Florida State Spring Game: In Jimbo's Words
by Bud Elliott on Apr 17, 2011 1:41 AM EDT
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PrintFlorida State's Spring game, as expected, featured a complete lack of offense as FSU was missing its only three returning offensive line starters. Jimbo Fisher said the offense "actually scored more than I thought they would." He was happy that the players played hard and that FSU survived the game relatively unscathed.
On EJ Manuel
"The way we were up front (you can't tell). That's not the way he's played all Spring. There were a few throws I wish he wouldn't have made, but he couldn't get into a rhythm and I expected this and it doesn't bother me."
On Greg Reid "picking up where he left off"
;He did, but he also got lazy a couple times. He got beat on the back, and had some discipline things. But yeah, he did make a big play. Needs to be disciplined, but Greg makes big plays and had a solid day.
How's the running game been this Spring?
;Not good. We don't have any linemen and we have some pretty good linemen. We don't have the linemen right now healthy to be consistent with it. But, for what we had and where those kids were, how far they came, I wasn't displeased with it. [Freeman] and [Thomas] did some nice things.
On Greg Dent
Average. Made a few plays, but also disappointed me with some routes. Still has a long way to go, but playing solid.
On Fahrenkrug
Solid. Nicked an ankle late so we moved him to guard late. Hard to tell. Need to see the film.
On Bjoern Werner
Very hard to block. Strong. Very good in the run game, developing in the pass rush game. We have four really good ends now.
On injuries to Josh Gehres (knee) & Demonte McAllister (back)
Gehres is done (for the year). Blew his knee. Demonte could have played, was held as a precautionary thing.
Did you think of doing anything to tone down the defense?
No. No. Just let em play. We were very vanilla on both sides of the ball and played our base stuff.
Brandon Jenkins
Still isn't 100%, but he can be a dominant player. Came back very strong and really had a great final week.
;Always makes plays. Instinctive and reads the ball. I want linebackers who are at the bottom of the pile, not standing around the pile. He's at the bottom
On the game production
It was great to see all the fans and all the old players. A lot of those guys haven't been back in years.
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Apparently i'm not the only one still up
Great stuff as always Mr. Elliot.
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by disturbednole on Apr 17, 2011 1:50 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Did Gehres blow out his knee today?
or is this something else i missed? Either way I feel bad for the kid.
by CrimiNOLElawyer on Apr 17, 2011 1:50 AM EDT reply actions
Earlier in practice.
'11: Minimum Goal: 9-3 Regular Season. Given FSU's non-con slate, don't care who the 9 are.
'10: 7th in offense, 41st in defense. Division Champions. 10-4. (6-3)
'09: 8th in offense, 88th in defense. 7-6 (4-4)
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I got back about two hours ago
I’m sure I’ll get ripped apart for this but christian jones looks huge and I think had a good game and was the surprise of the game as far as I’m concerned .
I learned it's a myth that Drew Weatherford hates getting hit.
Either dude can’t throw or his flag had a shock collar.
And to think I used to be stumbling in from the bars at this hour.
All the hotties had this cute new name for me today. “Sir.”
by TRMNole on Apr 17, 2011 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Oh man, that sucks.
I have been “Sir.” for awhile now. What’s worse is when your friends from school’s kids are talking about what they did, and where they were the other night, and you realize that you were at the same place, doing the same thing. If this hasn’t happened to you yet let me warn you, you will feel very uncomfortable when it does. Then some years later when the same thing happens you will find yourself feeling strangely proud, and less uncomfortable. When I was 30ish part of me didn’t feel right hitting on, being hit on, or partying with girls that were under 21, or around that age. Oddly enough, I didn’t meet any girls that were 18, or 19 for several years. I don’t know how that was possible. But as I am approaching 40 the black X on there hands is starting to look more like cheep jewelry than anything else. And when I see a guy that is in his 50’s or older with a beautiful young woman in her 20’s I can’t help but think “You Go Playa”, or wonder how much he spent. Of course I don’t have any kids, or I might feel different.
