That's my grandfather standing next to Lombardi. He was on the Chain Gang from 1949 to 1986 when he passed away. He was on the sidelines for every home game for 37 years, which was believed to be an NFL record at the time of his death...
Just met his aunt at my folk's butcher shop in Fleming Island (Clay County). She was tearing up because her nephew had just signed with FSU to play football. I asked who and she said Austin Droogsma. I said I thought he was only doing shot put and she said now football too. She was amazed I knew who he was. I said I heard his dad did shot put for FSU too and she said she got him into track.
Has anyone tracked movement of FSU commits/targets since ESPN updated their ranking? I can't find the original and ESPN doesn't show risers and fallers.
"Nick Collins Out For Year"
http://twitter.com/#!/TomSilversteinHe needs a few more votes to overtake Troy Polamalu...
Two tweets today from g8trinsider.com... "Still checking into this, but strong confirmation that John Brantley will transfer from UF. Story developing." "Although we're skeptical, we're hearing the word "Delaware" in connection to a Gator QB's future from two unconnected sources."
We could use him for depth. Knows the offense and was productive last year at the goal line...
Can someone with knowledge of Mike Neal come over to Acme Packing Company and fill us in? We don't have a lot of info. If you know of any videos online with some highlights that would be helpful too... Thanks!
For those of you who missed out on tickets. I still can't believe I fell asleep before hearing about Joyner :)
Didn't notice this last week. He couldn't have asked for a better place to land...
Hopefully this is not a duplicate post but I was watching NFL Total Access just now and it showed Deion's bus trip to FSU and the FSU facilities... Nice publicity for recruiting...
A statistical look at the Green Bay Packers running backs during the first two preseason games.
I totally forgot that Detroit Lions General Manger Martin Mayhew was an FSU Cornerback...
I was chatting with a co-worker (a South Florida grad) about the SEC contract and what his take was as far as competitive edge and/or possible financial stake of future TV contracts for the ACC and...