It was truly a Prime Spot in Pasadena, California as Mr, Prime Nole himself made an appearance! While not exactly the big gathering like often times happens when the members of The Territory get together, if 2 or more are…
Category: Commentary
Size on the Defensive Line
Florida State will have pretty much an average size defensive line when taking a look at 4-3/4-2-5 defenses that Auburn has faced. The defenses that Washington State, Georgia, and Alabama run (3-4 base) require larger defensive lineman with big linebackers.…
SEC Size on the Offensive Line?
SEC Defense. SEC Size. SEC Speed. These are all common catch phrases thrown around by commentators that really don’t mean anything. What they mean is the elite teams in the SEC. Most of the SEC doesn’t even have “SEC Defense”…
FSU and Auburn Offense vs Similarly Rated Defenses
Auburn has the #32 defense in the nation according to S&P+ Advanced Statistics from footballoutsiders.com. That ranks as the 5th toughest defense that Florida State will have played this year. Pittsburgh at #30 and Duke at #42 are the two…
FSU and Auburn Defense vs Similarly Rated Offenses
Auburn has the #8 offense in the nation according to S&P+ Advanced Statistics from footballoutsiders.com. That ranks as the 2nd toughest offense that Florida State will have played this year. Miami at #4 and Clemson at #13 are the two…
Auburn’s 2013 Run
Here’s a quick synopsis of each of Auburn’s 13 games for 2013. The pattern is clear: a fantastic rushing offense that can put up points and a defense that keeps any team with an average offense in the game. Week…
A Look at 2014
Yes, the 2013 Bowl season hasn’t even started yet. We’ve got time to kill between now and the National Championship, though, so I’m going to take a look into my own crystal ball (mine is not football shaped, nor does…
Comparative Defensive Performance
After an up and down beginning of the season that saw the Florida State coaching staff tinkering with several personnel and formation experiments, the Noles really clamped down after BC. Florida State held 6 of their last 9 opponents to…
Comparative Offensive Performance
So, after 13 games, let’s look at Florida State’s offensive performance compared to the other offenses that our opponents have faced. The reason I like this exercise is because it really shows how well a team has performed. In other…
First Look: FSU and Auburn Statistically
“Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything” Here’s a quick first look at where Florida State and Auburn stand statistically this season. The first part of the chart show S&P+ opponent adjusted…
What Championship Saturday Means To Me
Championship Saturday might be the best day of the college football season (At least until the Prayer at Jordan-Hare). What started out as just one game in 1992 (the SEC Championship between Florida and #1 Alabama at worn out Legion Field in Birmingham)…
First Look At Duke – Common Opponents
It’s interesting, and a sign of the times, that even though Florida State and Duke are in the same conference, they share only 4 common opponents: Miami, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, and NC State. The transitive property of games should not…