No surprise, Weinke represents FSU's key ingredient for 2000, and he has precious little depth behind him. Add it all up, and the Seminoles have so many young skill players and just enough experience that it will be no surprise if they again play for a national title, this time at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3. If those guys can get their bonnet on the right guy, they mash 'em. That is the group that can carry this team. FSU may have its best and deepest group of blockers ever.
Competition is everywhere.
Tarlos Thomas is an all-star in waiting, but there are days he's not better than sophomore Brett Williams. Justin Amman won a job at guard after his sophomore season and has chance to be All-ACC in 2000 as a senior. Unlike the offense, the defense is still something of a suspect. David Warren has experience filling in for Seymour, and Polley's replacement, if need be, is Kendyll Pope, a freshman who signed with FSU in 1999 but did not meet academic requirements until December. Pope was considered an immediate starter out of high school, and he performed that way in the spring.