I am going all in on this

Obama has the Benghazi Belle of the Ball Susan Rice as his operative controlling Biden now and who knows who will be the Dem candidate Obama can control

I would like to see Trump policies but he is such a lightning rod for the good of the conservative and Moral movement in America we need a solid candidate like DeSantis to clean up the Washington cesspool

Hoping for America to work on being the best it can be for all people

Wow

I appreciate him but it was the right decision though interesting that he didn't endorse Harris. (Edit) He just endorsed her.

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Last week Paul and I told you how much Thurmon impressed us with

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I think they’re 4-8.

Hope he's ready

Assuming a good bit of y'all on here have made the trip..

Any recs on where to stay? Where to park? Eat? Etc.

I am planning to bring my 2 year old daughter with me to a couple of games this year. My family's usual parking spot is in Lot 6 and we tailgate there. Unfortunately we're almost dead in the middle of the lot and right at the end of the row where cars pass by. Any suggestions on which lots might be more "toddler-friendly" for her to be able to run around and play more with a little more open/grass areas and are still within reasonable walking distance to the stadium with a 2 yo?

When do they reverse the lanes to go all outbound? We have some folks coming in for the post-game tailgate and I want to make sure they can get into the parking space we got them before traffic is reversed.

FSU coaches frustrated, think 'third-and-forever' mistakes are correctable​

By: Bob Ferrante - The Osceola

Adam Fuller was calm but frustrated. He sees the in-game mistakes first-hand and then reviews them on film with Florida State’s defensive staff.

From the first question of Monday’s press conference, Fuller fielded questions about the breakdowns within FSU’s 31-29 win over Boston College. FSU had done a good job through two games on third downs, limiting opponents to a conversion on 6 of 23 (26.1%) attempts. And the Seminoles didn’t allow a conversion on fourth down, 0 for 4 through four games.

But when Boston College’s offense wasn’t committing pre-snap penalties, the Eagles were frequently able to convert on third down. Fuller called one such instance, a third-and-17 with FSU ahead 31-10 in the third quarter, a “third and forever.” But BC quarterback Thomas Castellanos had time and hit a wide open Dino Tomlin on a 52-yard catch-and-run.

“If 10 guys execute and one guy does the wrong thing and the ball finds that place, it becomes a big issue,” Fuller said. “It's another lesson learned that it takes 11 to operate as one, especially on defense. If the ball doesn't find the mistake, then people don't see it. But when it finds it, it becomes very glaring and obvious. That's a hard way to learn the lesson, but that's a lesson that needed to be learned."

The lesson was learned often. BC converted on 8 of 19 third-down opportunities and 4 of 5 fourth-down chances. The mistakes were frequent, from “poor eyes” to missed alignments and missed tackles (Pro Football Focus mentioned 15, but perhaps that was being generous against Castellanos and the Eagles?).

BC converted on a third-and-8 in the first quarter, a third-and-17 in the third quarter and then a third-and-10 as well as a third-and-20 in the fourth quarter.

“They had way too much offense there in third down — I think it was close to 240 yards in third-down situations,” FSU coach Mike Norvell said. “That's unacceptable for how we want to play and what we want to do. But coaches, players, everybody involved, we get an opportunity to go get better.”

Mixed in there were some notable situational stops, including a third-down sack late and a fourth-down halt near the goal line. But the chunk plays added up.

“There wasn't really a common (denominator),” Fuller said. “There was an unbalanced (formation) scramble, there was a counter run on a third-and-extra-long, there were a couple quarterback draws in there. It's just tying it all together. The ball found the mistakes and that's something that you continue to harp to your group and you continue to harp to the individuals of mistakes need to be addressed and cleaned up. And we did it and so now we've got to go play better."

Linebacker DJ Lundy said after the game that FSU didn’t take BC, or Castellanos, for granted. What’s needed in Lundy’s view is better communication, for starters.

