Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Winding Up

The College Football regular season is starting to reach towards its end of life this year, with only four games left for most teams (not including bowl games). This means that teams are trying to make an impression on the public so that they can get their bowl dreams to actually come alive and become realities. One team that has turned itself around is the Virginia Cavaliers after being blown out by Southern California 52-7 on their home opener and then losing their next two of three to Connecticut and Duke. These three loses made them one and three. Since this pitiful record they have been undefeated and now are five and three and are atop their conference, ACC coastal, although they have four games left and who knows what could happen they are sure improving quite well. Florida State is another team who is improving well and becoming quite a good football team. After they had lost their third game some college football analysts thought that they had gone back to their old ways and become the Florida State Football team that always rolled over and died after a good start. Although with an ACC Atlantic lead in the conference and a strong showing against Miami and Virginia Tech the Florida State Seminoles are ranked 15th in the AP Poll with only five games left. These five games will be a test of will power and determination because of the difficulty of the remainder of their season. The first team they will face is Georgia Tech, at Georgia Tech; this will be a difficult game because of the size and quickness of Georgia’s defense and also because they have Jonathan Dwyer who is averaging six yards a carry this late in the season. Their next two games are not as difficult not because of the teams but because of the home field advantage that the Seminole fans give their team in Doake Campbell Stadium. Then they go to Maryland and play which will be their second toughest opponent; with number one being the last game of the regular season the Florida Gators. This team is one of the best in the nation with a loss only to Ole Miss because of a last second drive. Florida State has one of the toughest last stretches in the nation to go through but if they succeed and win they could be potential to be a top runner for the BCS Championship Bowl Game. These teams are two of the more improved teams in football and where there is always someone improving, we just gotta know who is declining.

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