After a glance at the scores over the first half of the season, one may have reason to believe that Florida State is in big trouble as they travel to Georgia Tech for today's featured Atlantic Coast Conference football matchup.
Remember, Florida State was shut down at home by a score of 12-3 at home against Wake Forest on September 20th. Of course, Wake was SMASHED at Maryland on October 18 by a score of 26-0. Maryland, in turn, was brutalized 31-0 by Virginia in Charlottesville on October 4th. That same Virginia team was embarassed 31-3 by Duke in Durham on September 27th. And Duke got stomped 27-0 by Georgia Tech in Atlanta on October 4th. So, if GaTech shut out Duke, which routed Virginia, which shut out Maryland, which shut out Wake, which shut down FlaState; why wouldn't GaTech absolutely annihilate Florida State in their game today?
Well, actually, in this year's ACC there are plenty of good reasons, but... I'll have to save that for another post!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Southern Conference Smackdown
Re: #3 Wofford at #2 Appalachian State
I do not recall ever seeing a college football game matching two teams in the top FIVE of the national rankings with an outcome quite like this one. In short, Appy State delivered a beatdown of possibly unprecedented proportions. That is, the Mountaineers from mountainous western North Carolina pulverized the Terriers from hilly northwestern South Carolina by a whopping score of 70-24 at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina last night.
ASU opened a can of whoop-ass on Wofford, and in front of a national television audience watching the game as broadcast on ESPN2, no less. And folks, it could've been worse. Appalachian's star quarterback Armanti Edwards sliced up the Terrier defense with 367 yards passing on ONLY 19 attempts (!!!) and tacked on 73 yards rushing as well. But, after Edwards tossed a 31-yard touchdown pass to receiver Brian Quick to stretch the ASU lead to 56-24 with a full FOURTEEN MINUTES left in the fourth quarter, Appalachian pulled the quarterback out of the game. The backup proceeded to lead two more touchdown drives with a strictly all-rush offense. Staggering.
Especially considering that Wofford came into the game ranked THIRD nationally in the Division I College Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as I-AA). The Terriers were 6-1 and had averaged 45.0 ppg against their six FCS opponents. Their only loss was by a mere ten points, 23-13, on the road against Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) foe South Carolina! In short, ASU beat Wofford by 36 pts MORE than South Carolina did.
Of course, it should be pointed out that even in this game, Wofford's offense played strong. They rolled up an impressive 497 yards of total offense, including 393 yards on the ground, behind TWO 100-yard-rushers. Unfortunately, they couldn't hold on to the ball, and their four fumbles and three interceptions repeatedly set up Appalachian State with great field position. ASU converted enough of those turnovers into scores to turn this anticipated "showdown" into a laugher.
I do not recall ever seeing a college football game matching two teams in the top FIVE of the national rankings with an outcome quite like this one. In short, Appy State delivered a beatdown of possibly unprecedented proportions. That is, the Mountaineers from mountainous western North Carolina pulverized the Terriers from hilly northwestern South Carolina by a whopping score of 70-24 at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina last night.
ASU opened a can of whoop-ass on Wofford, and in front of a national television audience watching the game as broadcast on ESPN2, no less. And folks, it could've been worse. Appalachian's star quarterback Armanti Edwards sliced up the Terrier defense with 367 yards passing on ONLY 19 attempts (!!!) and tacked on 73 yards rushing as well. But, after Edwards tossed a 31-yard touchdown pass to receiver Brian Quick to stretch the ASU lead to 56-24 with a full FOURTEEN MINUTES left in the fourth quarter, Appalachian pulled the quarterback out of the game. The backup proceeded to lead two more touchdown drives with a strictly all-rush offense. Staggering.
Especially considering that Wofford came into the game ranked THIRD nationally in the Division I College Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as I-AA). The Terriers were 6-1 and had averaged 45.0 ppg against their six FCS opponents. Their only loss was by a mere ten points, 23-13, on the road against Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) foe South Carolina! In short, ASU beat Wofford by 36 pts MORE than South Carolina did.
Of course, it should be pointed out that even in this game, Wofford's offense played strong. They rolled up an impressive 497 yards of total offense, including 393 yards on the ground, behind TWO 100-yard-rushers. Unfortunately, they couldn't hold on to the ball, and their four fumbles and three interceptions repeatedly set up Appalachian State with great field position. ASU converted enough of those turnovers into scores to turn this anticipated "showdown" into a laugher.
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