Returning to the Warpath: The 2009 Florida State Football Preview

Wil Wilkinson by Contributor Written on June 25, 2009
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ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 27:  The Florida State Seminoles mascot Chief Osceola watches the action during the Champs Bowl against the Wisconsin Badgers on December 27, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.  (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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Going into 2009, the Florida State Seminoles and Head Coach Bobby Bowden are coming off their best season in four years.

They face significant personnel losses, mostly on the defensive side, yet have turned around after several disappointing years. Jimbo Fisher has brought a new attitude to the offense, which has improved the overall confidence of the team.

While the team has one of the toughest schedules in the nation heading, they will also have to overcome the negative aura of the ongoing appeal to the NCAA Committee of Infractions for the cheating scandal of 2006-2007.

The defense has suffered more losses to graduation, but the team has an optimism for this season that seems based more on actual performance than prediction, unlike the past two.

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written on June 25, 2009 Preview/Prediction

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