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RE: FSU Game Thread - Spiny_Norman - 10-19-2025
(10-19-2025, 02:14 PM)crackpot Wrote: It is readily apparent in person that this team is full of joy and really loves playing for each other and for these fans. This was not what we were seeing the previous two seasons.
Joy part 1 - https://x.com/StanfordFball/status/1979955703583510766
Joy part 2 - https://x.com/StanfordFball/status/1979807199523459095
RE: FSU Game Thread - needle - 10-19-2025
(10-19-2025, 03:26 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote:(10-19-2025, 02:14 PM)crackpot Wrote: It is readily apparent in person that this team is full of joy and really loves playing for each other and for these fans. This was not what we were seeing the previous two seasons.
Joy part 1 - https://x.com/StanfordFball/status/1979955703583510766
Joy part 2 - https://x.com/StanfordFball/status/1979807199523459095
Thanks for posting those links. Good to see the guys having fun.
RE: FSU Game Thread - BostonCard - 10-19-2025
(10-18-2025, 11:19 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(10-18-2025, 11:17 PM)lex24 Wrote: They may have a call be tomorrow at noon….
I wonder if Mike Norvell might want to avoid the tarmac when he lands.
BC
Well a different Novell got tarmac’d.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46650475/sources-colorado-state-firing-head-coach-jay-norvell
BC
RE: FSU Game Thread - BostonCard - 10-20-2025
Norvell is safe, for now…
https://www.reuters.com/sports/seminoles-sticking-with-mike-norvell-ad-plans-review-after-season--flm-2025-10-20/
BC
RE: FSU Game Thread - Mick - 10-20-2025
(10-19-2025, 12:07 PM)jacket3ree Wrote: There is a Reddit CFB post to the effect that two years ago, North Carolina, Clemson, and Florida State were the three ACC teams to vote against westward expansion. This weekend Cal defeated North Carolina, SMU defeated Clemson, and Stanford defeated Florida State.
Watching those teams flop around is fun for this ACC fan of 42 years. Karma's a bitch.
As to last night's game, I look forward to Matt's take. It might be fairly sober. I do fear we just hit our target for the year.
I suppose Stanford is about as good or as bad as the 'Noles and both are looking for coaches.
A few more specific thoughts:
1. Stanford was solid if not spectacular most of the night. FSU is a total mess, though.
2. Pretty clear why Gulbranson/Brown are QB 1 and 2. However Brown isn't that much worse than Gulbranson. I wonder if the message to him has been 'go elsewhere' or 'we'll develop you next year if we aren't developing someone else.'
3. Tough night for injuries. We sure can use Ford and that might be the best offensive lineman.
4. Feast or famine for the secondary. Excellent coverage mixed in with open targets for Castellanos, who overthrew some dudes. The last two penultimate defensive plays were awful coverage/technique. Awful.
5. Turtling is back baby! When they forced a turnover on downs to have the ball with a touchdown lead and 1:33 or 1:34 or whatever on the clock and FSU had three time outs, I figured they would gain maybe three yards and burn all of ten seconds. Pretty close.
6.
7. I'm glad they won. That type of collapse can be a nail in the coffin of a program barely alive. The kind of nail you would need to ruin the coffin to pull out.
8. Sorry to be harsh, but the day Stanford isn't relying on the likes of Mitch Leigber is a good day for the program. So stupid, so dirty. I see someone questioned whether that was targeting. Are you serious? Castellanos gave himself up and is on the ground. Knock a QB out and almost cost the game. I will grant that perhaps this is less malevolent intent and just a lack of skill.
9. Second time in as many of my teams' games that ACC replay got it 100% wrong on obvious calls. Also, even though the long pass into quadruple coverage should have been knocked down, there is no way in an honest world they should have put 0:02 on the clock and give FSU all the time they needed to set up for a play. Long downfield catch ten yards short of the goal line in the field of play with no timeouts launched at 0:09 is exactly what a team does not want. Hated that they ran a stupid plan and were rewarded by Stanford and the officials not doing it right.
Did he get in? I thought he did, but I was certain Stanford was choking the game away. Inconclusive and lucky the camera angles sucked. Honestly if FSU was undefeated and looking like the Bama victory was not a complete outlier, they might have gotten the call.
The Norvell watch began before the game when he was in a nice light grey suit with caramel brown shoes, which to this day I don't understand. (That pairing of shoe color with suit color. Never claimed to be fashion forward.) FSU has a bye coming up. That might be right. Bye.
Can I get the passcode to #6?
RE: FSU Game Thread - SkiBum80 - 10-20-2025
Anyone hear any publicly available news about our injuries from this game, I'd appreciate the info or link.
Seems like the injuries from this game were many, and will have a major impact on the team for either a short term, or rest of season, depending on extent and severity of the injuries.
RE: FSU Game Thread - 82lsju - 10-20-2025
(10-20-2025, 03:00 PM)SkiBum80 Wrote: Anyone hear any publicly available news about our injuries from this game, I'd appreciate the info or link.
