Quote Originally Posted by PlayinPlot:
2013 National Championship game #1FSU -8.5 takes on #2Auburn in Pasadena.
I'll get right to it. Here are the reasons I LOVE FSU ATS in this game.
1) First and foremost, FSU has been able to stay major injury free all season. Only two main players have been hurt for the season 1) Backup QB Jacob Coker (luckily hasn't been needed for anything but mop up duty) and starting safety Tyler Hunter who went down early w a neck injury. Luckily, FSU was stacked at CB at the time, and they moved true freshman Jalen Ramsey into the starting safety spot where we has flourished. Going into a National Championship game missing only one of your starters from the beginning of the season is huge.
2) The preparation time: Ppl try to downplay this aspect of the contest, but I truly believe this is a HUGE advantage to FSU. It is no secret Auburn doesn't have a huge play book; they love to run different variations of their heavy run option. Having a month to prepare for this attack is such a big advantage IMO. FSU coaches have 4x as long to instill into their defensive players minds how important staying in their gaps and covering their man is regardless of what they see. ESPN had a great breakdown on how corners were biting on the play action inside handoff even though a linebacker had that assignment leading to Marshall tucking and running it around the corner. The point of that being, FSU will be more disciplined on stopping that run which is a huge component of limiting that offense. The other main component is dominating your 1 on 1 assignment. You gotta make a play against this team 1x1 and this defense has all the talent in the world to do that lead by the three monsters Joyner, T Smith, and Jernigan. Of course Auburn has a month to prepare as we'll and I am sure they adjust some things, but I think this offense is going to have big problems running the ball. Pruitt and his defense will dare Marshall to beat them in the air on 1x1 match ups and good luck against the best defensive backfield in the country (yes, the best, not a typo).
3) How is this HORRIBLE Auburn D going to stop this dynamic FSU offense? I mean, Auburn is BAAADDDD on D, and FSU, has arguably the best offense in the country. Hard to argue when you have 3 OL, 3 WRs, 3 RBs, 1TE and 1QB who will all be playing on Sundays (no, that is not a typo either). Expect to see a lot heavier dosage from the next best college football running back, Karlos Williams, in this title game. He is definitely the best back on this team but has been 3rd string since Week 2 when he moved to offense from D due to Jimbo's allegiance to Wilder and Freeman, but he started getting more snaps against Duke as you can see Jimbo was easing him in for more carries. Watch some of his tape, dude is the real deal. I just don't see how Auburn's dramatically weaker and less talented defense will get many stops against this powerhouse offense.
Gunna submit this and start next post w reason 4
1) Big deal, Auburn doesn't have any major injuries either.
2) Prep time means nothing for FSU. If anything it favors Auburn. FSU's heads will be spinning looking at tape for over a month. Every time they think they have it figured out, they will see a new wrinkle they haven't seen before. Malzahn, Lashlee know how to run this offense against any defense. 4-3, 3-4, 5-2, doesn't matter. They already know what they are going to do against any defense FSU puts out there. Auburn will make adjustments real time. Auburn doesn't need the month to prepare for the FSU defense, they already know how to attack any defense on the field.
3) Yea, Auburn's defense sucks! The Auburn 2010 defense sucked too and how did that turn out for Oregon? Everyone said Auburn couldn't stop the Bama offense, they scored 28, Auburn won! It's a lot easier for Auburn to prepare for the FSU offense than vice versa.
Write anything you want that makes you feel better about FSU winning this game. It won't matter! A team like FSU that hasn't faced anyone comparable to Auburn's offense, is going to be demoralized when they keep getting knocked backwards by the best offensive line in the country. FSU might score on every possession on this so called shitty Auburn defense, but when is FSU going to quit? I think about the time Auburn ties it up 28-28 early in the 3rd quarter. Auburn won't quit! FSU will! When have they had to play 4 quarters of tight football all year? One game and it was against a bad Boston College team that ran all over FSU.
All I see is FSU homers like yourself trying to justify beating this shitty Auburn team. Why? Because you're scared to death Auburn is going to punch you in the mouth and FSU won't know how to handle it.
Auburn covers and most of all they WIN the game!!
FSU will have beat 1 team who plays Jan 1 or later 
Clemson ranks #14.....the next best offense they faced was Miami who ranks #43 
Hot Forum Topics
