There’s no series in college football better known for a team misseing field goals than Florida State against Miami. For that reason, it’s highly entertaining that with 13 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, FSU’s Gary Cismesia has kicked a record tying five field goals. This is the second time that Cismesia has tied the record. Sebastien Janikowski accomplished the feat twice as well and it was Bill Capece who set the record in 1980.
AT BATTLE’S END SHE (OR XAVIER LEE) WASN’T SO GREAT
On their subsequent three posessions Florida State failed to get into field goal position and after that Miami scored a touchdown to take the lead by a point with just over a minute to go. A potentially dramatic finish was utterly ruined when Xavier Lee dawdled in the pocket too longwas stripped of the ball, which was subsequently carried to the end zone to put Miami up by seven. Lee’s meltdown continued when after scrambling for a few yards on the next posession, he threw three consecutive incomplete passes, all of which were short pass attempts that skipped off the ground in front of the receiver. Miami then ran the clock out. Thus ended what it was almost certainly the last FSU game I’ll be able to watch in its entirety this season (and quite possibly the last FSU game I’ll be able to see at all. However, considering who FSU has to face in November that might not be entirely a bad thing).
A quick thought on tonight’s FSU-Miami game
September 4, 2006
If Italy could win a World Cup on penalty kicks then FSU can win this with a field goal, dadgummit.
Day two of NCAA regionals
June 3, 2006
The oft delayed Florida State-Jacksonville game finally ended this morning with the Seminoles winning 18-0. It appears that their opponent this evening will be the University of Georgia, who currently holds an eight run lead on Sacred Heart. In other early action (other games delayed/postponed by rain), Clemson is leading UNC-Asheville 3-0 in the 8th and Georgia Tech is up on Stetson 7-0 in the 5th.
LATER: It will be FSU vs Georiga this evening. Currently in Athens, Jacksonville is playing Sacred Heart in an elimination game and is leading 2-0 in the 5th. Nationally seeded Nebraska is trailing 4-1 in the 7th in their loser goes home game. College Sports TV's gametrackers are a nice way to keep on top of all of the action.
FSU in the NCAA regional
June 2, 2006
Florida State's baseball team is playing in the first game of their 29th consecutive NCAA regional.
Their opponent Jacksonville University has lost sixteen consecutive games to the Seminoles and hasn't beaten FSU in the post-season since 1976.
In the first inning, FSU scored a touchdown, but missed the extra point. They currently lead 6-0 in the 2nd.
Elsewhere, Notre Dame has gone to extra innings against the College of Charleston and Manhattan is on the verge of upsetting Nebraska (who's seeded #6 in the field of 64).
LATER: One of the widely scattered thunderstorms in Georgia passed straight over Athens and put the FSU game into a rain delay, but not before the Seminoles tacked on a run. It's now 7-0 in the bottom of the 3rd.
Notre Dame and the College of Charleston have played nine full innings of scoreless baseball as the game is now in the 16th inning.
Manhattan has indeed sent Nebraska to the loser's bracket.
AT EVENING'S END: It started to rain in Athens so the FSU-JU game is not over. The game will resume at 9 AM with the FSU holding an 18-0 lead over the Dolphins.
The Notre Dame-Charleston marathon ended in the bottom of the 16th with Charleston coming out on top.
This is bad
May 25, 2006
The following was posted on Dr Hart's forecast model page this afternoon
Notice: Florida State University has mandated effective 24 May 2006 that no real-time weather forecasts relating potentially in any way to hurricanes are to be disseminated by faculty or students at FSU.
Consequently, this web page has been shut down UFN.
The notice has since been modified to note that this is due to liability concerns and that the decision is being fought.
TWO DAYS LATER: Sanity is restored.
Despite opening an 11 point lead early in the second half, FSU allowed Wake Forest to take the lead with about 3:40 left in the game. The 4 seniors of the Demon Deacon squad rose to the occasion as the Seminoles collapsed (and continued to foul even though the game was lost; that’s what made the score a bit more lopsided than it should have been). For the 10th time in 15 ACC tournaments, FSU is out after one game.
FSU-Wake Forest
March 9, 2006
As painfully detailed yesterday, FSU has not been particularly successful in the ACC tournament, however, they are 4-4 on Thursdays.
A win today will lock up a bid to the NCAA tournament, while a loss leaves them in a precarious bubble situation.
FSU has lost to Wake Forest both times they have met in the tournament previously, although this is the first time FSU has been the higher seed. FSU did win the regular season match-up 75-68.
A win today would give FSU three consecutive wins in March, the first time that’s happened since the FSU won four games in the NIT tournament in 1997.
Coach Leonard Hamilton is not pleased with the situation of FSU needing a win today to secure a bid:
“I don’t even know why I’m sitting here in fifth place in the ACC having to defend anything,” Hamilton said. “I’m really confused by that. As a matter of fact, I think we need six or seven teams in the tournament. I think that from top to bottom we’re as good as any league in America.”
FSU’s goal: Silence foes (Tallahassee Democrat)
FSU merited this comment in a discussion of the upper bracket of the ACC tournament:
LEAST TO GAIN No. 5 Florida State
Right now, the Seminoles are a No. 8 or No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They’ll probably get a bid even if they lose to Wake Forest today. But to move up to a No. 6 or higher, it would take at least three wins, meaning a dash to Sunday’s title game. Chris Rix will win the Heisman Trophy first.