Seems like the injuries from this game were many, and will have a major impact on the team for either a short term, or rest of season, depending on extent and severity of the injuries.
on today's press conference no useful info and it sounded like they aren't planning to say much until at least Thursday
RE: FSU Game Thread - JJJ - 10-20-2025
(10-19-2025, 02:32 PM)newguy Wrote: also, whose idea was it to give Stanford t-shirts with jersey #29 to the incoming freshmen? cause i think that was a great idea.I believe Howard Wolf said “some rich alum decided to donate the #29 jerseys to all freshmen who wanted them” or something to that effect. And I agree it was a great idea (more power to him for being able to execute said great idea).
RE: FSU Game Thread - GK3 - 10-20-2025
(10-19-2025, 03:26 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote:(10-19-2025, 02:14 PM)crackpot Wrote: It is readily apparent in person that this team is full of joy and really loves playing for each other and for these fans. This was not what we were seeing the previous two seasons.
Joy part 1 - https://x.com/StanfordFball/status/1979955703583510766
Joy part 2 - https://x.com/StanfordFball/status/1979807199523459095
Sure looked like Frank was really having a good time
RE: FSU Game Thread - newguy - 10-21-2025
(10-20-2025, 05:13 PM)JJJ Wrote:(10-19-2025, 02:32 PM)newguy Wrote: also, whose idea was it to give Stanford t-shirts with jersey #29 to the incoming freshmen? cause i think that was a great idea.I believe Howard Wolf said “some rich alum decided to donate the #29 jerseys to all freshmen who wanted them” or something to that effect. And I agree it was a great idea (more power to him for being able to execute said great idea).
thanks for that. a good way to build excitement for a program that just might have a bright future.
RE: FSU Game Thread - jacket3ree - 10-21-2025
Secret decoder ring for Mick:
There is no Number 6
RE: FSU Game Thread - BostonCard - 10-21-2025
Tabb is ACC running back of the week and rookie of the week.
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/10/20/tabb-tabbed-acc-rookie-and-running-back-of-the-week
BC
RE: FSU Game Thread - fullmetal - 10-21-2025
I was lucky to be at the game (gifted a ticket from a friend) and at reunion all weekend. To cctop's point about in-stadium replay, the TVs above the concession stands in the concourse all showed the actual replay angles, frame by frame, as the replay official was viewing them. I'm not sure if it was an accident, but I got a good view of what the official saw. I would say one could infer a FSU TD from the replay, but it wasn't conclusive. And the new verbiage is either "upheld" or "overturned"...no more of the "stands/confirmed/overturned."
Word on the street is that Norvell has lost the locker room, which might explain some of the undisciplined behavior. But I think it's going to cost FSU something like $68 million to buyout the head coach and assistant coaches.
I thought Leigber's hit was unfortunate, as he was already coming in extremely quickly, and Castellanos had started his slide late and finished his slide quickly. You can see his regret immediately after the play. I didn't like it, and I didn't like Gulbranson leaving with his injury either.
I would never characterize the post-game festivities of that night as "storming the field." As I recall, Florida State had finished leaving the field, and the security staff had stepped aside and unchained the stairways. No one tore down the goal posts, and no one was in danger of getting hurt.
The drone show was unfortunately out of sight for most of the stadium. Looking at the social media videos afterward though, it did look kind of cool.
Great team effort to defend home turf. Not sure the QB situation bodes well for the next few games, but Stanford got this one, at least.
RE: FSU Game Thread - cctop - 10-21-2025
(10-21-2025, 02:43 PM)fullmetal Wrote: The drone show was unfortunately out of sight for most of the stadium. Looking at the social media videos afterward though, it did look kind of cool.
The drone show was fun though yes it would have been a good idea for them to dim the stadium lights, at least in the south end zone.
Someone recorded the whole thing and posted it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D90Ej-PHIMo
RE: FSU Game Thread - jacket3ree - 10-21-2025
Mixed feelings on hit by Leigber. He wasn’t even in frame when Castellanos started his slide. Granted, that's just a frame on video but it looks like Leigber had a few of yards to pull up and while he's not a blazer, he's moving. Definitely targeting by rule. Castellanos is currently in concussion protocol. Leigber will miss the first half of Miami probably running all over his teammates.
I didn't play football at this level, but my ex-combat Marine played DB in college. He said it was 'dirty' and most guys can recognize the slide in real time and not dive to hit the runner. Leigber hit where Castellanos was, not where he was going. Late. If he doesn't dive, that wouldn't have been as bad. Glad there wasn't a brawl. Some Noles were ready to tear Leigber a new one.
RE: FSU Game Thread - KartyFan - 10-21-2025
“Dirty” to me means intentionally trying to hit him late and/or injure him. Just my definition. Based on his reaction, it seems he immediately regretted it. I feel confident he was being instinctual to make a play and didn’t have ill intent.
This is not excusing the action. Clearly, better players would have pulled up as it was egregiously late. But I don’t consider it dirty.