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FSU Seminoles vs UM Canes-College Football's Greatest Rivalry-The Year was 1993

 Eight days and counting before the University of Miami Cane Thugs start sucking 

 

 EVEN THE scUM MASCOT IS A THUG! 

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in our clean and fresh Tallahassee air.  Their rhetoric has increased and they are spewing their venom about their great coaching staff, their optimism about their program, their obnoxious scUMery, there worthless rap video whose only function is to teach their mentally challenged fans the difference between their two school colors, and their delusions of grandeur, all of which have been festering inside them since last October 4th.  While some of the rhetoric is coming from the players, most of the scUMery and thugishness is coming from their fickle fans, the majority of whom have never stepped foot on a college campus.

Things are already turning ugly with the name calling, and it will only get worse. When "these people" start heading to Tallahassee, local residents should put their jewelry in a bank safety deposit bank, the liquor stores should hire 2 armed guards with shotguns, everyone should park their cars inside their garages, and if you stop at a red light and you see any scUM thugs lurking, run the red light for the love of God.  The police will not give you a ticket if you explain there were scUM fans nearby and you feared for your safety.

Now that I have detailed what the everyday life is like en el Dade County, let's get back to the story. The last time we spoke we discussed the 1989 24-10 beating we gave our despicable amigos, how important it was that we win that game, and how we great it was seeing 7 or 8 thugs piling back into their Camaro and heading back to Little Havana with their tails tucked in between their legs. 

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Our series continues today with the game played on October 9, 1993.  

 

FLORIDA STATE REALLY NEEDED TO WIN THIS GAME IN 1993!        

Sound familiar?

However, before I go any further, I would like to share a story about a impressionable 14 year old boy that was brought up in a good Christian home and whose parents always taught him not to hate, not even his rivals or his enemies.  This 14 year old's parents brought him up to Tallahassee one weekend to visit his big brother at FSU, a brother who he idolized.  It was October 9, 1993 and they had gotten tickets to the FSU-UM game, and this was going to be the first college football game he ever attended.  His older brother had already learned to despise the Canes, but his parents insisted that the 14 year old realize that no one school or their students were bad people, that it was just a rivalry, and that everyone was "good".  To this day he still remembers the many sights, sounds, and smells of that beautiful day.  This is how he recalls that special day in Tallahassee in a email thread he had with his cousin, also a FSU Alum.

Let's see if any one else can relate to his experience. 

That was a big year for me indeed.  My memory of the game is pretty hazy.  But everything that surrounded it was what made me see the light and become what I am today.  It began that Friday at Royal Pavilion and display of such aggressive fanship and cheesy humor, two things that are very attractive to a 14 year old boy.  I could immediately tell that was something I wanted to be a part of.  This experience was closely followed by my walk to the stadium on game day down Pensacola approaching the stadium from the west.  My parents and I stayed at a hotel on Tennessee and Ocala and we decided to walk it from there to the game.  Definitely a long walk, but one that was instrumental in my transition to become a Seminole and just as importantly never again see Miami the same way.  The entire journey was surrounded by fans, of both teams, cheering and yelling and supporting their team in their own distinct way.  Anyway, I am sure everyone on this thread that has attended a FSU – UM game, know exactly what I saw from our scum from the South, ...the ignorance, annoyance and disgustingness of their fans, the entire UM fan base at an away game is like that.  My hatred for everything UM was immediately born and has never relented.  I couldn't believe what I had been raised to feel and believe.  This caused many questions in the large head of a young die hard sports fan:
 
Did my parents know?

Why did they keep this from me? 

How could my parents not tell me the truth about these scUM's, or where they just trying to protect my innocence?

How did I miss the beauty of even the pre-brick Doak Campbell Stadium?

Is the Warchant really the most inspiring, glorious sound I have ever heard?

From this point forward FSU would win 6 of next 7 meetings highlighted by their QB getting sacked into the goalposts during my freshman year of college in a 47 – 0 domination.

You know the rest of the story.

Go Noles!

 

Written by Dave and taken from a email thread about his first visit to FSU with his cousin The K-Man.  Thanks for sharing this with us K-Man.  I know many of us can relate.

 

**I'd also like to thank the  K-Man for his help in locating every video included in this story.  Thanks again.

But I digress, so let's get back to the game.

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    ONCE AGAIN FLORIDA STATE REALLY NEEDED TO WIN THIS GAME! 

We found ourselves in a very similar situation to the one we were in in 1989, except now there was more urgency than ever before.  Why you ask?

FSU had dropped the last 3 games by a margin of 3 points, 1 point, and 9 points respectively. 

Coming into each of those games above, FSU was ranked #2, #1, and #3, again respectively. 

FSU had dropped 7 out of the last 8 games to the convicts from South Florida.

Was it possible that FSU was unable to beat the scUM's, exactly as they were obnoxiously bragging about and predicting? 

Did they really have our number?

Was our once rising and proud program now owned? 

Was FSU the THUGS female dogs?

