They’ll tell you it was terrible, Seminoles, and that’s because it was. It was a terrible football game. But you cared enough to chop sideways with incredulous glee on your first touchdown...
Orange you glad this bowl was awful, Florida State fans?
A horrible match-up and a pointless, lopsided game didn’t keep some of FSU’s finest from stealing an otherwise awful show by providing a batch of GIF glory.
...and then compose yourself enough to tomahawk between the lines once the game was in hand with a 21-point lead late...
It was a night filled with baseless pride, a healthy dose of “wut” reactions and a lot of drunk, often nervous people from the panhandle, and yet none of the things made for a good football game. It was awful, but your wonderful blend of honky decorum and Floridian mania made almost every ESPN crowd shot worth suffering through another failed Seminole third down conversion:
Goodnight and God bless the Bowl Championship Series.
And as always, ‘Nole Tide.
Also, NIU fans were not without their own moments:


























