Throughout
the history of sports, great teams have never bowed out gracefully. They have always
taken a hard fall. Look at Brazil’s match against Germany in the recent World
Cup, the Heat’s crushing defeat to the Spurs last season, hell, look at how
‘Bama went out against Auburn last year. Whenever a great team loses it’s
always a heartbreak. Say what you want, Florida State has a great football
team. Regardless of who they played, winning 29 straight games is an impressive
feat. Not every player, team or coach can end their season or collegiate career
in a picture perfect way. Even Hollywood knows this. Not every sports movie
ends with a championship win. FSU’s players should not hang their heads in
shame tonight, it’s been a great run and they have nothing to prove to anyone. Haters
and fans alike need to give credit where credit is due. Oregon won because they
were a better team. It’s not because they wanted it more than us, it’s not
because we didn’t have enough time to prepare; they were just better. It
happens. There were a few calls that slighted us but let’s not act like a
couple of pass interferences would completely turn the tides.
Let’s
get one thing straight: You’re not a bandwagoner if you go to the school or its
accompanying community college. If somebody who was never interested in Whatchamacallit
University, spends a semester there as a student and becomes an avid fan of all
things Whatchamacallit, there’s nothing wrong with that.
If FSU
vs Oregon was the only game in which you’ve seen either team all season and you
want to say something sly, don’t. If you go to a school with an unranked football
team and decide to fling your poo at FSU: A.
You really aren’t in a position to talk trash and B. Don’t be surprised when an FSU student/fan flings back with
jibes football or non-football related. People will say and do anything when their
backs are against the wall. If you can give you can receive.
This
post is not meant to throw shade at anyone. A majority of my friends don’t go
to FSU and I wasn’t raised a Seminole fan so all of this is amusing to me.
Believe it or not, athletics isn’t everything when it comes to college. If you
take away FSU or Oregon’s football team, you’re still left with a great school.
There
are always going to be prideful losers. It’s one thing to say you’re still proud
to be a Nole, I am too. But it’s another thing to bring up our undefeated
record and 2013 championship as a defense mechanism. That’s going to get old
really quick. Sometimes the best thing to do when your team loses is be quiet.
I understand where both sides are coming from. I’m a die-hard hater myself. If
the Lakers fell off the face of the Earth, I’d be a happy man. To my fellow
Noles I say, let the haters have their moment. We had ours and we’ll continue
to. Because at the end of the day, Florida State University is a great school
with a lot to be proud of. The same applies for Oregon, UCF, UM, FAU, and every
school for that matter. Except for UF. They suck.