The worst part of it all was that these hijos de putas from THUG city were proclaiming themselves college footballs dethroners and legend killers, and they may have had a point.  Aside from costing us a minimum of 5 opportunities to play for our first national championship since 1987, these maricones also frustrated many other #1 ranked college football programs across the nation. UM had beaten every single #1 ranked team they had played since 1979, both at home and on the road. 

After being granted a weekend work release travel waiver from their PO's, the #3 ranked felons traveled to Tallahassee to attempt to defeat their next #1 ranked victim, FSU.

There was more at stake here than just our #1 ranking. At stake was our psyche, confidence, recruiting dominance, and most of all our pride.  We had to make a stand and say enough is enough, or we could just roll over.

This is from 8/30/93 edition of Sports Illustrated.  In their preseason rankings, here is how SI starts the Top 20 countdown.

The Top 20

Or, to be more accurate, the Next 19. There's no question the Seminoles are No. 1, but here are questions—and answers—about those chasing them

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There are two other stories that might be of interest to many of you.  Inside this SI cover, there were two excellent articles I recommend everyone read.

The first one is the cover story about Scott Bentley, the nations most sought after HS kicker. Click below to read.

A Sure Three-Freshman kicker Scott Bentley can't wait for a Florida State game to come down to one field goal

As I have learned from my time on this site, many of our members here at Tomahawk Nation are recruiting nerds (no disrespect intended), and this is a must read for those of you.  This article recalls a young man's recruiting ordeal, his thought process, the struggles he faced in making a decision, and some of the questionable recruiting practices that occurred back then, and are probably even more prevalent  today.  Bentley had narrowed his choices to FSU and Notre Dame and eliminated 88 other college offers, including Miami and Nebraska.  Here are a couple of teasers to motivate you to read up on a little FSU history, and this is not limited to just the recruiting geeks (again with all due respect).

The Seminoles had greeted him as if he were a soccer-style kicking messiah, the missing link to the national championship that has so long eluded them. Fighting Irish head coach Lou Holtz, meanwhile, had promised Bentley the starting kicker's and punter's jobs for four years. Bentley's father, Bob—Notre Dame, class of '67—had told him to listen to Holtz.

This excerpt is in reference to that same visit to FSU, when Chuck Amato asked him if he could kick it out of the end zone.

Bentley's response to Amato has become part of his growing legend: "Probably. But if I don't, I'll make the tackle."

Here are a couple of other nuggets from the story.

For the scores of college football recruiters who courted Bentley, Overland coach Tony Manfredi had this advice: "Don't treat him like a kicker. Treat him like a football player, or you'll lose him."

Seminole coach Bobby Bowden grasped that. Holtz did not. "You'll only have to practice for a half hour," Holtz told Bentley. "Then you can go and play golf."

"I don't want to play golf," says Bentley. "I want to run 40's with [Seminole wide receiver] Tamarick Vanover."

When Bentley called a press conference in late January to announce that he was Tallahassee-bound, a desperate Tony Yelovich phoned Bentley's school to try to stop it. "The kid's confused," said Yelovich, a Notre Dame assistant who had spent three years cultivating Bentley.
When Scott first evinced interest in Florida State, Bob had asked, "Why go to the Bermuda Triangle of kickers?"  When Bowden visited the Bentleys before Scott's trip to Tallahassee, Bob was downright hostile. "You're taking a Notre Dame degree away from my kid," he said.

And here is an excert from just one of this dealings with the despicable, arrogant, and nariscisstic ND head coach Lou Holtz. 

The day of Bentley's press conference, Holtz got on the horn with Brian Ford, a punter-placekicker from Cathedral High in Indianapolis, and talked Ford into breaking a verbal commitment to Vanderbilt. The Commodore coaches were furious.

Then Holtz phoned the Bentleys. Scott was asleep, and Holtz left his number. "What do you think he wants?" Scott asked his father when he awoke. "He probably wants to congratulate you and wish you luck," Bob guessed. "He's class."

The classy coach chewed the boy's head off. Bentley says Holtz accused him of lying. "Did you tell Coach Yelovich you were coming here?" Holtz reportedly demanded. Says Bentley, "I said that there had been times Coach Yelovich put so much pressure on me that I told him what he wanted to hear."

Holtz's pontificating about the sanctity of a recruit's promise to a coach would have been more convincing had he not just finished persuading Ford to screw Vanderbilt. And Holtz wasn't finished with Bentley. "Son, you didn't just make a four-year mistake," he reportedly said, "you made a 40-year mistake. You let me down, and you let your father down."

Anyway, it is a good read and I highly recommend it.

In this same issue, there was this story about our upcoming 1993 season. Click on the headline below to read the story.

His Time Has Come-Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, one of the game's most famous bridesmaids, has groomed a team that should finally win the national title

                          THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW RIGHT THEY WOULD BE.

Here are a couple more teasers, just to get you to read the entire article.  Again I highly recommend you read this to give you a point of reference and put you in our frame of mind at the start of the 1993 season.

