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Might not care too much about this but it seems that Chad Roark is pulling out of his verbal to Florida State now that OU has made a late offer to him.

A little more back ground please as I am not a big Recruitment guy. I generally get more excited about the kids once they put on the Garnett and gold.

Nolesy wrote:A little more back ground please as I am not a big Recruitment guy. I generally get more excited about the kids once they put on the Garnett and gold.

Roark is an OG from Ada, Oklahoma and was committed to FSU. His older brother is at Nebraska but wasn't offered a schollie by OU. It didn't appear that he would get an OU offer either until Saturday night.

Nolesy wrote:A little more back ground please as I am not a big Recruitment guy. I generally get more excited about the kids once they put on the Garnett and gold.

RACK!

Just was looking for the FSU perspective in the events.

Believe the Heupel wrote:Has he officially decomitted? I know he's been saying that the offer from OU was a "dream come true." Kinda funny-his dad hangs out on the Insiders board and continued to do so after his brother committed at Nebraska. Dad's a nice guy and an OU fan through and through. Really disappointed his oldest didn't get an offer (though conflicting reports have it that he got one at the last minute.)

That is what another pay site is reporting. I'll tell you this though BtH as much as enjoy the people at insider more the people at the "other" pay site are far more accurate than James "Bring in the sunshine" Hale.

I read yesterday on warchant.com that he had not "de-committed", but was considering the OU offer. It would be a blow b/c FSU needs to sign a good class of OL. Hopefully he still decides to come on his visit b/c once we get them here for a visit it is usually a done deal. The reason i dont put to much into these early verbals is b/c these kids are still 17-18 years old and still have people pullin them in each direction. I hope we get him, but its hard to pull some of those gool ol boys out away from the midwest.

Cicero wrote:Hopefully he still decides to come on his visit b/c once we get them here for a visit it is usually a done deal.

Same can be said for Norman and keep in mind he is a local kid.

If he comes for a visit we will get him. A bag of weed and a few strippers always close the deal.

Nolesy wrote:If he comes for a visit we will get him. A bag of weed and a few strippers always close the deal.

You don't think we have the same in Norman? :twisted:

Its gonna be hard to top this:

Hey Seminole fans - when is your team going to play a cold weather game? It's snowing in State College today. I can't wait to see your team enjoy the glory that is football in sub-50 degree weather. When will that day be upon us?

Cicero wrote:Its gonna be hard to top this:

Never been to "Night Trips" or "The Black Gold" (ask an oil man if ya know one he has been there I assure you) obviously.

PSUFAN wrote:Hey Seminole fans - when is your team going to play a cold weather game? It's snowing in State College today. I can't wait to see your team enjoy the glory that is football in sub-50 degree weather. When will that day be upon us?

Way off topic but you know what, I cant think of the last time we had to play up north in Nov-Dec. I know when I was in school the UF games in Nov were around 30 degrees and that is not warm. I mean, Va Tech and Maryland are as far north as we can go in conference. I dont really see the point actually. I mean I dont know how many northern schools are coming down to FL in Aug-Sept. Each region has their own advantage.

Cicero wrote:

PSUFAN wrote:Hey Seminole fans - when is your team going to play a cold weather game? It's snowing in State College today. I can't wait to see your team enjoy the glory that is football in sub-50 degree weather. When will that day be upon us?

Way off topic but you know what, I cant think of the last time we had to play up north in Nov-Dec. I know when I was in school the UF games in Nov were around 30 degrees and that is not warm. I mean, Va Tech and Maryland are as far north as we can go in conference. I dont really see the point actually. I mean I dont know how many northern schools are coming down to FL in Aug-Sept. Each region has their own advantage.

Bullshit. I have lived at the same latitude as Tallahasse and about 100 miles away for half a decade and don't recall a day it's dropped below 40 degrees the entire time I have lived here. I hear rumors that it once snowed an inch in the 80s though :roll:

It is off topic though.

I mean, Va Tech and Maryland are as far north as we can go in conference.

Boston College, anyone?

I dont really see the point actually.

