in Tallahassee last night including at the address 1607 Seminole Drive. Lulu and I with friends George and Joel - were gathered in the living room to see the "new Seminoles."
The crowd at Clemson was really excited - and it seemed there were very few fans wearing garnet and gold - and even fewer empty seats. We were feeling pretty happy that we did not make the drive to Clemson without tickets.
FSU has hired an almost entirely new expensive coaching staff - with virtually only Bobby and Mickey Andrews back from the good old days. The first half looked as if nothing changed from the Jeff Bowden Era. A confused looking Seminole team quickly had fallen behind by 21 points at halftime.
George and Joel went home to a 10PM bedtime - but Lulu and I stayed up. Our sons - Keith and Drew - were together in Syracuse for the game. Although they graduated from Georgetown and Duke - they are still two of the best Florida State football fans. The cellphones were quiet all night because there was nothing to celebrate.
FSU came out in the second half and scored 18 straight points - but they couldn't score 7 more and lost by 6.
The jury is still out on this club - did the rest of the ACC get good - or did FSU become mediocre - time will tell.
Regardless - Bobby Bowden has done miracles for this town and school and he deserves to coach as long as he can. It may hard convincing a few of the spoiled fans that Bobby created.
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