From the moribund loser he took over in 1976, Bowden has built one of the nation's top two or three programs. He has done it with sound defenses, terrific kick-return teams, wide-open offenses and the odd "rooskie," which is Bowdenese for trick play. Last season, for the sixth straight year, the Seminoles won 10 or more games and finished among the top four teams in the country. Bowden's 227 victories make him the second-winningest active coach in Division I-A, behind Penn State's Joe Paterno. Even more remarkable, his teams are undefeated in 11 consecutive bowl games, including a 27-14 humbling of Nebraska last New Year's Day in the Orange Bowl. But all of these feats can be eclipsed by two words: wide right.
However, until Florida State can beat Miami—or lose to the Hurricanes without missing a decisive kick in you-know-which direction—"wide right" jokes will be retold ad nauseam.

"We been good, they been better," says Bowden. Then he adds, "These things have a way of evening themselves out."

If that evening out doesn't occur this season, it may never. Only two starters, both linemen, are gone from a Florida State offense that averaged 61 points in its last three regular-season games. (A third starter, tailback Tiger McMillon, hurt his knee in practice Aug. 11 and is expected to be out much of the season.) And after finishing the '92 season playing the best football in the country, the Seminoles reeled in a recruiting class judged by a consensus of experts to be the nation's best.

Bowden has made Florida State's reputation in part by beating name opponents on the road. He revels in being the short guy in the bar who taps the big guy'schest and says, "Anytime, anywhere." More often than not, a team that goes into its own alley with the Seminoles gets its head handed to it. In 12 trips to Ohio State, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Clemson, Michigan and Syracuse under Bowden, Florida State is 9-3.

Now maybe Bowden can rework that Miami script.

Which now gets us to the the start of the 1993 season, and soon to the game played on October 9, 1993.

Heading into the season, the Seminoles' main concern was its defense, which returned only five starters and lost two defensive backs for the season on the first day of fall practice.  

However, by seasons end these12 FSU players had received All-American recognition: Clifton Abraham, Derrick Alexander, Ken Alexander, Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn, Juan Laureano, Kez McCorvey, Corey Sawyer, Clay Shiver, Tamarick Vanover, and Charlie Ward.

Other offensive contributors included Matt Frier (IMO one of the most underappreciated players during this era, also a lady friend I know used to babysit him when he was a kid back in Live Oak, and every time he would make a big play, she would always tell me about it), Sean Jackson, William Floyd, Marquette Smith, Kevin Knox, Lonnie Johnson, Patrick McNeil, and Jesus Hernandez.

On the defensive side, aside from Brooks, Abraham, Sawyer, Ken and Derrick Alexander, we had Devin Bush, Todd Rebol, John Nance, Richard Coes, James Robinson, and Toddrick McIntosh.

Our punter was Sean Liss, and kicker was of course Bentley.

And finally, you want to talk about a recruiting dream class. The incoming freshmen class consisted of  Chad Bates, Scott Bentley, Peter Boulware, Gideon Brown, Thad Busby, Daryl Bush, Byron Capers, James Colzie, Andre Cooper, Sam Cowart, Warrick Dunn,  E.G. Green, Jermaine Green, Kevin Long, Jeremy Morris, Melvin Pearsall, Julian Pittman, Rock Preston,  Phillip Riley, Phillip Simpson, Greg Spires, Tra Thomas, Rodney Wells, Pooh Bear Williams, Rhodney Williams, and Reinard Wilson.

The 1993 season started with FSU pegged as the unanimous preseason #1.  With this #1 ranking, FSU kicked off the 1993 college football season in the Kickoff Classic in Giants Stadium routing Kansas 42-0.  The Florida State defense quickly silenced the critics with its first shutout since 1991, preserved by a historic goal line stand.  This goal line stand was when our defense smothered the Jayhawks 6 times in a row, inside the FSU 1 yard line.  That is perhaps one of college football's greatest goal line stands ever.

((watch the video of one of the greatest GLS ever  courtesy of physh click  here)

Next up at Duke. 45-7, same ole, same ole.

Then our Noles administered a thorough ass kicking of  #17 ranked Clemson at Doak, for the first game since the stadium expansion with a crowd of 75,000 on hand, and a visit I am sure Clemson still regrets to this day. Final 57-0.

Next up at #13 North Carolina, we dismissed them 33-7.

The previous year (1992) it took a 10-point rally in the last 5 minutes of the game to beat Georgia Tech, but this year at Doak, the Noles dismantled GT 51-0.

Finally, the big day was here.

  

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In case you are wondering what transpired between the 1989 beating we administered and this1993 game, here are the previous three games results;

October 6, 1990 - No. 9 Miami-31 vs No. 2 Florida State-22 at the Orange Dump.  Miami jumped out to a 24-0 lead. Florida State finally got on the board late in the second quarter on a 19-yard Brad Johnson touchdown pass. Florida State pulled to within 24-16 in the third quarter before Miami drove 80 yards in 13 plays for a TD.

