I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about leftovers in my entire life. Not Thanksgiving leftovers mind you, but the leftovers from W.D.’s column from last week that I am about to spend the next 600 words or so carving up. Like you, I was absolutely floored when I read his pathetic little piece of writing last week, but knew it would only make it sweeter when he had to follow up Thanksgiving with his 4-year-old Seminole tradition of eating first turkey, then crow on the last weekend in November.
Let’s start with his comment about Meyer winning last year with Zook’s players and then not following it up with his own players this year. It is true we had a better year last year, but how could he tell the difference between Zook’s and Meyer’s players? At this point, Meyer has beaten FSU soundly with ANY players he has used. In addition, we are a top 10 team right now playing 75 percent freshmen and sophomores — kids all recruited by Meyer.
W.D.’s next arcane point — he really wanted to go to the game, but his wife wouldn’t let him. Yeah, right. That’s along the lines of the guy that pretends to want to fight only because he knows there are enough folks around to keep the fight from happening. Just a sad case of trying to save face.
Next point: the Gators are soft at the corners. Great point, W.D. the Noles took advantage by throwing for no touchdowns and a longest completion of 18 yards. Weatherford “torched” us for five yards per attempt.
Next point: Please don’t ever compare your injuries and playing days to Tebow’s. Granted, I never played a down of high school or college ball either, but relative to Tebow’s storied career, neither did you. That’d be like me comparing some Campbell’s soup that I warmed up out of a can to a meal at the Ritz Carlton’s Salt restaurant.
Next point: Tebow is the most overrated hack player in college football. Huh? If anything he’s underrated. He has accounted for more than 70 percent of our total offense this year. He has led a team of underclassmen to a top 10 ranking in one of (if not the) toughest conferences in the country.
Next point: Tebow has padded his stats against lesser out-of-conference competition. For the record, his best games have come against our conference opponents, a conference far superior to the ACC. You’re right, our out-of-conference schedule was weak this year, but it was only made weaker by FSU. We had a tougher time handling (that guy) Troy and FAU than we had handling FSU. Unfortunately, next year it only gets worse as we have to battle not one, but two of the bottom feeders in the ACC — FSU and Miami.
And I have one final bite of crow for our friend Geno Hayes. Hayes was the linebacker that said before the game that “Tebow was going down.” Geno, by the way wears No. 10 for FSU and was the guy standing at the line of scrimmage looking like a kid who just missed the bus when Tebow converted a third and 14 with a fifteen-yard scramble on our first drive. He’s also one of the guys that Tebow eluded when he finished the drive with a 23-yard scramble for a touchdown to finish the drive. Geno Hayes barely made the box score, finishing with one tackle.
Good luck to FSU in the Music City Bowl. Scalp 'em all! I know deep down inside that W.D. wishes us well in whatever New Year’s Day Bowl we end up in.