WVU – ranked #16 in the country. Just beat a “Top Ten” team in Pittsburgh. Finished the season at 9-3 and second in the Big East conference.
Florida State University – not ranked. Finished 6-6 and tied for 6th in the ACC.
FSU made it to the Gator Bowl because FSU forced their coach to retire after another sub-par season. And, what happens? I don’t have to tell you. WVU takes a 14-3 lead and then fails to pile on points and allows FSU to dominate the second half and lose the football game. Throw on the dismantling of the WVU basketball team today, and you have what could be considered a very shitty day for Mountaineer fans.
WVU should not have lost to this Florida State team. Sure, they had the emotion of Bobby Bowden’s last game but, at the end of the day, WVU should have been a better football team. But, it wasn’t. Special teams was horrendous and the passing game never even got started…with or without Jarrett Brown. Once the Seminoles shutdown Noel Devine, the game was over. And WVU’s defense could not get a team off the field on 3rd down. Again.
This loss, coupled with the current state of the Sugar Bowl, is an embarrassment for the entire Big East Conference. I’m not sure what else to say about it at the moment. Is it coaching? I don’t know. But a 9-3 WVU should not have lost to this 6-6 Seminole team. It just shouldn’t have happened.
Adam Sinsel says:
I almost totally agree. We part ways on our judgement of FSU’s defense against Noel Devine. THEY NEVER shut him down. We just stopped running the ball. I can’t figure it out! Our starting QB exits the game with an injury and we increase the amount of passes and run the option with an inexperienced freshman QB. All we had to do was line up and hand the ball to Devine and Clarke. The rest would have sorted itself out. Bill Stewart is a moron.
January 2, 2010, 9:41 am