Somebody with sense explain to me Why FL ST. is favored by so much vs Auburn

So what are you saying? Break it down the other way then. Who wins- Fsu vs lsu, fsu vs georgia, fsu vs ole miss, fsu vs tex am, fsu vs south carolina? Give me reasons for a few of those. Not schedule related. Reasons... Home or away. Lets go Florida st at south carolina

Trust me i know the opposition is bad but sometimes thats just the way it is and that doesnt mean the team cant be the best team out there. College bball example in 07 when memphis was awesome with drose, everyone was like they play crap teams they arent good. Well they did play crap teams, but anyone with a brain knew how good the talent was on the team and they were legit. FSU is great. And fsu by the way was considered great in the 90s and the acc was just as bad then so i dont know what the difference is.

But sometimes it's not.

I just saw the line and came on to make a similar thread but u beat me to it.

I hit Auburn +9 and can't believe that line. I had it pegged at auburn -2.5 with a chance for them to slide to -3 or even FSU a small favorite, but FSU -9???

Auburn great story this season.  But have you seen FSU play?  They only have one game where they won by less than 20 points.  FSU will roll in this game just like most of the other ones.  I thought Michael Vick was something in college, but Winston is unreal.  FSU defense is for real too.  Even as well as Auburn has done this season just don't see them hanging with FSU.

Taking AUB and the points.  Not a defense in the country cna stop it.

If you have watched FSU this year, you understand that FSU could put up 80 points in any given game if they play 4 full quarters of football.

NCAA  championship  final score  AUBURN  38    FLA STATE  44!!

Pnutt - to answer your question.... No, Auburn will absolutely not score 40. Hell will freeze over before that happens. I'll be utterly shocked if Auburn scores 30 for that matter. Auburn has the new school, sexy offense that is getting all the hype here, and deservingly so, but here's my take on it.... IMO - For as good as Auburn's offense is, FSU's defense is twice as good. FSU's defense is more dominant than FSU's offense. And we know how good their offense is. The FSU defense gets some love from the media and all of us, but not nearly enough. It's a historically good defense. No ifs ands or buts about it.

It wasn't my question but I apprecaite  your viewpoint.  I can see why people like FSU so much but I think FSU is getting too much credit.  They do look awfully good on paper and against weaker teams in their conference and the looked great against a weak Florida team.  I may be wrong, I just think Auburn is the better team by far on offense, not defense obviously but I believe their offense is good enough to make up for the problems on defense.  I think the naysayers are going to be suprised at just how good Auburns Offense is against the FL D.  Look what the Auburn Offense has done to all these supposed great Defenses like Alabama, Missouri,, etc.  I think it's easy to look at the numbers FL ST puts up and think they are so much better...but they haven't played the kind of schedule Auburn does so the numbers don't mean as much.  I know FSU aren't pushovers and Auburn has to get on the field and actually play the game.  With the time Malzahn has to prepare, I think it's going to be scary how good Auburn looks and I think they do put up more than 40.  They will have to to win, probably need to put up 50.  The over in this game should be an almost give me and is probably the more "sure" bet than picking either team.  I'm not always right but I think Auburn shocks everyone and wins by 10 in an offensive shoot out!

I'll won't be the first to tell you this but Florida st is #1 for a reason even Alabama didn't make it to this game. Florida st. Is The real deal they would have beaten Alabama by 14 pts max. Aurburn O has been stop before! Thats More tape to study on how to stop that  O.  better! Good luck Auburn with finding a way to stop Florida state O because nobody has yet.  I say 38 -17 final score. Florida st.

I'll won't be the first to tell you this but Florida st is #1 for a reason even Alabama didn't make it to this game. Florida st. Is The real deal they would have beaten Alabama by 14 pts max. Aurburn O has been stop before! Thats More tape to study on how to stop that  O.  better! Good luck Auburn with finding a way to stop Florida state O because nobody has yet.  I say 38 -17 final score. Florida st.

Pnutt - strongly disagree with most of your last post. FSU throttled Clemson IN Clemson by 40. UGA, who Auburn needed a small miracle to beat, lost to Clemson. The schedule is what it is, but I'm telling you FSU would go undefeated in the SEC even if the schedule was stackjed with bama txam uga usc lsu aub and mizz. I genuinely believe FSU would win each and every one of those games at home OR on the road, and most would be double digit Ws. Fact.

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All good teams have a bad game and that was a while back.  I don't think FSU would go undeated in the SEC.  The schedule is too tough week in and week out, but they would be a real good SEC team for sure.  I'm not saying FSU is a bad team.  They are a great team but they have shown signs of inconsistency even against bad teams and they can be scored on.  They have areas of weakness that aren't always apparent playing weak teams and these are the areas that Malzahn is a genuis at exploiting.  You take away one thing from them then that leaves you vunerable in another area and Malzahn will take advantage.  Not only is he a genuis at preparing and getting his players to understand and execute on the field he is awesome at adjusting his game plan..in game.  so FSU can prepare and prepare and makes stops here and there but whenever they over commit to stopping one thing, then Auburn will do the other and they will romp all over the field.  I'm not worried at all about Auburns' Offense being up to the task...My only worry is the defense not being able to stop FSU but I think they are good enough and have enough time to prepare.  I think having time to prepare will greatly favor Auburn in this contest.  I've been wrong before and the players will have to get on the field...all the opinions in the world aren't gonna change the outcome of the game.  They will prove us either wrong or right.  No amount of speculation will change what happens on the field.  They still have to throw, catch, run, tackle etc and sometimes teams don't play up to their abilities...so teams that should win often don't much to my chagraine sometimes.  But Auburn has so far proven to be very consistent and they've already had their bad game..enough to keep them honest and not fall for thinking they are gonna just walk in and win.  It's a HUGE game, they know it and they will be up for it...as FSU.  I don't think this will be a game that anyone can say, oh they just had a bad day...The BEST TEAM will win...and that doesn't always happen.  I think Auburn wins and with the points I think it's a great pick.  I predict Auburn 51 - 41 in a shootout!!!

 

 I agree with you 100% this Florida st team is something else. I bet Alabama lost on purpose so they don't have to play Florida st. In the championship game. Florida. St would beat Alabama very bad after I I though over the scenario.