Everette Brown played great, he was even beating double team blocks against him. But so did Derek Nicholson, he of the bonehead penalty against Boston College. He was all over the field. And local kid Ben Lampkin got the solo tackle near the end of the game near the goal line when it looked like Maryland was going to score in garbage time.

I think that FSU got a big boost from Myron Rolle being awarded the Rhodes scholarship. He is evidently a real popular guy, and the pride in his accomplishment by his teammates was evident from them on the sidelines; they even gave him a gatorade dousing at the end of the game. Good thing they weren’t drinking hot chocolate. If he does play in the NFL (he wants to become a neurosurgeon) I severely doubt it will be next year. Oxford is once in a lifetime, and will open doors to where ever he wants to go; and the NFL will still be there when he finishes.

Good to see Bert Reed back in the games, he almost broke his only catch of the night for a touchdown, getting tripped up by the last guy to have a shot at him. Hope he stays out of trouble.

Florida has a lot of weapons on offense and their offensive scheme will give the Seminoles fits. But the ‘Noles have several things in their favor. They are playing at home in the Doak instead of the Swamp.
Florida may be looking past them to their SEC championship game the next week with Alabama, especially because last year they stomped FSU 45-12. And they have a couple of starters on their defensive line hurt. If Florida State is to win this game, they are going to have to run the ball, because Ponder’s rainbows and Florida’s ballhawking defensive backs (20 picks, 5 returned for TD’s) spells trouble for the ‘Noles. Let’s just hope Bobby Bowden decides to let someone else give the pep talk this week, because coming out of a hole against Florida would be terrible. I nominate Myron Rolle. Maybe he can do it in a British accent.