We kick off the second round of our Seminole Madness tournament today with 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
Here are the bios for this matchup (this is the last battle of the first round):
Good luck with this one!
Peter Warrick was one of the most electric playmakers in college football history. He was a consensus All-American in 1998 and then helped lead the Seminoles to the national championship in 1999, scoring three touchdowns in the Sugar Bowl against Virginia Tech. He still holds the FSU record for receiving TDs with 32. He also had four rushing touchdowns and two punt return touchdowns. After redshirting his freshman year in 1995, along with then-roommate Randy Moss, Warrick had 22 catches for 467 yards and four TDs as a freshman, 53 catches for 884 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore, 61 catches for 1,232 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior and 71 catches for 934 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior (this does not take into account his six-catch, 163-yard, two-TD performance in the national championship game). And to just top off his remarkable career, the former high school star quarterback also threw two TD passes, including one to Ron Dugans in the 1998 win over Florida.
Warrick Dunn was asked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' coaching staff during a pre-draft workout what he did best on a football field. His answer was simple: "I score touchdowns." And he wasn't lying. Listed at 5-foot-8, Dunn was one of the smallest running backs in FSU history. He also might've been the best. The Louisiana native came out of nowhere in 1993 -- he started out the preseason fifth on the depth chart -- to lead the eventual national champions in touchdowns with 10. He then proceeded to rush for over 1,000 yards each of the next three seasons, finishing his legendary FSU career with 3,959 yards rushing, 1,314 yards receiving and a school-record 49 total touchdowns. In his final regular-season home game, he rushed for 185 yards in a 24-21 win over No. 1 Florida. In fact, during his four years at FSU. he always seemed to save his best games for the rivals -- he also rushed for 163 yards against Miami in 1996, 121 yards against the Gators in 1995, 184 against the Hurricanes that same year and then helped the Seminoles storm back in the Choke at Doak in 1994 with 10 catches for 96 yards against the Gators (he then added 182 all-purpose yards in the rematch in the Sugar Bowl).
* 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
Here are the bios for this matchup (this is the last battle of the first round):
Good luck with this one!
Peter Warrick was one of the most electric playmakers in college football history. He was a consensus All-American in 1998 and then helped lead the Seminoles to the national championship in 1999, scoring three touchdowns in the Sugar Bowl against Virginia Tech. He still holds the FSU record for receiving TDs with 32. He also had four rushing touchdowns and two punt return touchdowns. After redshirting his freshman year in 1995, along with then-roommate Randy Moss, Warrick had 22 catches for 467 yards and four TDs as a freshman, 53 catches for 884 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore, 61 catches for 1,232 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior and 71 catches for 934 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior (this does not take into account his six-catch, 163-yard, two-TD performance in the national championship game). And to just top off his remarkable career, the former high school star quarterback also threw two TD passes, including one to Ron Dugans in the 1998 win over Florida.
Warrick Dunn was asked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' coaching staff during a pre-draft workout what he did best on a football field. His answer was simple: "I score touchdowns." And he wasn't lying. Listed at 5-foot-8, Dunn was one of the smallest running backs in FSU history. He also might've been the best. The Louisiana native came out of nowhere in 1993 -- he started out the preseason fifth on the depth chart -- to lead the eventual national champions in touchdowns with 10. He then proceeded to rush for over 1,000 yards each of the next three seasons, finishing his legendary FSU career with 3,959 yards rushing, 1,314 yards receiving and a school-record 49 total touchdowns. In his final regular-season home game, he rushed for 185 yards in a 24-21 win over No. 1 Florida. In fact, during his four years at FSU. he always seemed to save his best games for the rivals -- he also rushed for 163 yards against Miami in 1996, 121 yards against the Gators in 1995, 184 against the Hurricanes that same year and then helped the Seminoles storm back in the Choke at Doak in 1994 with 10 catches for 96 yards against the Gators (he then added 182 all-purpose yards in the rematch in the Sugar Bowl).