When ahead never let up.When behind never give up.
by Chief Pit Bull on Apr 17, 2011 6:58 AM EDT up reply actions
>------::----::------->Spearing 'em and Scalping 'em like it's 1999
I'm not so sure this Jimbo fella is the right man for the job.
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by FrankDNole on Apr 17, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
You can have kids...just have to have boys.
That way the phrase, “She’s the same age as my daughter”, never has to pass your lips.
by David Rohe on Apr 17, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I have a sister that is 11 years younger than me.
The 1st time I was talking to a girl that I had been messing around with and she said “I’m friends with your sister, we went to school together.” I felt like Chester. That took some getting used to, and it was worth it to have done so.
When ahead never let up.When behind never give up.
by Chief Pit Bull on Apr 17, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
When you have a boy, you worry about one boy
When you have a girl(s) you worry about ALL the boys in town
by Cigar City Nole on Apr 17, 2011 10:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
been there
I realized a couple of years ago that I didn’t need to carry ID around because no body ever cards me anymore. That is truly sad.
You even have Mr. in your screen name.
I would say “We’re just not as young as we used to be”, but that is one of the most self evident statements that could be made. I could never understand why people point out something so obvious. That said, we are not as young as we once were.
When ahead never let up.When behind never give up.
by Chief Pit Bull on Apr 17, 2011 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Greg Dent
He was only average? He seemed like EJ’s go-to guy all game long, and was able to provide consistency in short yardage catches and moving the chains. In fact, towards the end of the game EJ seemed to lock on to Dent the whole time without even looking elsewhere. He seems ready to take Bert Reed’s role when he leaves.
Important to look at the non-catches as well.
'11: Minimum Goal: 9-3 Regular Season. Given FSU's non-con slate, don't care who the 9 are.
'10: 7th in offense, 41st in defense. Division Champions. 10-4. (6-3)
'09: 8th in offense, 88th in defense. 7-6 (4-4)
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by Bud Elliott on Apr 17, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
yea the play when the walk-on caught the td
Greg Dent looked like he just stopped running his route.
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by Marcus Keepzit Onehundred on Apr 17, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Gehres...
actually I’m upset on him being done on more than a sympathetic level…can’t give solid accounts but I can remember him coming through on several occasions past season. Never got the “elite” vibe by any stretch of the imagination but did feel he could be a contributer this season….met him a few times last year; nice kid who I wish more of our players could learn to resemble.
You sure youre thinking of the right kid?
He had 3 catches last season
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by RaysnNoles on Apr 17, 2011 9:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Tank Carradine
will KO at least 1 opposing QB this fall. Most impressive looking physical specimen that we’ve had on the DL in many a year IMO.
Ameica, Land of the free and home to the entitled.
Remember the article about how returning receiving yards can play a big role
in how good an offense is. Well, EJ played with about 24% of returning receiving yards yesterday, on top of not having an OL that could block consistently.
Good point.
'11: Minimum Goal: 9-3 Regular Season. Given FSU's non-con slate, don't care who the 9 are.
'10: 7th in offense, 41st in defense. Division Champions. 10-4. (6-3)
'09: 8th in offense, 88th in defense. 7-6 (4-4)
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by Bud Elliott on Apr 17, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
are you talking about about yards after catch or
perhaps the % of yards receiving last year that were accessible to him in yesterday’s game?
the latter
"If we can hit that bullseye then the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... Checkmate." - Zapp Brannigan
"It's a good deal, but some poor people remain oddly unf**ked" - John Steward on the proposed budget agreement.
"Relax Hannity, it wasn't all that long ago that everyone hated the Irish for swarming over here in their potato boats and taking all the jobs." - Archer
Yep the latter
Pretty important for QB efficiency.
Of the five most efficient QBs in 2010, all of them returned > 85% of receiving yards from 2009.