The only "point" would be that a southern team would probably fold up like a lawnchair in the cold. Northern teams probably would welcome a warm weather game in the later months...but the opposite would definitely not be true.

Miami has definitely played cold weather games...has FSU even played a single one?

Im not saying its constantly 30, but my soph year in 2000, I froze my ass off at the UF game and I remember people saying it was like 30-35 degress. But on the avg it was 40-50 in winter and the sun was out.

PSU, quit giving me flashbacks to the 95 USC/ND game when it was sub-50 and sleet was falling, and my team came onto the field and put on parkas.

:brad:

Cicero wrote:Im not saying its constantly 30, but my soph year in 2000, I froze my ass off at the UF game and I remember people saying it was like 30-35 degress. But on the avg it was 40-50 in winter and the sun was out.

People in the stands were probably drunk or cracked out ;)

Suncoast, it does get in the teens from time to time in the Tally area. I have been to a few chilly night games at the end of the season but never needed more than a heavy jacket and a pint of Jack.


PSU, I would love to see a big ten team come to Tally the first weekend of Sept. :wink:

You can bet BC will be a sept. or first of Oct. game for FSU.

Would it not be great to see FSU and PSU hook up in a bowl game this year. Would really like to see Joe Pa and Bobby go at it before one of them keels over.

congrats Joe Pa on 350-the legit way.

I would love to play PSU in a bowl game this year. End the debate.

Honestly, I doubt it...August and early September are hot everywhere. Northern teams have at least faced inclement heat all summer long...but Southern teams have no frame of reference for cold weather football.

Would it not be great to see FSU and PSU hook up in a bowl game this year. Would really like to see Joe Pa and Bobby go at it before one of them keels over.

congrats Joe Pa on 350-the legit way.

Nolesy, I am also hoping for a memorable bowl matchup this year. I'd love to see PSU play FSU this year...or Bama or a Big 12 team. I doubt PSU/FSU will be scheduled for an OOC matchup while our coaches are in their HC positions.

PSU/FSU would be a great OOC matchup. They'd call it the Senior Bowl

Maybe they'd set up a shuffleboard...(track? lane? field? bay?)...for the fogeys to battle it out while the coordinators did gridiron battle.

They'd need a seeing eye dog to find each other after the game at midfield.

PSUFAN wrote:Honestly, I doubt it...August and early September are hot everywhere. Northern teams have at least faced inclement heat all summer long...but Southern teams have no frame of reference for cold weather football.

Got to call you on this one The heat down here that time of the year is absolutely punishing. I doubt it is hot like that say north of the, er... um,..... Mason dixon line.

In the end, I don't think any one team can claim a weather advantage. You either have a team of gamers who persevere or you have a group of soft kids who can't.

Speaking just about my own program, I remember Auburnfan saying we had no chance beating them in their building. How the heat would kill our guys and the humidity would be unbearable. Your typical acts-of-god bs. Result: we beat them 23-0 and held their backfield to under 100 yards on the ground.

I also remember our 95 squad rolling into south bend on a day when it was under 50 degrees, with sleet falling (coldest I've ever been, between the air temp and being soaked). Our guys show up and put on parkas on the sidelines. Result: we got our asses kicked and a white guy named Mark Edwards got over 200 yards on us.

Gamers.

Non-gamers.

Side Note: Yes, I continue to be Mark Edwards' bitch. I had Baltimore in my pool this week and, naturally, Edwards scored Chicago's only TD of the game. Enough for them to win. Fucker :x

Awwwwww, fuck him in the ass.

:D

Wow Cicero, you can't remember back to 2003? FSU played at Notre Dame in November.

Believe the Heupel wrote:To get back to the original point of the thread:

Roark has decomitted from FSU and committed to Oklahoma.

Congratulations to this young man for the chance to play for his dream school.

Confirmed through 3 different independant sources. Roark will be a sooner.

Killian wrote:Wow Cicero, you can't remember back to 2003? FSU played at Notre Dame in November.

Shit you're right. We won 37-0.

The 1993 FSU-ND #1-vs.-#2 classic was in mid-November but the game-time temp was above 55 degrees with no precipitation, IIRC.

Congrats Sooners. Roark is a class act.