So we've no doubt heard that FSU sold out its allotment of tickets in 17 mins.  Thats outstanding.  But did it really hurt some loyal Noles?  Do we really think we have the best possible ticketing process?  After the jump I get really long winded and talk about my experiences with the ticketing process, and discuss problems I faced along with a potential solution.

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So part of this is based on the simple fact I'm curious if there are some Noles where I live, and the other part is to help Noles find other Noles amongest the US.  I know Bud had run up a google maps image of where our recruits were from and  I'd like to do something similar for our fanbase.

All I'd be interested in is the city and state you live in.  Given the reply nature of the commenting of this blog I think it provides an easy way to organize fans into each state then city.  For example for myself  it would look something like this

STATE=Louisiansa

reply -> CITY= Lake Charles

reply-> fsugrizz

In this manner it would enable the user to see if his or her's state was already listed.  Then they could go to that thread and find the city they lived in.  Then they would just reply to the city name and then we would have an easy listing of fans in cities across the nation.  If the user doesn't see his state listed, then just create it at the bottom and then continue with the city then username.  Same goes for city.

End the end I'm just curious where do my fellow Noles reach out to?  How broad is our reach?  I fully understand some people may not be interested in giving out personal information just as a home town and hey I respect that, but for those interested this could be interesting.

I'll do the first couple as an example.

*****UPDATE******

I was going to use a goole maps to create a map showing where people lived and what not but one of my fellow Noles does GIS for a living and so he would like to create the map.  Therefore I appreciate your posting here and giving me all this data but I also would like you to post in his thread so that he can create the maps for us.

Copied and Paste from the AC Cooley Interview

This is just my opinion but most of the good things happening right now all stem from Fisher’s reputation among football people and his relation to Saban. Those two guys brought LSU back from the dark ages and produced a national champion.

They both have certain ideas on how a program should be built from the ground up and certainly FSU fits that category the way the program was torched by BB and friends. Coaches around the country know what Fisher is all about and as we can see many of them want to be part of what is going here.

I can easily see Hudson coming here as a linebacker coach. He has coached with Fisher before and it is not too hard to believe that Stoops bring this defense around and take over a program of his own down the road. That fits the modus opeerandi of the Stoops brothers. Two of them are already head coaches. Stoops jumped at this opportunity don’t forget. It will put the Saban Fisher stamp on his resume and it is a resume that is selling in the football world you may notice.

Hudson would be in prime position to become the next defensive coordinator at FSU should Stoops take a promotion and at that time well hey he has has learned all the tricks from some of the best, Stoops and Fisher.

Coaches like Eddie Gran, Trickett, Stoops, Coley, Hudson and the rest don’t have to take jobs with programs headed down hill. They know Fisher is a hard charger but at the same time a decent man to work for. The work place won’t be a living hell like some programs. Yeah and I have to get this one in. Meyer is not attracting coaches so much as a pattern of coaches who want to move along and away from him as soon as possible. That is the way it seems to me anyway. His receiver coach took a lateral to LSU. That doesn’t sound like a receiver coach who thought he would be playing for one NC after another.

By the way two gator recruits, wide receiver Kenny Stills and safety Tony Jefferson out of California have just renounced UF and signed with Oklahoma! I wonder what the brother of our new defensive coordinator told them? One can just imagine (little brother is going to smoke that program among other things) and the head coach is suffering heart pains and dehydration! Meyer sees the handwriting on the wall. FSU is the talk of college football right now.

Next time Jimbo Fisher is in Central Florida he should stop in and buy me a steak as I have defended this guy on various forums from day one. All the way from fans saying his offense was just like Jeff Bowden’s to Trickett recruits lineman who are too skinny. Anyone familiar with Fisher’s history pretty much knew this day was coming.

When Fisher said Ponder would play on sunday, I knew Ponder would play on sunday. It was always easy for me.

Of course most of you by now know where I am going with this. The process is out there people, it is real, it is unstoppable!

Hello fsugrizz,

Thank you for your interest in the Davey O’Brien Award, and our Semifinalists announcement. It is the passion of fans like you that make college football great. I understand you are upset by Christian Ponder’s omission from our Semifinalist list, so I would like to clarify our selection process for you.

Our Semifinalists are selected by the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee, an elite group of journalists, broadcasters, commentators and former winners, with the Fan Vote accounting for 5 % of the total vote. The Selection Committee is asked to evaluate each candidate on the criteria of his quarterback skills and athletic ability, academics, his reputation as a team player, character, leadership and sportsmanship. All 120 starting quarterbacks in the FBS division are eligible for Semifinalists selection, and for a complete listing of the Selection Committee, you can visit www.DaveyOBrien.org.

I hope this clarifies any questions or concerns you have, and that you will continue to support the O’Brien Quarterback Award.

Best regards,

Carter

To which I replied:

Actually this further compounds my issues with his omission.

If the selection committee is asked to evaluate each canidate based on his quarterback skills, athletic ability, academics, reputation etc, then why is qb who would be 2nd in the list of the "15 top qb's" in the nation in terms of quarterback efficiency which is a measure of a quarterback's skills and athletic ability against BCS caliber opponents.  He would be 4th in the list of semi-finalists in yards per attempt which is a measure of how many yards a qb produces which is again a measure of his skills.  Ponder is 3rd in the nation in accuracy to Colt McCoy and Case Keenum.  Ponder has thrown fewer interceptions then every single quarterback on the semi-final list.  He has the highest TD/INT ratio against BCS teams in the list at 10/1.  In listing the players on the semi-final only one gains more total yards then Ponder.

Now if academics are indeed supposed to be a part of this award then how is a student who has already earn a bachelor's degree and is currently working on a masters not included?  Clearly Ponder is the definition of a student athlete, with the student coming first.  He is the offensive captain for our team and demonstrates leadership in this manner.

If a set of "elite journalists, broadcasters, commentators and former winners" can not see that Ponder is at least deserving to be one of the 15 best qb's in the nation then I for one consider your award to be fraudulent and useless.  Even the one that Chris Weinke was awarded in 2000 and the one Charlie Ward was awarded in 1993.

I could maybe understand if the reason Ponder was omitted was because of Florida State's poor Win-Loss record yet you've included Jake Locker and his team has a worse record then FSU.

Unless you can clearly demonstrate that ALL 15 quarterbacks listed are more deserving then a student who has already earned a degree and chosen to go back for another, an athlete that demonstrates leadership as the captain of his team, and a quarterback who has a higher quarterback rating then 14 of the others on the list against BCS opponents, I will personally consider your award to be a fraudulent waste of time.

It is very possible that Ponder would not win the award because he may or may not be the best quarterback in the nation and I am very understanding of this.  However it is inexcusable of a set of "elite" committee members to think that there could possibly be 15 better qb's who accurately fit the requirements for the award.

Sincerely fsugrizz.