IMO the most significant difference between the game yesterday and a real game is
designed run plays (including option, obviously), which EJ has a lot of success with, served no purpose yesterday and so weren’t run. In other words, despite the huge advantage that the D had b/c of the 4 missing starting OL, the D never needed to gameplan for designed runs, which is 1 of 3 offensive options.
p.s. our secondary is going to be good this year.
Championship!
What's the over/under?
Number of times annoucers will reference Hopkins 60 yarder before or after a field goal attempt during the regualer season?
LOL
Last season (esp. after Hop missed the FB in the UNC game) I remember Jimbo telling the media that he regularly hits 60 yarders in practice.
Championship!
I am watching the replay from 4 letter network
They have already shown the kick again. At the beginning of the telecast(when talking about Dustin) they showed the Clemson kick. Its all good though, I love it. It’s better then seeing those damn wide rights!
by BucsNolesRays on Apr 17, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Who is #54 Dolan?
Never heard of him but seemed to get a bunch of touches yesterday – just a chance for the xth stringers to get in a game?
by DownByTheRiverWalkinOnWater on Apr 17, 2011 11:07 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yep, a slot guy with Haggins out
'11: Minimum Goal: 9-3 Regular Season. Given FSU's non-con slate, don't care who the 9 are.
'10: 7th in offense, 41st in defense. Division Champions. 10-4. (6-3)
'09: 8th in offense, 88th in defense. 7-6 (4-4)
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by Bud Elliott on Apr 17, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
His routes looked crisp;
our receivers have the physical skills, but they’ve struggled getting open and always seem to piss the coaches off by running the wrong routes.
I am wondering:
Do we recruit guys who do not run good routes, are we not teaching them how to run good routes once they get here, or both?
I know that the high school athletes rely more on their raw talent attributes to get open but you’d think that if a guy was a sophomore or above here, he could have at least learned good route running techniques by then.
They are definately teaching them to run routes......
but they are fresh recruits, they still have a long way to go before they get playing time.
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by Alittlemore_cowbell on Apr 17, 2011 11:48 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think he's a STA kid. Came in with Joyner.
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by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Apr 17, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Dolan looked pretty impressive to me out there
Maybe its just a case of a walk-on getting favorable match-ups with walk-on DB’s? It’d be great if we could get a guy like him on the field next year. (Because he emerges from obscurity, hopefully not cuz everyone else is that bad!)
The halftime game was awesome
They were playing harder than we did in the first half, and the announcer was hillarious. Did anyone see that hit instead of flag-pull?? Guy jumped up to catch the ball and got flipped like a pancake.
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by Alittlemore_cowbell on Apr 17, 2011 11:44 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I don't know
I was there
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
by Alittlemore_cowbell on Apr 17, 2011 11:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ESPN3 did their usual halftime stuff.
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You cannot be serious.
The halftime game was completely uneventful and boring.
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"FSU announced a crowd of 53,818 – 818 more than Florida's spring game."
"If we can hit that bullseye then the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... Checkmate." - Zapp Brannigan
"It's a good deal, but some poor people remain oddly unf**ked" - John Steward on the proposed budget agreement.
"Relax Hannity, it wasn't all that long ago that everyone hated the Irish for swarming over here in their potato boats and taking all the jobs." - Archer
Florida's numbers were guessed, which is why it was 53000 even.
Like it matters anyway. Florida may round out the 25 this year if lucky, but we’ll get them again this year, even if they have 100,000 people there.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
by Alittlemore_cowbell on Apr 17, 2011 12:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i thought we had a great crowd show up
Esp considering the anticipation factor of the new coaching staff has worn off and there were threats of rain all the way to game day.
by vickers8 on Apr 17, 2011 3:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ya, spring weekend definitely made a dent.
"We have to start over. We have to develop our own identity, our own chemistry, our own unity, our own vision of where we want to go...This is just the beginning. Because remember one thing – I tell you all the time: Boys do what they want to do. Champions do what they’ve got to do. " CJF
Uh...Ours was guessed too.
My little brother and I walked in with a group of like, 20 people 5 minutes before kickoff, and literally nobody was at the gate. Nobody.
Formerly known as Randall W. Spetman
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