November 16, 1991 - No. 2 Miami-17 vs No. 1 Florida State-16 at Doak.  "Wide Right I."  Miami struck first on a seven-play, 74-yard drive capped by a 2-yard touchdown run. Florida State then scored 16 unanswered points to take a 16-7 lead early in the fourth quarter. Miami then came alive and scored the next 10 points to take a 17-16 lead. The game wasn't over however, until FSU kicker Gerry Thomas missed a 34-yard field goal attempt that sailed wide right.

October 3, 1992 - No. 2 Miami-19 vs No. 3 Florida State-16 back at the Orange Dump.  "Wide Right II."  Miami escaped a last second game-tying field goal attempt as Dan Mowrey's kick sailed wide right. Florida State opened the scoring when Tamarick Vanover took the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. Miami followed with a 24-yard FG and a 29-yard touchdown pass. Florida State then answered with three Mowry field goals to give the Seminoles a 16-10 lead. Torretta then drove Miami 58 yards in seven plays to give UM a 17-16 lead. After an illegal forward pass in the end zone by FSU punt returner Corey Sawyer, Miami was awarded a safety. FSU then marched 59 yards to set up Mowrey's 39-yard field goal attempt, which broke the hearts of many of us  Seminoles fans once again.

Back to live action.

For the first time in three years, the outcome of the annual showdown between #1 Florida State and #3 Miami did not come down to a field goal attempt in the game's final minute. FSU did not let it come to that, using a pair of big plays early to derail the Hurricanes, 28-10.

Both of FSU's big gainers went for touchdowns, and both came in the game's opening quarter. Before the Doak record crowd of almost 78,000 could settle into their seats, tailback Sean Jackson swept around right end and raced 69 yards to the end zone to give FSU the lead just 3:43 into the game.

The third ranked 'Canes answered seven minutes later when Donnell Bennett capped a 9 play, 80 yard drive with a 6-yard TD reception from Frank Costa.

With the score knotted at seven, FSU's Fast Break Offense took just three plays to give the Seminoles the lead for good. On third and 10 from the FSU 28, Charlie Ward broke out of the pocket and scrambled to his right. On the run, he lofted a ball over two UM defenders to Matt Frier in stride for a 72-yard score. Watch how slick Charlie was and how effortlessly he throws the ball here.

Watch as Matt Frier outruns Rohan "Crack Baby" Marley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cy_QYiMBKU
 

 

(If you care, at 1:02 you will see Dwayne Johnson.  I wonder if he was thinking  "can yousmell what the Rock is cooking?"  Which on this day was nothing but air)

Ward gave the Seminoles a 14 point halftime advantage when he scrambled into the end zone from two yards away early in the 2nd quarter. The touchdown was made possible by a key play on the only third down of the drive. On third and seven from our own 43, freshman tailback Warrick Dunn lined up next to Ward in the shotgun. Instead of snapping the ball back to Ward, FSU center Clay Shiver hit Dunn with a direct snap that surprised the Miami defense. Twenty seven yards later, Dunn picked up a first down at the UM 30, and Florida State was on its way to a touchdown.

Thanks to strong play by both defenses, and two Florida State fumbles and a missed field goal by Miami, the score remained 21-7 until early in the fourth quarter. Then the UM kicker narrowed the margin to 21-10 with a 23-yard field goal. The kick ended a 16 play, 74-yard drive that ate up 8:06 and had the Doak faithful fearing another Hurricane comeback.

The Miami defense stiffened, forcing an FSU punt. But UM got nowhere on its next possession. The Seminoles took almost 2:30 off the clock on its next drive, but a punt gave Miami the ball at its own 23.

From there, Florida State strong safety Devin Bush, a Miami native, snatched a Frank Costa pass and went 40 yards for a score to provide the final margin. The interception was the first of Bush's career.

Here is Devin Bush's game clinching Pick-6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DYUAgjnjY&feature=related

 

 

 

With their spirit broken and crushed, UM was unable to move the ball on its next try, and Florida State then ran out the final 4:21.

On that day, the Seminoles rolled up 450 yards of total offense and averaged 7.4 yards per play, while the FSU defense limited the potent Miami air attack to just 193 yards, despite playing most of the second half without All-American Derrick Brooks and the third quarter without leading tackler Ken Alexander. The victory stopped Miami's three game series winning streak and was Florida State's second in its last nine tries against the Hurricanes.

The previous year after the Miami loss, Bowden kidded to reporters that his tombstone should read "And he had to play Miami."  After this game, he again joked to reporters that he was switching the wording on his tombstone to now read "He finally beat 'em before he died."

IMO, the significance of this game was

A) It snapped our 3 game losing streak to the thugs.

2) We ended UM 31 game regular season winning streak.

D) It opened the door for our National Championship run (more on this later). Without this win there is no way we would not have been the 1993 National Champions.

