Mark Stoops: Let me help you to the bus...

I am apologizing now for my vehemence. It was a particularly stressful 4th quarter:
Mark Stoops. I've had about enough of you in your short tenure at FSU.  For several reasons, going in chronological order, you and your brother having a love fest at the end of both Oklahoma vs. FSU games. Your brother even tells you "I love you". After he beats the daylights out of you. How does that feel? From a fan's perspective, let me just tell you, we hate it. I don't care if your brother loves you or not. I WANT TO BEAT OKLAHOMA and every other team out there. That's why I hate  these in-family rivalries. I'd call it something else but I'm DESPERATELY trying to keep it clean.
Are you telling me Mark Stoops that you can't keep these penalties down to a minimum? Or is this your idea of a minimum? Clemson, Oklahoma, Wake Forest, all riddled with penalties. Are you teaching this guys to block or just hold, or just "personal foul" and hope no one sees?
Now I beg you to listen for the first 23 seconds of this Billy Dean country song below:
http://youtu.be/77oUfGrX-Zo
In an attempt to plead my case to Mark Stoops, I change the words of the song with the words below.
"Gonna hold who needs holdin', block who needs blockin', face mask those who need face maskin' though it means an extra 15 yards, personal foul who needs foulin',  fight what needs fightin', and hope players don't get thrown out the game."
Are you telling me you can't keep Virginia (I mean come on it's freakin' Virginia) from scoring in the 4th quarter? That was a defensive abomination. You need to get a hold of yourself.
Jimbo, let me share with you a few words from the former coach of the Miami Hurricanes, Jimmy Johnson. When asked about Bobby Bowden, on a piece done about Bowden's coaching career and the wide right-wide left scenario, Jimmy Johnson says if Bowden was so great he would have already beat me and he wouldn't need just a field goal in the last seconds of a game to do it. Guess what Jimbo? Same goes for you (Virginia? really?). And by the way, you might want to rethink some of those passing plays in the 4th quarter.
Next week is the FSU vs. Florida game. I really hope Mark Stoops can start to get his act together. It would be terribly embarrassing to lose to a crappy Gator team. Jimbo, your #RD (real deal) status is in serious jeopardy. You HAVE to beat Florida, especially if I actually go to Gainesville for this game. I hate Gainesville.
ACC. Please regain control of the pop warner refs you put out there to call college football games. You should be ashamed. You should want to get it right with FSU after all of the gaffes that have been committed this season.
It's nights like these when I reminisce about the old games. I guess this one wasn't so different.

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A Small Rant

Rants always seem to have a negative connotation. In this day and age of social media and criticism that can come about because one has spoken their mind, I do my best not to rant. However, in this case, I feel a need to make my opinion known.

Everyone knows I'm a girl and I LOVE football. College or professional, it doesn't matter. The closer the game, the more I have to watch it. I guess what I'm trying to say is: I find value in most all football teams, not just my favorite teams.

For a long time, I didn't really understand that concept. But, eventually, you have to grow up and concede that other teams have good players too. That also makes for good competition (which I LOVE!). What I care for less is: a lot of crying http://youtu.be/myNyMP9ddrg,
a lot of nepotism http://youtu.be/myNyMP9ddrg,  ridiculous hits http://youtu.be/myNyMP9ddrg and shocking behavior http://youtu.be/sM18sAZRnIU.

This season already has had it's highs and lows. Have I wanted to give up on my teams? Some days, maybe. Have I given up? Absolutely not. I will not go down as a bandwaggoner. It is not in my nature. However, I have seen and heard many rants from friends about how their team should just scrap the players this year and wait for next year. Really? This game is only about winning? Pardon me, but I thought in addition to winning, it was also about the triumph of the human spirit overcoming obstacles others have told them they can't overcome or are not meant to be overcome on game day. Have you taken the time to read Dabo Swinney's story? I can't stand Clemson (pronounced Clempsun), but I got to give it to this guy. He has  enthusiasm and an undefeated team so far. Have you ever watched Ole Miss or Mississippi State? Those guys haven't seen a National Championship since the wheel was invented but THEY BRING IT. I'm sure I don't need to mention the "Promises Kept" speech that came from Tebow when Ole Miss shocked them several years ago (coincidentally Michael Oher played on that Ole Miss team).

In short, if you are discouraged about your team, don't worry. Every dog has it's day. Didn't you win a few National Championships a few years back? Get over yourself and quit talking craziness. Keep an eye on your team and watch a few others. It doesn't matter how bad your team plays, loses, or how bad YOU feel. That's your team. If you do give up, well that's your loss. Just please get out of our way and shoosh it so we don't have to hear all that nastiness. Real fans deal.

S.N.- Battle of the Jims (Schwartz and Harbaugh)- Seriously. Act like grown men and not first graders.
-Will someone PLEASE cut Blaine Gabberts hair so we can stop losing already and make the boy look like a man? All this nonsense started with JDR not letting them shave his head aka no hazing in Training Camp. SHAVE IT ALREADY.
-Gene Smith, if you aren't looking at Alshon Jeffery from the South Carolina Gamecocks going into the 2012 NFL combine and draft, shame on you. Proceed to Pearle Vision so you can see what a real receiver looks like http://youtu.be/5bpHPzu_wEM

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