Upon Further Review

So I made the trip to Florida State's Bobby Bowden field at Doak Campbell Stadium this past weekend. Parts of the campus lived up to its reputation, although other aspects were severely lacking.

Impressive:
1. Doak Campbell Stadium- The stadium's appearance is amazing. It's the largest red brick structure in Florida and the rest of the buildings on that campus follow the same theme. There aren't levels to the seating which allows people from the very top row to travel all the way to the bottom. The grounds surrounding the stadium are littered with monuments and sculptures. I wouldn't rank their stadium high on the fear factor though.



2. The Food- Tallahassee has some authentic grease pits. Leaving a bar Friday night, we ended up at Guthries. I had a Gutbox which was basically a Zaxby's meal.. but at 3 AM! I didn't get to finish it though because my coleslaw went airborn through the restaurant. Another late night eatery was Super Perros, which is a Colombian restaurant. I had their Mix Burger which is basically a hamburger patty on top of bbq and all of it is smothered in mozzarella cheese. Oh, and it comes with tater tots.


Unimpressive:
1. Northern Florida- Northern Florida = Southern Georgia = all of Alabama.
We had to take a pitstop on the way down to pick up some more refreshments. So we stop at this gas station and as soon as we walk in there's a huge display of shotgun shells. Following it is a display which housed the entire Mossy Oak catalog. I thought the GreaserYanks(tm) had overtaken Florida.

2. Florida State's Secondary- FSU's secondary is a travesty to its defense. Their front seven are probably the best in the nation. Buster Davis should be in the NFL. The secondary had such terrible coverage that a LouHoltzCoachedTeam(tm) could complete passes against. This defense as a whole, though, will be the only reason that the Seminoles will be able to compete with quality opponents. Luckily for them, they don't play a quality opponent until the Gators come to town.

Indifferent:
1. The Chicks- I was told I would never see as many hot, trashy girls in one place as the ones in Tallahassee. That wasn't a lie. The bar we hit up the first night was kind of dead. It was fun riling up the FSU fans with Clemson cheers. It was fun heckling the Clemson fans with the Warchant. Then it was fun confusing everyone with the occasional 'Steve Spurrier's the man!' Anyway.. back to the chicks. Potbelly's is the place to be though. This bar had a good bit of chickies in it, but they all had this kind of 'sticky' look to them.

2. The Tailgate- The Seminoles have a long way to go in the football tailgatin' business. The liquor stores were empty at 9 AM. The town didn't start to show signs of life until about 1, which is when we needed to reload on bloody mary mixes. I think the downside to an extremely on-campus stadium is a lack of focus for the pregame.

...picture update!