 

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MIAMI
7
0
0
3
10
FLORIDA STATE
14
7
0
7
28

1st   7- 0  Sean Jackson, 69, run (Scott Bentley, kick), 11:17
      7- 7  Opp, 6, pass (kick), 4:09 
     14- 7  Matt Frier, 72, pass from Charlie Ward (Scott Bentley, kick), 2:46 
2nd  21- 7  Charlie Ward, 2, run (Scott Bentley, kick), 13:37
     21- 7  Opp, 42, field goal failed, 7:41 
4th  21-10  Opp, 23, field goal, 14:07
     28-10  Devin Bush, 40, interception return (Scott Bentley, kick), 4:59 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 17 21 Rushes-yards 30-194 33-127 Passing 256 193 Att-Comp-Int 31-21-0 43-21-1 Total Yards 61-450 76-320 Punt Returns 0-0 2-14 Kickoff Returns 3-54 4-69 Interception Ret. 1-40 0-0 Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0 Punts 6-41.3 8-34.6 Sacks By-Yds 1-8 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-Yds 11-92 4-30 3rd Down Conversions 6-13 8-19 4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Time of Posession 28:06 31:54 Attendance 77,813 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Sean Jackson 10- 98 Warrick Dunn 6- 67 Charlie Ward 8- 17 William Floyd 2- 13 Phillip Riley 1- 2 Marquette Smith 3- -3 Receiving Matt Frier 2- 81 Kez McCorvey 5- 77 Tamarick Vanover 7- 66 Kevin Knox 4- 34 Sean Jackson 2- -1 Warrick Dunn 1- -1 Passing Charlie Ward 31-21-0-256 Kickoff Return Warrick Dunn 2- 29 Tamarick Vanover 1- 25 Punting Sean Liss 6- 248 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifton Abraham 3 7 10 1.0- 1.0 . . 1 . . . . . Devin Bush 2 5 7 1.0- 2.0 . 1- 40 2 . . . . . Todd Rebol . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . Derrick Brooks 1 5 6 1.0- 3.0 . . 1 . . . . . Corey Sawyer 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . . Richard Coes 1 5 6 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . . Tyrant Marion 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . . John Nance . 5 5 . . . . . . . . . Ken Alexander 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . . Derrick Alexander 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . Eric Smith 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . James Roberson 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . . Toddrick McIntosh . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . Mack Knight 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Sam Cowart 1 1 2 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . . Connell Spain . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Alonzo Horner . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Travis Sherman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

 

The rest of the season played out as follows.

The week after beating UM, FSU faced #15 Virginia at Doak, and  proceeded to slap around the Cavaliers, 40-14.

After a bye week Wake Forest became Florida State's fourth shutout victim of the season.  Also FSU won their 18th straight homecoming game and their 15th straight victory, with a 54-0 rout.

The following week FSU traveled to Maryland where sophomore Danny Kanell, subbing for the injured Ward, was outstanding, completing 28 of 38 passes for 341 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-20 Terp stomp.

Next up was the Game of the Century at #2 Notre Dame, and this was college football's most anticipated regular season game and it really did live up to its billing. Charlie Ward's final pass was knocked down at the goal line by Shawn Wooden (Touchdown Jesus when he jumped off his pedastal and batted down Ward’s pass) as time expired, giving the "chosen ones" a 31-24 win over our top ranked Nole’s before one of the largest television audiences to ever see a college football game at that time.

It now seemed that FSU would once again miss out on the NC because of another last minute loss. Even though ND dominated most of the game, FSU’s gutsy comeback and near win won over the pollsters who then proceeded to only dropped FSU one spot in the rankings to #2. Maybe the door was still just a little open for the Noles.

Many of us were worried how FSU would react to this latest setback the next week at Doak against NC State. That question was quickly answered with a 62-3 thumping of the WolfPack for the Nole’s second straight undefeated ACC championship. Now there was only one hurdle remaining, and that would be the #7 Gaturds in Hogtown.

 

Florida State concluded an 11-1 regular season by gigging the limp lizards for the sixth time in seven years, 33-21 at the slimy and putrid swamp. This win also ended the Turds' 23 game winning streak at the stagnant cesspool they call the swamp.

Now everything was in place for the January 1, 1994 showdown with #2 Nebraska at the Orange Bowl. This was a rematch of the previous years 2 same teams, in which FSU spanked the Cornhuskers 27-14.

I was at this game, and maybe someday I will share that experience with the rest of you. But that is another story for another day, and for now I will leave you with this link to the story from the January 10, 1994 Sports Illustrated, recapping the Nole’s National Championship victory. (Personally, I do not care for the authors POV).

Wide Left-Florida State claimed the national title with a down-to-the-wire win over Nebraska

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004716/index.htm

 

Or for your pleasure, you can watch it right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD4azN7JUxo 

 

 

 

YOUR 1993 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES 

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I knew there were some fans out there who felt the same way I did

Deep down in my soul I knew it!

The Miami tropical depression I am afraid will be much more violent for their home games this year. It is good thing we have them in Tallahassee. Why do I say this? It has been noted they are having withdrawal pangs due to lack of rat shishkabob from the old orange bowl.

