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Paul Johnson would have loved it. So would Bobby Dodd. Limit their possessions emphasize the kicking game and play great defense. Nothing fancy but a lot of great coaches have won lots of games doing just that.

If it were me, I would have told DJU, Tech is packing the line of scrimmage you are going to have to throw the ball deep to get them to back off. Its your show now, not the running backs. Norvell would not do it because he does not trust DJU. Can't say I blame him but I would have gone for...

I wouldn't mind having the talent on both sides of the ball that this "overhyped mediocre team with a less than mediocre quarterback" has. FSU is loaded down with talent but they have not played together and DJ to put it charitably has never shown any ability or desire to put a team on his...

Pounced on it like the former tight end he was in high school. Funny thing about Keyland is that he was all state in two sports in high school but neither of them was football.

Well, in all fairness to Coach O'Leary those FSU teams under Coach Bowdon were just a little bit more talented than the one today /s/

I had flashbacks to the days of the zone blitz schemes under Chan. I remember reading one of those quotes by opposing coaches and one of them put it succinctly "The bastards come from everywhere." Pretty much what I saw today the bastards were coming from everywhere.

If anyone should know something about physical football and controlling the game to abrogate a talented team it would be Coach Johnson. He did it many times.

When you can run the football like we did, most of the time miracles are not needed. My initial impression was that we were simply the better team with a superior run game.

Looks that way although to hear War Chant they don't think much of their team. They are still in a state of shock.

The War Chant article quickly devolved into a DJU hate/love fest. Mostly hate but this game was not on him. FSU could not do the one thing I thought they could execute and we would not stop it. That is, run the football. Could not do it, not consistently.

He is more than capable of doing just that.

No one ever said Charley Pell was a good Christian and fine teacher for young men. After all, he was one of Bear Bryant's boys and learned at the foot of one of the masters of dirty recruiting tactics and dirty football.

No matter how many times I watch this, I can't quite see the actual block by someone in the line. I have seen a clip on Paul Johnson starting to signal time out and then deciding to just let him go. Funny. I bet the Austin twins have a great time at family get togethers rehashing that play.

Well, no argument for me on that one. The old joke was that the perfect season for Florida fans was to go 11-0, beat Notre Dame 50-0 in the Orange Bowl and fire the coach under goal posts after the game. When Pell went to Clemson, South Carolina fans said that IPTAY had a new meaning: "Its...

It did not matter. Whoever followed Dodd was going to run into the dreaded following the legend death trap. Carson couldn't do it. Bowden Wyatt couldn't do it. Ray Perkins could not do it. Ron Zook could not do it. Doug Barfield could not do it. You never want to be the guy following the...

I am telling you that they hated him especially his last year in 1978 when he won 4 games with a roster loaded with NFL talent including a first rounder. He was replaced by Charley Pell who completely turned that program around in no time worth mentioning although the Gators only won one game...

"good coach"? Tell that to the Florida fans of a certain generation. They despised him to a degree that is, well, actually worse than Bill Lewis for Tech fans. On the other hand, he would have probably done just fine at Tech but given the finances and state of the program in 1967 he probably...

Can't be any worse but I am remaining skeptical until I see this defense stuff running backs over and over.

All good players. I would surmise that Jonathan had the most publicized success but they all had their moments. Clinkscale had a big game against Georgia I dimly recall.

I never doubted it for a moment. No wonder these college graduates are having trouble finding a job. In our small Presbyterian church we have had at least 5 Tech graduates in the past ten years or so. Two of them graduated cum laude and all of them had no trouble getting a well paying job...