Wrapping Up: Tennessee Chattanooga

by Bud Elliott on Sep 17, 2008 11:23 AM EDT in FSU Football

I graded the 'Noles, and did the DriveLog Review, so we are just about done with this game.

After the Jump:

Players of the week

Highlights

The Good

The bad

Offensive Player of the Week

Past winners include: Rodney Hudson (Western Carolina).

The Tomahawk Nation player of the week for the Tennessee Chattanooga game is...

Corey Surrency.

Jimbo Fisher rewarded Surrency for his amazing blocking and tremendous effort in the Western Carolina game by giving him several deep routes against UTC. Surrency, who is fast becoming the best player on the 'Noles (bold, I know) cashed in TD's of 44 and 39 yards. Congrats to Corey Surrency!

Interestingly enough, I predicted BOTH of my choices for player of the game, and both choices played exceptionally well.

Now, if you clicked the link above, you would know that the

TOMAHAWK NATION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

is Markus White

Markus had a phenomenal game, tallying 5 Tackles (4 Solo and 1 Assist), including 1.5 TFL's. Markus joins Tomahawk Nation favorite Toddrick Verdell (WCU winner) as the first two winners of the Tomahawk Nation Defensive Player of the Game.

Florida State Defensive Coordinator Mickey Andrews had this to say about White:

You see him getting a little bit better every day. As he gets that down, he is going to be in that class with those guys that we had in the 90's. You can mark that down. If he stays healthy, because there is nobody out there that gives greater effort than he does when that ball is snapped. _ FSU DC Mickey Andrews

High praise from one of the all-time greats. I asked Toddrick if he thought Markus was the right choice, and he said that he did. If the DC and the former winner of the award think Markus is the choice, then we do as well.

TOMAHAWK NATION SPECIAL SPECIAL TEAMER WEEK

Roosevelt Lawson, (photo not available), for blocking the UTC Punt, which resulted in a safety.

Now... SOME HIGHLIGHTS

THE GOOD

Except for the fumbles, the quarterbacks played really well. I wasn't sure if it was possible for them to improve on their Western Carolina outing, but they did, despite the numbers.
Antone Smith looked explosive.
We threw a lot of routes. In the past, I think we probably would have stuck with what was working, but Jimbo wanted to work on stuff and that is what we did. Bravo.
We tackled really well. Nobody is attempting kill-shots at the expense of wrapping up.

THE BAD

Our special teams, specifically the kicking game, really scare me. Missing chip-shot field goals and extra points, at home, during perfect weather conditions and facing no rush, well that is not acceptable.
Our offensive tackles did not play well. I'm not going to single out one guy here, but they missed assignments, didn't play with nearly enough fire, and are not at the level we need them to be.
The secondary. Three dropped interceptions? Ridiculous.

The Wake game is a pivitol litmus test for this program. I'll preview the game, have an interview or two with Wake Forest folks (one already in the hopper), give the weekend action, and discuss anything else about FSU football.

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Gano kicking again?

Well it’s good to hear Bobby say that Gano took sime kicks in practice yesterday. Maybe it’s possible that he can be back for FG’s at least. Coach is definitely right when he says that you notice his absence most on kickoffs. Hobby is not even close to the end zone on his kicks.

Especially since it’s a night game, I’d love to see the team come out in garnet jerseys and garnet pants. It just feels like a big game when they come out in the all-red uniforms.

by zest on Sep 17, 2008 11:54 AM EDT reply actions

Gano

My guess is that Gano will handle Extra points and field goals inside of 30 yards. I don’t, however, want him to do that if it presents a significant risk of continued injury.

I want us to come out in garnet jerseys and gold pants because Nike finally gave us our gold back. We no longer look yellow!

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by Bud Elliott on Sep 17, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Gano said he still had some pain and he was only kicking 15 times or so in practice, so we will see. I would love to have him back and Bobby said it best when he said that we were suffering a lot on kickoffs, by not getting touchbacks or kicks inside the 5. They are getting too many yards on kickoff. We need Gano back ASAP, but i don’t want him to come in vs WF not ready and hurt himself and have him out longer.

by KMAY on Sep 17, 2008 12:04 PM EDT reply actions