There is one thing you have to remember about home games in Miami.

Go to the games with a large fan base around you
If approached by gangs keep moving
Don’t make eye contact
If attacked expect no help from security
Don’t sit under railings that orange spray is not manna from heaven
Don’t wear school colors they see you as an opposing gang sign
If a riot breaks out join in foul mouthing your own fan base to save your life
If it is a night game think twice!

Playstation All American, right again!
TomahawkNation
Better to bear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools

by DocHoliday2 on Aug 30, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions  

Other great moments in sports

FSU wins the national title!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWPxuNcgUM8

The Deion Sanders highlight reel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armmKMwfUtk&mode=related&search=

Greg Jones assault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wbO3ZOQMbQ

The lizards were in the way of a national championship that year and the orientation of gator nation continued. It is something we have to get back to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrrtVDNqxxw

Playstation All American, right again!
TomahawkNation
Better to bear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools

by DocHoliday2 on Aug 30, 2009 11:45 AM EDT reply actions  

Thanks Doc,

I will probably use the 99 one down the road.

I remember the Greg Jones Assault. What a f#cking smackdown he laid on that poor schmuck.

>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em

by FrankDNole on Aug 30, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great piece

I have always considered this one of the most underrated games in the rivalry. The media and neutral fans only seem to be interested in games that end in missed field goals, but beating a rival like this when they have robbed you of something on so many occasions is really one of the sweetest things in sports.

Sean Jackson’s touchdown early in the game is one of my favorite ever plays at Doak. Each time he broke into the clear the volume of the crowd got a little higher, and you swore that was as loud as it could get…until he got another block.

I really hope we’re going to get an article on the 2005 game. That one had a similar feel, without the national significance of course.

by 38Noles on Aug 30, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions  

what is the story on the um mascot gettign arrested?

I have to know

If you build it, they will come.

MORE FOOTBALL INFORMATION, NOW!!!!!! BRAIN IS HUNGRY!!!!!

by stevegrizzle on Aug 30, 2009 1:57 PM EDT reply actions  

The Ibis had either a fire extinguisher or a bucket of water (I forget) and was trying to put out the spear. I think this happened before the 1993 game though.

by 38Noles on Aug 30, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

He was arrested for attempting give crack cocaine to the handicapped children in wheelchairs next to the end zone. When he was frisked, police found a .45 semi automatic, 5 baggies each with 1/4 oz. of weed, 15 Quaaludes, and a quart of malt liquor.

Sebastian the Ibis then started fighting with the police and then tried to run away. When he was caught he exposed himself to the crowd as he was being led away. He was charged with many felonies including 22 counts of intent to distribute, possession of a concealed weapon, possession of illegal drugs, child endangerment, and attempted sexual battery on a policeman.

Then I woke up and remembered the real story.

In 1989 game at Doak, the scUM flea infested fowl bird carried a fire extinguisher onto the field, with the intent of extinguishing Chier Osceola’s flaming spear. Police grabbed the scUM THUG while roughing him up up just a little, threw him against the wall and pulled the trigger releasing and emptying his extinguisher. Pwned and owned FTW. True story.

Now you understand some of my “dislike” for anything orange and green, and the letter u, which is the last letter in the group of vowels.

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by FrankDNole on Aug 30, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

One of the funniest things I've ever read on this site.

FSU-Miami is special for so many reasons – stuff like this is absolutely part of the lore. By the way, I LOVE this series, as I know everyone does. What an outstanding job, Frank.

This isn’t totally appropriate given the context, but I have to mention it since we’ve made it to the early ’90’s: For anyone who’s enjoying the look back and can handle stomaching a loss – the ‘92 FSU-Miami contest is IMO the best in the series and to this day is the most brutal, vicious, violent college football game I’ve ever witnessed. I wasn’t able to be there in person, but I can tell you that watching the game on TV as a 16-year-old boy, whatever maturation process nature wasn’t able to complete by that point, the near four hours I invested watching that game from my living room floor pushed me through the final, dark footsteps of my journey into manhood. If you like high-flying finesse offense, perfected to its pinnacle, well, move on. But if you think you like (or if you think you’ve seen) a defensive football game, find this sloppy, godawful masterpiece and watch it in its entirety. Spoiler alert if you make it to the end: * whisper * He misses wide right.

A legendary clip (I tried to embed – sorry) and photo, one for the Canes, one for the Noles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpDNr-2JIDw

Shadetree:

by TRMNole on Aug 31, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

That hurts just watching. I was at that game and it was a helluva defensive game with some of the biggest hits from both sides.

BTW, ShadeTree is right up there on my top 10 Nole list with Deion, Charlie, Dunn, Derrick, Warrick, Weinke, etc.

The bad part was he became a NY Jest for about 10 years, but I would pull for him when they weren’t playing the Fins, kinda like Leon Wash. today, and a couple of others throughout the years. Once a Nole always a Nole, regardless of who drafts you. However as a diehard Fin, I regard the Jest’s the same way as I do the scUM’s, except the pro version.