Upper Bracket (Raleigh News Observer)
Ouch
FSU does have respect for Wake Forest depspite the Deamon Deacons being in last place:
To hear Florida State’s players tell it, they will be playing the best last-place team in college basketball in today’s ACC Tournament first-round game against Wake Forest.
“They’ve got two great players,” senior Andrew Wilson said. “(Justin) Gray and (Eric) Williams are two of the best players in their school’s history. You can’t let those guys get rolling.
“They’ve got to be the best 12th seed in a conference in the country.”
FSU’s Wilson says Wake Forest is the best last-place team in any conference (Winston-Salem Journal)
Wake Forest is the only team at the bottom of their conference that does not have a losing record overall (they’re 15-15). When you look over their schedule, you see that their only blowout losses were to Duke. The only team I could think of contending for the claim of best last-place team isSouth Florida and they did have a couple of suspicious out of conference losses that Wake did not have.
The game is at 2:30 (providing that the Miami-Clemson game ends in a timely fashion). Count yourself lucky if you are in a television market that’s showing it as it’s not being shown in Jacksonville (for people with high speed connections living in an area where the game’s not being shown, there is a webcast).
Summary of FSU’s performance in the ACC tournament
March 8, 2006
Unfortunately, a list of great FSU wins in the ACC tournament is comparable in magnitude to a list of great French military victories. The gory details year by year:
1992 – FSU’s first year in the ACC and the only year they’ve made it to Saturday (semi-finals). FSU was the #2 seed and beat NC State 93-80, but then lost to #3 North Carolina 80-76. FSU made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the Big Dance.
1993 - Despite bringing the best team they’ve ever brought to the tourney, the #2 seeded Seminoles departed on Friday, losing the 7th seeded Clemson Tigers 87-75. FSU went on to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament.
1994 – The years of pain begin. UNC dispatches the 7th seeded Noles 83-69.
1995 - Again the 7th seed, again the loser in their first game. Maryland 71- FSU 64.
1996 – For the first time, FSU didn’t even play on Friday. They lost to NC State 80-65 in the play-in game (between 8th and 9th seeds).
1997 – Needing a win to have a viable shot at the NCAA tournament and thereby keep his job ,coach Pat Kennedy’s Seminoles lose to Wake Forest 66-65. FSU went on to the finals of the NIT, but it was not enough to keep Kennedy employed.
1998 – New coach (Steve Robinson), same results. FSU plays only one game as they lose to NC State 65-63 (a matchup between 8th and 7th seeds, respectively). The ‘Noles did go on to the NCAA tournament (and lasted to the second round), thanks to a tough out of conference schedule that featured some quality wins.
1999 – The five year losing streak ends with a 87-85 win against the 7th seeded Clemson (who went on to be the NIT runner-up). The 8th seeded Seminoles, however, returned to their losing ways on Friday against Maryland (2 seed), 93-69.
2000 – Again a win on Thursday for 7th seeded FSU (63-62 against 8 seed Georgia Tech), followed by a loss on Friday to the 2 seed, Maryland (82-61).
2001 - 9th seeded Clemson sends 8th seeded FSU home 66-64 on Thursday.
2002 – Yet another win on Thursday (against Clemson, 91-84) followed by a loss to Maryland (85-59). Maryland, of course, went on to be national champions that year.
2003 - New coach, familiar outcome. FSU beats Clemson on Thursday 72-61, loses to Wake Forest, 69-61 on Friday.
2004 – In the last year to feature the play-in game, FSU gets a respite from it and has their opening game on Friday (as a 7th seed). They lose to #2 seed NC State 78-71. Their appearance in the NIT lasts until the 2nd round.
2005 – The first year with multiple games on Thursday. NC State (7 seed) dispatches (10 seed) FSU again, 70-54.
Overall, a record of 5-14 in the tournament. 4-4 on Thursday, 1-9 on Friday, and 0-1 on Saturday.
Florida State 67 Miami 64
March 5, 2006
Florida State let a 5 point half time lead lapse into a 7 point deficit early in the second half, but tied the game with eight minutes left and came out on top in the ensuing dogfight.
Miami did not score in the last 3 minutes as a desperation 3-point shot heaved at the end went off the back of the rim.
The win gives Florida State the 5th seed in the ACC tournament, which schedules them for a game against Wake Forest on Thursday afternoon.
More importantly, Florida State finished regular conference play with a winning record and has probably sealed a spot in the NCAA tournament.
FSU-Miami
March 5, 2006
Florida State’s men basketball team lost two games in overtime this season. One was to Duke, the other was to the University of Miami.
Today’s game is probably the most significant in the history of the series. Before Miami joined the ACC, the two usually faced each other in December, a month not known for games with post-seaons implications.
FSU has not beaten the Hurricanes since UM joined the ACC. The last Seminole win was in 2003 (in Coral Gables).
A win gives FSU a winning season in the conference, their first since the 1992-1993 season.
The winner gets the 5th seed in the ACC tournament.
