Florida State Is a Six-Win Football Team in 2008

the series.  Clemson also has the most talented and deepest team in the conference, so I don’t see much of a reason why Florida State will win this one either.

Then you have the final game versus Florida at the end of November.  The game is in Tallahassee, which almost by definition means the Gators will not play at their best.  UF has won the past two in Tallahassee by seven points each, but prior to that hadn’t won there since 1986.

It will be uncomfortably close for those in orange and blue, but Florida outclasses FSU by such a large margin at this point that it’s difficult to see a win for the home team.

That puts FSU down to seven possible wins against I-A opponents.  There will probably be a game where no one riding the garnet and gold quarterback carousel can get anything going, resulting in another loss.  That leaves the Seminoles with just six wins against I-A competition.

It’s possible, though certainly not guaranteed, that Florida State will return to national prominence under the Jimbo Fisher administration.

For now though, it’s going to be another long, disappointing season in Tallahassee.

EDIT

A lot of people in the comment thread seem to be picking FSU over Clemson as an upset special for a variety of reasons. Well, a lot of people picked FSU to beat Clemson last year too:

And then this happened in the first half:

Always be careful when you find everyone else saying the same thing as you.

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