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by FrankDNole on Aug 31, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

You Just Hate Them

Because they’ve pretty much owned you since the 80s. And it’s Jets. Spell it right. They will always rule over the pro version of scUM. Same stadium, same losers. No difference. But thanks for taking our worthless quarterback. No one else would have.

It was long ago and it's far away but it was so much better than it is today--Meatloaf

by CantwaitforJimbo on Sep 1, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

The Jets have owned us since the 80's?

When was the last time the Sucks won anything worth mentioning. BTW thanks for your “worthless quarterback” that helped us win a division. I’ll be honest, my memory doesn’t go very far back, when was the last playoff game you won, or Superbowl? Even better, how about the last time you won the division? You win on a fluke play last season opener and you think you own the Dolphins. I appreciate you laying down and taking a nap the last game of the season so we could take the division you finished 3rd in.

WWWWWHEEEEWWWWW. I feel better. Hate Nole on Nole violence, but those NY fans drive me batty.

I do love Leon though, drafted him this year. I hope the Jokes get rid of him since they are a joke of an organization and he can go somewhere else and have an actual shot at a championship.

by Miaminole on Sep 2, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nicely done Miaminole, thanks for taking the words out of my mouth.

But we really shouldn’t be arguing about the Jest’s (BTW that is the right spelling, as in JESTERS), we should all be focusing our hatred on the THUGS.

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by FrankDNole on Sep 3, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Also CantwaitforJimbo, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights is the perfect song about the Jest.

“It was long ago and it’s far away but it was so much better than it is today”— like how long ago, try 1968 or 41 years.

GO NOLES!

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by FrankDNole on Sep 3, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wish the clip of the Marvin Jones hit was floating around.

We didn’t score an offensive touchdown in that game and still could’ve won. Validates the point of what a slugfest the game was. I’d argue that the Wide Right I was almost equally as physical, just didn’t have the token kill shots of 92.

by The K-Man on Aug 31, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

In the words of Sun tzu

When you know yourself and know your enemy you cannot lose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=holFHDvwNhk&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45GUSlhN4E&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfRad7Cth3E&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzlFpx_2ia8

Playstation All American, right again!
TomahawkNation
Better to bear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools

by DocHoliday2 on Aug 30, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Thanks for the links, Doc.

I enjoyed the last one the best, the guy walking around the tailgate. That dude is funny.

At around the 5 minute mark, you see the fraternities that roll up in the yellow school bus. During our last game in the Orange Dump in ‘06, our tailgate was next to the street and those cheese wagons kept rolling past. They were cram packed with young scUmbags shouting obscenities and making lewd gestures. We retaliated with our own garbage, but it was a stalemate. One of our crew is from Miami, an FSU alum, and doesn’t care about football. He yelled out a 1-liner that caused the bus to go completely silent. “Have fun in Social Studies!”. It was amazing. The blank looks on their faces as they realized they were smack talkin’ 75 deep in a yellow school bus.

by The K-Man on Aug 30, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wide Right Indeed

I remember one of the newspapers the next day saying that instead of a field goal going wide right, this time it was all four of FSU’s touchdowns going in the end zone on the right side of the field (mostly way to the right) which rubbed it in their faces a bit more.

It was long ago and it's far away but it was so much better than it is today--Meatloaf

by CantwaitforJimbo on Aug 30, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Scott Bentley

Great write-up on Bentley, but you forgot to mention that he preserved the shut-out of Clemson that season by chasing down a kick returner from behind, just as he told Amato he would on his recruiting trip. And then the stout Noles D turned them over on downs. That defense was amazing. I remember that about halfway through the season (maybe at the time of the Miami game?) the Noles’ defense had outscored its opponents’ offenses. Hell, I think Derrick Brooks had outscored FSU’s opponents up until that point.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Aug 31, 2009 9:05 AM EDT reply actions  

That was this play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRPyYrQOuk

Many a Nole faithful ranks Bentley’s tackle as on their most memorable moments at Doak. I know I do.
For reference, the Clempson player running with the blocked kick was Brian Dawkins, future NFL Hall of Fame safety.
IIRC, this was the first game with Doak in all of her brick glory.

In the clip, notice how William Floyd accidetally knocks Bentley to the side. I believe folklore is that Scott said something like, “I got this” after recovering from Floyd’s inadvertent shove. The PAT was just after tight end Lonnie Johnson’s ridiculously long TD strike from Kanell.
This clip has the entire sequence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JgnrWxoPfo
Please notice:
Not only did William Floyd almost knock Bentley to the ground and lose the shutout, but he accidentally knocked Lonnie Johnson into the endzone on the TD!!!!

by The K-Man on Aug 31, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

The K in K-MAN stands for "King of the youtubes".

So many points to make.

A) Great catch on the Floyd bump. Any truth to the folklore rumor or was that just writers embellishment? If there is any truth to it, that is so cool. Also, Bentley showed some excellent speed and you can tell he earned some respect that day from his teammates.

