Typically it's not a good idea to lay points on the road with a freshmen quarterback against the no. 3 team in the country, but clearly Jameis Winston is not a typical freshman. And while he gets the biggest share of the credit for the Seminoles' emergence as a national title contender -- much of it well deserved -- Florida State is loaded on both sides of the ball, and the real story last night was the offensive and defensive lines, both of which dominated.
This might be a good time to remind everyone that The Crew bet FSU to go under 10 wins for the season, reasoning that they would have a liability at quarterback and not enough talent on the roster after returning only 13 starters. Awesome.
Based on what we saw last night, they are the best team in the country and should they take the field whacked out on black-tar heroin, they'd still beat most teams. Badly. But barring upsets of Alabama and Oregon, the Seminoles are unlikely to get a chance to play for the national title. Nice system.
Clearly, we know less than nothing. But considering FSU kicked as 4.5-point favorite in some spots, here are some people that are even more clueless than us:
There were alot of upsets today in college football especially FSU vs Clemson #domination
— Tyler Thibeau (@Tyler_Thibeau42) October 20, 2013
SO many upsets today!!! Including my Noles embarrassing #3 Clemson!!! I love it💁😂 #FSU
— Keeli Jackson (@Kjax01) October 20, 2013
A lot of people are gonna be pissed when FSU upsets Clemson....
— Amber Williams❤ (@_AmberDanielle8) October 20, 2013
Never seen this Winston kid play but I hope FSU upsets Clemson
— Dook (@iDookiedTuesday) October 20, 2013
FSU put that upset on Clemson ❤️ #FSUvsCLEM
— Hayden Newman (@haydennewman0) October 20, 2013
Witnessed another Buckeye win today, and now watching FSU upset Clemson with the fam. Our teams are doing us proud today #GoBucks #GoNoles
— Lindsay Price (@laPRICEline) October 20, 2013
More fun with point spreads. Arizona State went off as a 3-point favorite. Unlike some of the tweets above, some of what follows comes from media members:
Not that ASU upsetting Washington is a huge upset. Sparky might be Pac-12 West's best team with UCLA going down today.
— Mitch Blomert (@mblomert) October 19, 2013
Twitter bio: Sportswriter Gainesville Times. Not an upset, and what is the Pac-12 West?
ASU over Washington in the upset of the day
— DookieFlute (@KendallKjear) October 19, 2013
With all these upsets today, it looks like ASU will still be fighting for a spot in the top 25 w/ an upset over No. 20 Washington
— Jeff Chase (@Real_Jeff_Chase) October 19, 2013
Arizona State upsets (20)Washington with a score of 53-24 (http://t.co/RmemJRlILT) http://t.co/jeGZcrDWXi (via r/CFB)
— College Football (@College_FB) October 20, 2013
Has over 11,000 followers somehow
#UpsetAlert: The bloodletting in Tempe is over. #ASU downs No.20 #Washington 53-24. #Udub RB Bishop Sankey held to 22yds rushing. Wow.
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) October 20, 2013
Proud of you, ESPN.
The point of all this, of course, is that it's impossible to have a serious discussion about football without a full appreciation of what goes into setting a point spread. Listening to sports radio this week locally, we heard one unnamed host call ASU a trap game for the Huskies. Absolutely not.
Not only were the Sun Devils favored but they had defeated Washington seven straight times going into the game. It was a trap game like Brandon Weeden is an elite quarterback. Such discussions are indicative of a media that consistently displays a high level of ignorance concerning point spreads. It hurts their brand and dumbs down their coverage.
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