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I just think last year was an outlier for them with their current talent. If Francois is ready to play they'll be pretty good imo. I agree he's a downgrade, though.
They, as in F$U fans and administration, reminded the college football world that they are one of the most soft-shouldered and whiniest fan bases in existence. It was covered up by their love and admiration for Bowden and then Jimbo's quick work at getting them relevant again.
I pin about 80% of their 7-6 season on them personally and less on Jimbo. I don't like Jimbo, but he had a reputation for being a very good to great recruiter, and his gameday prowess, especially when it came to making adjustments was elite. His record against UM and UF was the best that fan base had ever seen regardless of our circumstances; he beat a weak UM and UF like he was supposed to.
Still, they couldn't see past Francois' injury and got all over his *** and made the situation completely toxic. Yeah, he flirted with LSU, it's business and he got paid for that flirtation. What happened when they ran him out of town? He got paid $$$$$$ by TAMU and they wound up with Willie Taggart-- guess who was on the right side of their ****ing match? Yup, Jimbo.
So, how will this all workout for Taggart and FSU? Probably not too good and it will be on both of them.