2) I laughed so hard when I saw the full clip because it reminded me that at the time watching Kanell trying to get the snap from the guard and thinking “OH NO!” Was he nervous or what? So I just had to refresh my memory to try to remember why he was in the game so early (the start of the 2nd quarter), and when I found this it reminded me of this coaching strategy from back then that we used to use.

Florida State’s Kentucky Derby Offense, in which the second team entered the game for the first play of a drive, provided more fireworks when tight end Lonnie Johnson hauled in a Danny Kanell pass and ran through the Tiger secondary en route to a 78 yard touchdown. Bentley’s extra point attempt was blocked and picked up by Tiger Brian Dawkins, who looked as if he would score until Bentley chased him down and tackled him at the 12 yard line to preserve the shutout.

HAHA, The ole Kentucky Derby Offense.

D) Lonnie was a very underused TE (no major relevation with that comment), but almost 25% of the passes he caught were TD’s during his career at FSU (43 rec with 10 TD’s and a 13 yd avg).

>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em

by FrankDNole on Aug 31, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Good memory.

Through the first 5 games of the ’93 season going into the UM game, our defense had outscored our opponents 28-14. Derrick had a TD in 3 straight games (Duke, Clemson, and NC).

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by FrankDNole on Aug 31, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Howdy

Thanks for the welcome. I have been on SBN for a while but never thought to look for the FSU site until today (I’ve been getting all my Nole net coverage from Warchant.)

I am an FSU grad from 1996 and that Clemson game and Miami game were during my sophomore year. Bentley was in my geology class and Floyd sat next to me in anthropology. Good memories that year.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Aug 31, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sophomore in 93....graduated in 96?

The 6 year plan. We’re already friends and you don’t even know it.

by The K-Man on Aug 31, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ahem...

Fall of ’92 = freshman year
Fall of ’93 = sophomore year
Fall of ’94 = junior year
Fall of ’95 = senior year, graduated in spring of ’96.

I think I see why it took you six years… ;-)

Thanks for the welcome, guys.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Sep 1, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

What a great trip down memory lane

I was a sophomore in 1993. I remember all of these moments vividly. The Miami game was especially meaningful having attended Wide Right II in 1992. (For the record, going to a game at Miami is much worse than described here, if you can believe it). Also, my late father was there with me jumping up and down like a college kid. Beautiful. I can’t wait for next Monday! Go ’Noles!

by Frieds2222 on Aug 31, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Nice job Crimnoles… shows what an education up there at Free Sneaker U can do for a Redenck Country Bumpkin. By the way, do you have any free sneakers to sell? How about any test answers to share? Any other FSU players arrested lately for assaulting the police up there in Southern Georgia a/k/a Deliverance Country? Are you still a girls’ college? If not, when did that change?

You guys are scared of the Canes because you know that the Canes have real talent now, and we are coming back strong … last year Miami had a bunch of high school age kids playing and ran out of gas after beating Virginia Tech and going 7-3, but this year with a new OC and more experience we have you shaking in your cowboy boots Jethro…and it is showing… Bobby is so old that he can’t remember where he is at, much less game plan for MIami… Bobby is game planning to play Michael Irvin and Vinny Testaverde….LMAO…. Come on Crimnoles, you and the Gaytors are kinfolk and end up marrying your sisters…and between you and the Gaytors, you jointly have the majority of trailer parks in Florida…oops, sorry, Southern Georgia for you Crimnoles… See you on Labor Day girls…. remember that there is no crying in football, so man up and shut up after we whip your butts on National TV…

In all seriousness though, I have respect for Bobby and the Noles, at least you guys have the guts to play UM every year, unlike the yellow Gaytors who took us off their schedule to play teams like Charleston Southern…… win or lose, I respect the Noles that. I root for the Noles when you are not playing Miami, especially against the wussie Gaytors. I hope you watch a lot of film on Miami cause we have some speedy receivers and a lot of depth at running back… our D-line was depleted last year with injuries but we have almost everyone back this year. Our linebackers are back also, and we have some speed and talent at safety and CB. This game will show how far both of our teams have come.

by Canes1 on Sep 1, 2009 1:10 AM EDT reply actions  

Hola a te tambien come mierda.

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by FrankDNole on Sep 1, 2009 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'll take your criticism. Gladly.

Yes. We’re known for receiving free sneakers and cheating on freshman-level multiple choice tests.
Your reputation is based on defrauding the Pell Grant system and having your current and former players accused of murders, exchanging gun fire with the wonderful citizens of Dade county, and becoming victims of murder themselves.
I’ll bang my sister while you’re attending another funeral. Send my regards.

by The K-Man on Sep 1, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

So long ago.

I shed a tear watching those videos and reading the article. I can’t believe how far we’ve fallen.It’s just surreal.

by Gatorcanehater on Sep 1, 2009 9:03 AM EDT reply actions  

The times they are a changin.

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