“We got to tackle better honestly,” Lundy said. “As a defense, you got to get off the field on third down. We didn’t get off the field on third down enough.”

The learning process continued Sunday as the Seminoles reviewed the film. Painful as it was, Norvell could appreciate how the players responded to what they saw.

“I heard ownership yesterday,” Norvell said. “When you're an 18- to 22-year-old and willing to stand up in front of your peers and say, ‘Look, I made the mistake there.’ For whatever the reason that it was, I understand that. I accept it. I'm fixing it. It will not happen again. That's a step in the right direction.”

The third-down breakdowns were frequent. But it could be a good learning lesson in September, and helpful with Clemson ahead on Saturday as well as eight games after that. Fuller feels the issues with “poor eyes” are correctable.

“It's all correctable because if you have poor eyes, it means they weren't in the right place,” Fuller said. “Sometimes it's just the execution in the moment of making sure that you're detailed with doing your job and put them in the right place. And then usually that key work will bring you to whatever your assignment is."

BC's third-down situations on Saturday​

First quarter
BC drive 1
Third-and-1: Kye Robichaux 8-yard run (drive later resulted in a TD)
BC drive 2
Third-and-8: Castellanos 7-yard pass to Robichaux. After a timeout, Robichaux picks up 2 yards on fourth-and-1
Third-and-8: Castellanos run for 29 yards
Third-and-15: Castellanos run for 14 yards.
Second quarter
Fourth-and-1: Robichaux runs for two yards on fourth-and-1.
Third-and-goal from the FSU 3: Castellanos incomplete, BC goes for a FG
BC drive 3
Third-and-10: BC false start penalty, backs up to third-and-15. Castellanos runs 45 yards
Third-and-18: Castellanos incomplete pass, BC punts
BC drive 4
Third-and-8: Castellanos run for 1 yard, BC punts
BC drive 5
Third-and-10: Castellanos incomplete pass, BC punts
(FSU kneels down to end the half)
Third quarter
Drive 7
Third-and-4: Castellanos pas to Lewis Bond for 13 yards negated by holding
Third-and-14: False start on BC’s Drew Kendall
Third-and-19: Castellanos to Robichaux for 6 yards, BC punts
Drive 8
Third-and-3: Castellanos 2-yard run
Fourth-and-1: Robichaux 2-yard run
Third-and-17: Castellanos 52 pass to Dino Tomlin
Third-and-3: Robichaux 6-yard run
(drive results in Robichaux TD on next play)
Drive 9
(Trey Benson fumbles kickoff)
Third-and-1: Robichaux 4-yard run, drive continues into fourth quarter
Fourth quarter
Drive 9 (continued)
Third-and-8: Castellanos 6-yard run
Fourth-and-2: Robichaux stopped for no gain at the FSU 5-yard line
Drive 10
Third-and-10: Castellanos 13-yard run
Third-and-10: Castellanos 8-yard pass
Fourth-and-2: Castellanos 7-yard TD run
Drive 11
Third-and-20: Castellanos 28-yard pass to Ryan O’Keefe
Third-and-10: Castellanos sacked by Kalen DeLoach for a 14-yard loss, BC punts

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“Are all these text questions Larry Williams burner phones?”

He said… “this is a test to see if Larry is listening.”

@Larry_Williams

If we had to stay in the ACC, I think I would prefer the conference to divide up into two relegation leagues to drive revenue and interest. I would rather be in the SEC/Big 10 and I know the other lesser ACC teams would never vote for this, nor would the new 3, so this is kind of dumb, but somewhat interesting. Top team from bottom league that wins championship moves us, Bottom team from top league moves down every year. This league needs to pay all of the top league teams at least (65% of the revenue) and the bottom league (35% of the revenue). I would start by dividing up the teams with the highest ACC winning percentage. ESPN might be willing to give a little more money because the matchups in League 1 would be compelling every week. League 2 would be a typical ACC game they are paying for now but could get some very completive games in that league vs. lopsided ones. Also, every game would mean something even for the bottom teams in each league every year. Imagine the UNC vs NC State game the last game of the year being a rivalry but also one where the loser gets relegated to League 2. You would have the chance to send your rival to the lower tier.

