We start our Seminole Madness tournament with the offensive playmakers bracket. You get one vote in the poll above that will stay open for 24 hours. You can also vote on Warchant's Twitter account (subscribers get two votes).
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player that advances will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one per day between the two pinned voting threads).
Here's the bios for each player and the offensive playmaker bracket.
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 1988 and became a first-round NBA draft pick after starring for the FSU basketball team.
Lawrence Dawsey started his career as part of FSU's famed Fab Four wide receiver corps. He finished his career as the Fab One, putting together an All-America season as the Seminoles' top receiver in 1990. Dawsey, who was a high school running back in his native Dothan, Ala., finished his career with 128 catches for 2,129 yards and 20 touchdowns. In 1990, he racked up 999 yards receiving and seven touchdowns. He also torched the Seminoles' rivals -- catching 13 passes for 160 yards and a score at Miami and four passes for 172 yards and a score against Florida in the regular-season finale. If you included his numbers from the Blockbuster Bowl against Penn State (the NCAA didn't include bowl games in final stats back then), Dawsey finished the 1990 season with 73 catches for 1,107 yards -- the eighth most in FSU history.
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player that advances will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one per day between the two pinned voting threads).
Here's the bios for each player and the offensive playmaker bracket.
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 1988 and became a first-round NBA draft pick after starring for the FSU basketball team.
Lawrence Dawsey started his career as part of FSU's famed Fab Four wide receiver corps. He finished his career as the Fab One, putting together an All-America season as the Seminoles' top receiver in 1990. Dawsey, who was a high school running back in his native Dothan, Ala., finished his career with 128 catches for 2,129 yards and 20 touchdowns. In 1990, he racked up 999 yards receiving and seven touchdowns. He also torched the Seminoles' rivals -- catching 13 passes for 160 yards and a score at Miami and four passes for 172 yards and a score against Florida in the regular-season finale. If you included his numbers from the Blockbuster Bowl against Penn State (the NCAA didn't include bowl games in final stats back then), Dawsey finished the 1990 season with 73 catches for 1,107 yards -- the eighth most in FSU history.
