Reporting from FSU Game with iPhone

PICTURES - Heisman Trophy Winner Chris Weinke - The view from our seats.

It is 40 minutes until game time. We are sitting in the president's
box - front row 50 yard line.

We have plenty of food and drinks. Lots of people are working the crowd.

Weather is clear and cold.

FSU is wearing black with maroon numbers. I cannot read the numbers from here.
Flags are standing straight out.

Lulu is enjoying black martinis.

TK and his wife greeted us.

There is a very dramatic fly over of two giant helicopters. The pilots bring them down close enough to be lit up by the stadium lights - it seems almost dangerous. From this cocoon high above the stadium you would swear you were looking down on the choppers as they peeled off. The two best things tonight about the president's box is that it is not cold and windy in here. After living 55 years through the winters of the hills of Pennsylvania - you never forget how the wind feels if you have a loose sleeve or a shirt untucked.


More later....

...FSU loses by 10....

Morning After - A lot of folks are very sad with last night's loss to Boston College. It felt as if the old Seminoles were coming back - but now one realizes we are stuck at 7-3 with a very difficult Maryland team on the road next week followed by a Florida team that many think will play in the national championship game. If FSU gets in a bowl - we could very easily end up 7-6 - for the third year in a row.

All of this makes one realize how "unnatural" it was that FSU went 19 years in a row in the top 4 in the country. It is a distant memory when FSU won every game in the Atlantic Coast Conference for 7 straight years. But many FSU fans feel like their birthright is being stolen away. They blame the coaches - they blame the kids - they blame the fans. But one must realize we are like ants on a log going down the river - no one is really in control but we all thing we are steering.