I'm Not Angry. I'm Numb

Another year, another brutalizing by the Florida Gators. The last time the Seminoles beat the Gators was 2003 and that game was decided by a questionable call. The two programs couldn’t be more different. They’re teams playing in different eras. The Gators are the epitome of 21st century college football. The Seminoles are stuck in 1993. It’s like the Gators are running Mac OS X and the Seminoles are running Windows 2. The Gators run their organization like the Marines. The Seminoles run their organization like an episode of Real Housewives of Leon County. What the hell is a coach in waiting? Every time this has been tried in the British royal family it’s ended in bloodshed, usually the guy’s in waiting. This whole transition has been handled as poorly as possible. If the university wanted Bobby Bowden gone then they should have fired him. If they wanted him to stay then they never should have told Jimbo Fisher he was the coach in waiting. Jimbo Fisher is nobody. Florida State didn’t owe him anything, but it’s not his fault that the program is where it is. He’s just a guy trying to do a job. Bobby Bowden is a guy who doesn’t realize he’s past his prime. I feel bad for him because he’s trying as hard as he can, but that’s not very hard because he’s 80 years old. 80 year olds can’t compete with 45 year olds. It’s nature. He’s surrounded himself with yes men from his glory days, failed head coaches with no where else to go. He begged Mickey Andrews to postpone his retirement a year to take one last crack at fixing this mess. Andrews’s heart wasn’t in it. He’s 68 years old. He’s still mourning the loss of his son, and the result was the worst Seminole defense since Gerald Ford was president. I remember hating Thad Busby in ’96 and ‘97. His record as a starter was 22-2, although the two losses were HUGE. Now I’m excited because the ‘Noles squeaked out a sixth win making them bowl eligible and extending Coach Bowden’s consecutive bowl streak to 27. I hope next year is his last. This is getting ugly. Just think about how much worse Old Yeller would have been if Travis hadn’t shot Old Yeller at the end, and the story went on for another 150 pages of a once great dog in agony. That’s what I’m dealing with as a Seminole fan.