From: kdelgado@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Kevin Delgado)
Subject: Re: wuck fashington!!!
Organization: Florida State University Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 00:56:06 GMT

Um, for those people in Michigan (not naming names or anything) who think that
either Florida, FSU, or Miami have *ahem* small players on defense--think 
again. Lemme give you just a sample of what kind of monsters we have down 
here.

Miami defense: (averages of team starters)

Defensive line (4): Height:6-3 3/4 Weight:266  40yrd dash speed: 4.84
Linebackers (3):           6-1 2/3        227                    4.51
Secondary (4):             6-1/4          189                    4.50
Total Average: 6-1.9, 227, 4.63
40 yard times:
Under 5.0: 11 players (all of 'em dammit!!!)
4.81-4.99: 2
4.61-4.80: 3
4.51-4.60: 3
4.41-4.50: 2
Under 4.40: 1

Florida State team defense averages:

Defensive line (4): 6-3 1/2, 265, 4.72
Linebackers (3): 6-2, 230, 4.67
Secondary (4): 6-0, 197.5, 4.565
Total Average(11): 6-1.7, 230.9, 4.65

40 Times:
Under 5.0: 11 (again...all of 'em)
4.81-4.99: 2
4.61-4.80: 4
4.51-4.60: 3
4.41-4.50: 2
Under 4.4: 0

I dont currently have U. of Florida's stats with me. But it is abundantly
clear that not only are our players fast, but they are big as well. Of
particular note of FSU's players are Dan Footman (6-6, 280, DE) and Sterling
Palmer (6-7, 260, OLB). I see these guys on campus here all the time (they are
very hard to miss) and it never ceases to amaze me how huge these guys are.
The worst part of it is...these guys have almost no body fat...lean as all 
hell. And FAST. These two guys aren't even the biggest on the team. There is a
freshman offensive tackle by the name of Forest Connoly who is 6-7 and weighs
in at a whopping 340 pounds. Oh, let me tell you what..we got speed...we got
size...AND we got talent. Don't think for a minute that that isn't the case.
Just because we don't have a bunch of weight-watchers clients on our teams
dont mean we cant play against..and beat..them. Need I remind you folks in
Michigan of the 51-21 ass wupping we gave your sorry butts last year. You guys
talked all along about how your ten ton offensive line would push around our
defense and allow your running backs to walk all over us. But it didnt happen.
When it gets right down to it, we just blew right past your _slow_ lumps of
fat and got the job done. Hell, if you guys didnt have Howard who knows how
bad we would have stomped ya (shame he went to a school like U. Mich.--he
might have been able to get himself a ring to match that trophy of his if he
had gone to a school who knows what modern football is).

The point of all this ranting and raving is this. Florida...southern football
in general..._IS_ the football of today. We not only have the fastest and most
talented players on the whole...but we possess the highest level of 
competition around. Granted, Washington does have a good team...with lots of
size and speed.  But get real, until they get a competitive schedule they just
cant match up with the big boys here in the south. It is just one of those
things where you just have to see it to believe it...I look forward to an
undefeated UCLA season so that Washington can finally get a chance to play a 
real opponent (not from the big fat...er 10) like ND, Miami, FSU...etc. I 
think that would give a definite answer to the question of who plays better 
ball. The south of course.

Kevin.

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