#1000pages FSU Third Natty (Women’s Soccer 2021 & 2023, and Cheerleading 2023 achieved)
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Big win against a ranked team on the road. Great job ladies!
Both teams made clutch shots late. What a finish!
I never game up on him and turned fully, but I did get tired of defending him. But he is so much fun. i don't think I have seen this posted yet. I do hope he gets into tv when his playing days are over.
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I went down a nostalgia rabbit hole last night watching interviews of old wrestlers I liked. Steve Austin and Rick Flair had a discussion of the toughest guys in the business.
Austin mentioned the strongest guys he’d worked with. He said that only two people could bench 500 lbs any day of the week. Ron Simmons who was in his 30’s or 40’s at that point could easily put up 500 lbs no matter how much Crown Royal he’d had.
People love to talk about how much better today’s athletes are, but for reference, 495 lbs was Aaron Donald’s every day max.
Austin mentioned the strongest guys he’d worked with. He said that only two people could bench 500 lbs any day of the week. Ron Simmons who was in his 30’s or 40’s at that point could easily put up 500 lbs no matter how much Crown Royal he’d had.
People love to talk about how much better today’s athletes are, but for reference, 495 lbs was Aaron Donald’s every day max.
Ron was a beast before modern training systems existed. The training table was there, but not at today’s level. Weight training was pretty much just lifting.
The dude was small by today’s standards, but dominant on the line.
The only guy I ever saw stone him was a Nebraska center, who, IIRC, won the Remington. The husker dwarfed Ron in size, and they also had a stronger line overall.
He didn’t win the Rimington. He was Rimington.
If you’re going to get beaten by someone, it might as well be the starting center on Sports Illustrated’s All-Century Team.
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Somehow, I think I knew that was the case. Thanks for reminding me.
And he had guard help from consensus All-American, Andy Schleusener. I still can’t believe we went into Lincoln and beat that team.
Bowden was the greatest coach in college football history.
Yeah, Bobby inherited some real talent that Darrell Mudra had coming in, but he was also able to fill the cupboard with solid players who “bought in”.
Dude kinda rekindled the passing game that Bill Peterson pioneered at FSU, but went beyond in many ways. Defense with Mickey eventually boosted both sides and special teams stepped up.
For a then, regional Independent team, the Noles stepped up biggly.
Hell, in the early ‘70s, there was talk of closing down football at FSU.
Many today have no clue of the path the program has negotiated over the decades, and Bobby Bowden was instrumental in walking that path.
Was that the game when the Nebbie fans gave the Noles a standing ovation?
I was at FSU at the same time as Simmons. I remember the media guide saying he could bench 550# and that was the equivalent of a 275# lineman in each hand.
That was a truly epic collapse by the men’s team.
I love Ham, but the rumor in Tallahassee is that he’s done after this season. Problem is, I don’t know that we fork over the money to get someone good.
Four games ago it looked like he was going to get an extension. Now I think an announcement will be made soon that we will not be seeking new contract so he can get a final goodbye game.
Yep. From up 15 to giving up a 3 with four seconds left to lose. Beyond frustrating.
2020 for him was like 2023 for Norvell. Totally demoralizing.
That sound. I can’t believe he’s in college.
Shame he missed his chance with his best team.
Yep. The 2020 season was so fun and we got robbed. Even had a couple of beverages before games with @DFSNOLE that season.
I was sitting down for lunch at Canopy Road cafe under a big screen where FSU and Duke were warming up for their ACC tourney opener.
Suddenly they shooed the kids off the court and rolled out the trophy, and the chyron updated to say the ACC tourney was cancelled.
That was for me the moment SHTF and I knew COVID was going to be a pretty big deal.
Five guys on that team went on to play in the NBA, including Devin Vassell and Patrick Williams.
