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We'll take a look at what others are saying after our game against Colorado and the upcoming game against Miami.

Andrew Carter provides letter grades for each unit in his report card.  I can't say I really disagree with much here.  He also has a nice short Q&A about the game where he covers topics like the lack of impact from Corey Surrency the last 2 games and Myron Rolle's coverage skills (we should have an article during the Noles next off week that covers this topic as well).  He also has a list of 5 things that have gone right so far this season.  The only major disagreement I have is that the jury is still out on the offensive line.  Yes, they had a better game against Colorado than against Wake Forest, but Colorado was also a weaker opponent than Wake so it is hard to tell just how much they have improved.  As usual, Andrew does a great job with his coverage of the Noles.

More links after the jump.

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ChantRant has a nice piece comparing the young and inexperienced quarterbacks for this weekend.  They brought in a Canes blogger to voice his opinion, and I thought this quote was interesting. "Until his final two drives versus Wake Forest, I really liked what D'Vontrey Richardson brought for FSU. He was moving the offense and had Greg Carr not given up on a deep route, Richardson likely would have hit him for the go ahead TD. If Carr doesn’t mysteriously pull up on that play, I think we’re talking about Richardson starting the rest of the season. After that miscue, Richardson pressed and tried to force something to happen, resulting in two interceptions late against a very good Wake secondary."  Obviously there is still way too much to be decided for all the quarterbacks involved in this one to definitively say which one is best, but this game could give one of them a head start.

Over at ScalpEm.com, there's a short article about how the offense still needs work.  In the back half of the article, Bill raises some good questions about Drew Weatherford and the Noles chances this weekend.

FSU It's Time discussed how the coaches are addressing mistakes from the Colorado game in their practice report.  They also chose to break down a position matchup with a comparison of the running backs.  Miami could get an added boost her if Javarris James is able to play. 

On the Seminole Report, Brian Landman has an interesting tidbit on Jimbo Fisher's praise for Christian Ponder.  Even though Jimbo said it was his best game so far, I think it's safe to say that he and the rest of the Noles are looking for a lot more improvement.  

Heather Dinich has some interesting things to say in her ACC blog on ESPN.  She has the Noles checking in at number 6 in her ACC Power Rankings going into this week.  I can't say I disagree at this point, but I don't think Maryland is the second best team in the ACC.  Also, in here Sneak Peek at Week 6 she has the ACC game of the week as the battle between Duke and Georgia Tech.  This could be an interesting game, but we have something else to keep our attention.  As for our game against the Canes, she talks about the defense's work to improve their communication and links this article from the Florida Times-Union about the Noles work on covering tight ends.  She also covered what was a hot topic for both blogs and newspapers, which was the amount of penalties for FSU.  As expected, Mickey Andrews voiced his opinion on the problem and brought back ideas of "hitting til the echo of the whistle."

That's all for now.  We'll update the links if any other interesting stuff pops up.

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As expected, Mickey Andrews voiced his opinion on the problem and brought back ideas of “hitting til the echo of the whistle.”

   I certainly like the idea of an aggressive defense, but each of Colorado’s TD drives was aided by at least one huge penalty for a first down. Reduce the penalties and FSU may have shut the Buffs out. That’s the kind of recklessness that could really burn FSU against teams better than CU. I’m hoping that Mickey is privately more concerned about penalties than he is publicly letting on.

by andy_wooster on Sep 30, 2008 7:01 PM EDT   0 recs

I agree. I think a defense can be aggressive and still avoid penalties by being smart.

by nolesblogger on Sep 30, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It is almost impossible to play aggressive defense and still avoid those penalties the way the refs “protect” the quarterback now. Those huge penalties were not caused by recklessness. I believe there was one illegal hands to the face of the quarterback that was a simple accident (and the QB was still barely touched). If you can’t rush towards the qb with your hands raised to bat down the pass, then what is the point? The other that I remember was a late hit call that was A)barely late, if at all, and B) barely a hit. I have seen calls like this in almost every college game I have seen this year, and it tends to really screw with the results of games. It is almost like the game isn’t important anymore as long as players, especially the qb, are protected. Personally I say bravo to Mickey for continuing to play the aggressive style, but these penalties will continue and it will only rarely be the players fault.

by Mongo314 on Oct 1, 2008 12:08 AM EDT   0 recs

Mongo,

Thanks for signing up! We hope you’ll be a frequent contributor!

I agree that protecting the QB is overboard now.

Did you read through the play-by-plays? I noted a few times where fairly obvious penalties were not called.

by FSUncensored on Oct 1, 2008 1:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

obviously you can’t avoid all penalties but you can avoid some of them. Like the one Watson was flagged for for drilling the QB when the play was blown dead. People can say that he didn’t hear the whistle, but he was closer to the referee than Hawkins was and Hawkins heard it. I think Watson thought he was just close enough to the QB when he heard it that he could get away with it, which was not the case.

by nolesblogger on Oct 1, 2008 9:44 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm working on

cataloging penalties as “acceptable and unacceptable.” SMQ did some serious work on this a year ago.

by FSUncensored on Oct 1, 2008 11:04 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In regards to that play, judging by the way Hawkins reacted after hitting the QB I have to believe he didn’t hear the whistle. If that celebration was all an act to try to show that he didn’t hear the whistle then he is both brilliant and a great actor. I suppose I can’t really fault the refs for calling that penalty though.

by Mongo314 on Oct 2, 2008 6:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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