We kick off the Elite Eight of our Seminole Madness tournament today with the final pairing of the Offensive Playmakers bracket. You get one vote in the poll, and it will stay open for 24 hours.
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one winner per day).
First-round winners - Noleway85, BoNoles, JayColle, PlanoNole2, fsubuck, dougadee68, snapper-zapper, Noleway85, warchant99, seminoleken, islandchief, TMoneyNoles, BriSape23, niemannbill, wbontrag, Tom81
Second-round winners -- choppyshop, RobearNole, Atarp1, JayColle, tankdmw, 1Fade, dougadee68, d-ronanole
Third-round winners -- noleio, bookernole, islandchief, MagNoleA
Here are the bios for this matchup:
No. 1 seed Charlie Ward vs. No. 2 seed Jameis Winston
Charlie Ward left Florida State as the most decorated player in college football history. He won just about every possible individual award in 1993 and also led the Seminoles to the school's first-ever national championship. The dual-threat quarterback won the Heisman Trophy by one of the biggest margins in the history of the award and finished his career 22-2 as a starter. One of those losses came on a missed field goal at Miami, and the other was at Notre Dame in the national championship season. Ward's game-clinching 78-yard TD pass to Warrick Dunn in the 1993 Florida game is one of the biggest plays in program history. He also was the team's punter in 1989 and became a first-round NBA draft pick after starring for the FSU basketball team.
Jameis Winston burst on the scene as a redshirt freshman in 2013, leading the Seminoles to an undefeated season and national championship. The consensus All-American finished the season completing 76 percent of his attempts and throwing for over 4,000 yards with 40 touchdowns. He would go on to earn numerous personal honors that season including being named AP Player of the Year, winning the Davey O'Brien Award, Manning Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and the Heisman Trophy. He also led FSU to a perfect 13-0 regular season in 2014 and another ACC championship before suffering his first and only loss in college versus Oregon in the college football playoff. He finished his FSU career with a 26-1 record as a starter and would go on to be the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2015 NFL draft.
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one winner per day).
First-round winners - Noleway85, BoNoles, JayColle, PlanoNole2, fsubuck, dougadee68, snapper-zapper, Noleway85, warchant99, seminoleken, islandchief, TMoneyNoles, BriSape23, niemannbill, wbontrag, Tom81
Second-round winners -- choppyshop, RobearNole, Atarp1, JayColle, tankdmw, 1Fade, dougadee68, d-ronanole
Third-round winners -- noleio, bookernole, islandchief, MagNoleA
Here are the bios for this matchup:
No. 1 seed Charlie Ward vs. No. 2 seed Jameis Winston
Charlie Ward left Florida State as the most decorated player in college football history. He won just about every possible individual award in 1993 and also led the Seminoles to the school's first-ever national championship. The dual-threat quarterback won the Heisman Trophy by one of the biggest margins in the history of the award and finished his career 22-2 as a starter. One of those losses came on a missed field goal at Miami, and the other was at Notre Dame in the national championship season. Ward's game-clinching 78-yard TD pass to Warrick Dunn in the 1993 Florida game is one of the biggest plays in program history. He also was the team's punter in 1989 and became a first-round NBA draft pick after starring for the FSU basketball team.
Jameis Winston burst on the scene as a redshirt freshman in 2013, leading the Seminoles to an undefeated season and national championship. The consensus All-American finished the season completing 76 percent of his attempts and throwing for over 4,000 yards with 40 touchdowns. He would go on to earn numerous personal honors that season including being named AP Player of the Year, winning the Davey O'Brien Award, Manning Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and the Heisman Trophy. He also led FSU to a perfect 13-0 regular season in 2014 and another ACC championship before suffering his first and only loss in college versus Oregon in the college football playoff. He finished his FSU career with a 26-1 record as a starter and would go on to be the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2015 NFL draft.