League 1 (8 round robin games+ 4 OOC, ND rotates games in this group only as an OOC game) - Top two play in championship, 50+M per team every year
Clemson
FSU
VT
Pitt
Miami
Louisville
GT
UNC
NC ST.

Clemson Schedule (Every year) - FSU/VT/Pitt/Miami/Louisville/GT/UNC/NC ST/ND/SC/2 OOC. This is the type of schedule that we need to be playing year in and year out in the ACC going forward if we are to stay in. If one of these teams falls out, it will be replaced by the best team in the league below.


League 2 (8 round robin games+ 4 OOC, Top two play in championship, $27.5M per team every year
BC
UVA
Duke
Cuse
WF
CAL
Stanford
SMU
Add one other team from (WA ST, OR St, Memphis, Tulane, Boise St., USF)

Just got this shirt from fanatics thinking it was time for another polo. It looks absurd and the paw which they were trying to do 1:00 looks like it’s at 2:30. Also it’s stitched on like an adult softball league. Wondering where to get a good polo, thanks in advance.

Can anyone on here do one? Been messing with this exercise, been reading a lot about it and its ability to reduce knee injuries in sports. It’s so much harder than it looks at first glance. Kneesovertoesguy on YouTube is the first I had seen pushing this, he says some pro teams are now incorporating this into their conditioning.

This has the potential to bring our exit to a pretty quick resolution.

So I have done way to much research, so why not do a little more for those that like home stereo / theater.

I have an 12+ year old Pioneer Elite AVR and looking to move that to a different room and backfill it for the main room downstairs.

I am down to either a Yamaha RX-a2a (maybe a A4A) or the Onkyo TX-RZ50 that is on sale.

I think the a2a is all I need (and is on sale too), but was curious if anybody else knows a thing or two.

Not interested in any Denon’s at this price point and passing on Sonys. Would love some of the other higher end but not going to spend $1700+.

Let's see some score predictions for this weekend's game. Thanks everyone!

Lol

A win is a win is a win. That's about as harsh as I could be on the 1-0 victory over BC on Friday. It was a much needed win and was good to see us play through a ref that forgot his whistle <will prepare us for ND/Duke games>.

Honestly, getting a win in that spot is big. A place that we've rarely generated much of anything, a win is big and what we had to do.

And I'll tell ya, @yoshi121374 has been the most productive player we have. Three goals and so active on the ball. His finish on Friday was a thing of beauty.

So, up next is Holy Cross (2-3-1), that we should handle mightily. They have losses this season to Sacred Heart, Massachusetts-Lowell and something called Stonehill. They have wins over Merrimack and Leigh, with a draw against Harvard.

Evan Jones is the player to keep an eye on. Has three of their nine goals. But it really shouldn't matter.

A game that we need to get our wrinkles out. Our next ACC games are Wake,ND, UNC, and Louisville. So, time for the motor to get running.

Let's highlight Lancaster, SC Tyler Trimnal today. If you're unaware of how well Clemson recruits, we take the best player in SC and/or GA and then fill everything else with national players of the year and international players. Long story short, we get a lot of what we want from around the country.
So, Trimnal, an Andrew Jackson High School kid, is another one that has bided his time, but contributes when called upon.
Half of his 12 points came in the last 8 games, all in the postseason. He scored two against Duke in the ACC quarterfinal that we won in PKs and one against Stanford in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Big kid and a good finisher in the box; his effort is not usually matched.

We should be able to hang a crooked number on Holy Cross tomorrow. And hopefully we will have found ourselves for this ACC stretch coming up.

Go Tigers! Beat Holy Cross!