FSU football: When are Nole fans going to go ‘all-in’?
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU football is at a pivotal moment in hiring its third head coach in the last decade. FSU administration made a bold move and now its the fan’s turn to support.
FSU football surprised a lot of people when they fired Willie Taggart Sunday afternoon after losing to Miami the previous day. It was a move I believe to be the right move with how things were trending.
It was a bold move because it’s something that hadn’t really been done before, firing a coach before he’s completed a full two years at a program that’s a clear rebuild.
More importantly, it was a very expensive move and one that shows the FSU administration and Boosters are willing to keep playing big boy football.
I suppose it will depend on the coach that’s ultimately hired to determine just how all-in the administration is. My question is when are FSU football fans going to decide to go all-in?
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It’s clear Clemson is the king of the ACC conference after dethroning the Noles in 2015. They’ve become the new standard and have won the conference every year since then, so naturally FSU fans want to be able to compete with teams like that.
Teams that are winning conference titles and competing for national championships. After all, that’s the standard that’s FSU football created in the ACC in the early 90’s.
I understand Tallahassee isn’t the easiest place to get to and the hotel prices are jacked up to absurd levels. However, FSU football fans have to put their support at the same level of their expectations.
If they want FSU to compete with Clemson they should have the same commitment Clemson fans have and they have no problem filling Death Valley Stadium.
Oh no, that commitment didn’t start when they finally got over the hump against FSU in 2015. The 2008 season that saw them finish (7-6) never had a home game with less than 76,000.
In 2010 when the Tigers finished the season (6-7) they never had a home game with less than 72,000 fans in attendance.
The Noles just had a home game against rival Miami with just under 64,000 in attendance. There were only 50,000 in attendance for the Syracuse game, heck there were only 46,000 for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff against Louisville earlier in the year.
FSU football fans can’t be front runners and expect to consistently compete with the big boys. Supporting the program by attending games or giving as boosters can’t be a some of the time thing, it has to be an all the time thing.
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That’s what’s happening at Clemson and that’s what FSU has to do if they want to catch and surpass them the same way Clemson did FSU football.