September 7, 2012

Column: Tough decisions for Fisher this weekend












Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher will have some difficult decisions to make Saturday. Those decisions won't have anything to do with game-planning but everything to do with how he handles his personnel.


Savannah State (0-1) from the MEAC conference is probably the worst opponent
to ever set foot in Doak Campbell Stadium. That isn't a knock on the
Tiger players or coaches, who are surely working hard preparing for
Saturday's David versus Goliath match-up. Problem is that Goliath is an
800-pound gorilla and David is a banana.


The Tigers simply have no business being on the same field with Florida
State, currently ranked No. 6 in both the AP and Coaches' polls. Savannah
State was a last-minute replacement for West Virginia, which pulled out of the
contracted match-up just eight months ago.




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